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  1. #11
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    Oh bro , whaddya doin usin cycle?!?

    Do I gotta go over nitrospira and nitrobacter again .

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    Just remember we dont get all the good stuff here...

    I am guessing the other products wont release what the liquid contains, so no import.... BWAH!!!

    Cycle is good, and heck, anything is better than nothing at getting the bacteria bugs thriving.

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    i admit i do through a couple of caps full of cycle in the tank ebvery couple of weeks

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    Tsk Tsk Tsk....

    Cycle???

    DUDE, the bacteria in cycle is COMPLETELY INERT!!!
    On top of that, they are not even the right KIND of bacteria.
    You could prolly just DRINK THE STUFF and suffer NO ILL EFFECTS!!!
    There is prolly more bene bac in your TAP WATER than there is in Cycle.

    Not just an opinion, actual fact.

    Just goto www.marineland.com and look at the sci that they have backing their Biospira program.

    Let me see if I can find the original info that many of us have found stating exactly what is in Cycle.

    HTH

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    Cycle, like other *old school* bacterial cultures/starters sometimes include nitrosimonas, and most of the time nitrobacter (or what used to be nitrobacter).

    So, what you normally end up with, is maybe a minute amount of one or both of those bacteria, if any, and a bunch of ammonia from the rest dying off, plus whatever crud they put in there.

    Granted, the free ammonia plus the nitrosimonas (if you get some) *may* get the cycle going... but once it hits the nitrAte/nitrIte stage... it stalls... crashes... and your back to square one.

    Not crackin on you for using it bud, just stating what I know .

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    I dont use cycle, but top choice on the water ager ACN proteus, this stuff is great. It is expensive but you dont use much its something like 1ml per 38lts. I think by memory, great product.

    And what do people think about Geo-liquid on this forum, I cant really say that it does all that they say, but i do think it helps. eg. They have in the pamflete that no other chemicals are needed when using geo-liquid. I thought all it did was replace some minerals from there natural habbitat. I dont even know if it also acts as a water de-chlor. I do think it helps but i dont think it is the miricle product they hype it up too be.

    Cheers
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    never tried GEO before, and have heard lots for and against...

    cant answer that one....

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