bms
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well i bought this stress zyme live bacteria that comes in a bottle, so far it seems to be working pretty good. the cycling has been going by lighting fast. its only week two and my parameters are all in check except maybe the pH which is at about 8.0. (BTW what can i do to raise the pH)? back to my main question, has anyone had any experience with this particular brand of live cultured bacteria? if so please post any thoughts, opions, results you have had. thanks.
PS at around 2-4 days of cycling i began noticing coralline algae growing and an outbreak of brown algae (which as far as i know the brown algae indicates high nitrates levels; ie: there was a sufficient amount of bacteria present to convert ammonia to nitrite to nitrate since this algae feeds on nitrates and phospahtes). the water i used was a premixed R/0 saltwater from my LFS and i tested for phos and had a zero reading.
PS at around 2-4 days of cycling i began noticing coralline algae growing and an outbreak of brown algae (which as far as i know the brown algae indicates high nitrates levels; ie: there was a sufficient amount of bacteria present to convert ammonia to nitrite to nitrate since this algae feeds on nitrates and phospahtes). the water i used was a premixed R/0 saltwater from my LFS and i tested for phos and had a zero reading.