'Stability'

[midmichman80]

I went out and bought a product called 'Stability'. I added it to the tank as directed early yesterday morning. I checked the parameters later that night, as I am trying to cycle my tank, and ammonia - 0, nitrite - 0, nitrate - 10. Those numbers look good to me, but the tank hasn't been in cycling process for very long, barely a week. Is this product that good and is my tank ready? The bottle claims fish can be introduced shortly after adding the product, I am anxious to get going, but think I should wait a couple more days with treatments and tests to make sure.

 

[Lotus]

I've heard it's a pretty good product, but you'll need to keep testing to make sure the ammonia and nitrites aren't getting too high.

 

[brian1973]

I dont know anything about that product but I have read that there are products that can cause false readings, if your reading are correct then you should be good. I would probably retest in 24hrs and see where your at. Then as lotus said continue testing after adding fish, I have used another product and had similar results.

 

[midmichman80]

Sounds good to me. I will retest in the morning, and if everything looks good,ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate ? (whats a good range?), I will begin adding fish. I have researched a lot on the product and have found mixed reviews, however the majority were positive. I will continue treatment as directed on the bottle and let you know how it works out. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[brian1973]

as long as th nitrate is between 5-20ppm your good, any higher than 20 I would recommend a PWC, IMO any less than 5ppm then you'll not actually cycled.

 

[midmichman80]

Nitrate has been around 5-10ppm recently with ammonia and nitrite at 0. I checked the tank today and those two were still at 0, but nitrate jumped up to 20 and a bit darker, but not to 40. I did a 10g water change and will test in the morning. Good news though, all three fish have been transfered over to the 55g and are very happy.

 

[brian1973]

expect a jump in ammonia if you added all of them withing couple hours of each other. But good luck nice to hear they are in a bigger home.

 

[midmichman80]

I wrote the story of the transfer in another post, jd and oscar cuddling. They seem to be very happy, I will continue to check water daily and condition/pwc as necessary.