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Tetra Safestart or Bio Digest to Cycle New Marine Tank

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Anyone used this method to kick start their cycling process rather than the conventional method of market prawn?

What is the success rate and does it really shorten the time taken for this phase?

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10 years ago I used the prawn method for my 4 footer. This introduced ammonia to kick start the cycle.

Before I started my nano, I had this same question. I decided against using chemicals to start the cycle and bought live sand and live rock, (using less than an hour from shop to tank to prevent to much die off) and my tank was stable with no ammonia and nitrite by day 3. I have since added a percula clown, peppermint, nassarius and spiney star. It is day 7-8 for me.

Tests this morning show the same. 0.0.10.

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