System Startup And Inoculation Time
Is when you fill the system with clean water and introduce fish and nitrifying bacteria to begin the nitrification cycle which powers plant growth. Here are three simple ways to do it: [Read more…]
Potential Startup Problems
Potential Startup Problems
FIRST: Too Much Ammonia Will Stop The System Startup! Your system will guaranteed fail to start if [Read more…]
Helping Your Fish Survive The Nitrite Spike (If You Get One!)
Helping Your Fish Survive The Nitrite Spike (If You Get One!)
IMPORTANT! When nitrifying bacteria are introduced to a system, the fastest breeding and feeding bacteria are the ones that eat the ammonia and produce nitrites. The ones that convert [Read more…]
Adding Fish At System Startup
Adding Fish At System Startup
We start all our systems with fish in them. There are “experts” who recommend “fishless cycling”. However, we have never bothered to, simply because starting up with fish works so well [Read more…]