prodibio biodigest

[anthonyd]

I have looking for a way of shortening the cycling time of my new tanks and i came accross the prodibio.

Do any of you use this product and does it actually speed up the cycling or is there another product better on the market ?

Thanks

[Matuva]

Don't know about Prodibio.

Though, I have a buddy who used Bio Nitrivec from SERA to setup a tank. He put 10 Blue Pearls I gave him in this tank a week after, and all survived.

NO2 and NO3 were very low, in a good range

[anthonyd]

Thanks Matuva.

I m setting 4 more tanks with some ada amazonia, unfortunatly it leaches a lot of ammonia/ammonium and even with a mature filter it takes a while for the bacteria to convert it to nitrite and nitrate.

I never have this kind of issue the other substrate i used but i was given a bag of ada in exchange for some shrimps in a shop so i decided to use .it

[Zorba]

I have not used this product yet, but I do plan to get some to try. It is called ATM Colony , has big claims and can be seen on youtbe

[Matuva]

I haven't use the ADA soil yet, so I don't know much about it. Though, from what I have read, it seems ADA soil will release ammonia for weeks, and you will have to perform water changes very often, till it finally cycle...

[Leo Tsui]

Have heard about biodigest, very high concentrate of BB produced in France. Haven't seen that in Australia. Probably relate to germs protection from custom.

[inverted]

Bit late to this thread. I must have missed it at the time however the fastest way to cycle active soils is to lift the ph temporarily to rapidly establish nitrifying bacteria. If in a rush I do this using potassium bicarbonate. The residual byproduct is a fertiliser.