Lincoln

[Trinityblood]

I haven't used Seed exactly, but similar products and my experience has been that it really helps getting the initial cycling off to a good start quickly. I don't think it has much if any impact on the latter part of the cycle with algae bloom, but perhaps Seed is formulated and used a bit differently than what I have tried. Stealing a handful of substrate or some filter sponges from an established tank is my preferred thing to do if it's an option.

Results for bacteria in a bottle seem mixed. I wonder if people using the bottle just throw in the bacteria and nothing for them to feed on (no ghost feeding or adding bottled ammonia) Or if there's not enough ammonia and the bacteria just dies off and the cycling halts. I'm trying it for the first time to set up a quarantine tank but I will be transferring some of my existing bio media to it because I don't fully trust it. I used Brightwell for marine tanks. I may make a thread and see what results I get. Bacteria in a bottle wasn't a thing the last time I did tanks so it's new to me. So far I'm also still in the opinion that using existing bio media is the best and fastest way to cycle.