Which One Cycles Your Aquarium Faster? [Data Nerd Video]
We tried several products we sell to see which one “cycled” an aquarium the fastest. 3 Tests spanning several months taught us a lot and now we can pass that along to you.
Aquarium Co-Op Live Bacteria Starter Culture: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/water-care/products/live-aquarium-bacteria-starter-culture
Fritz Zyme 7 Live Bacteria: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/water-care/products/fritz-zyme-7-live-bacteria-freshwater
Fishless Fuel: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/fritz-fishless-fuel
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Main products used in testing:
Aquarium Co-Op Live Bacteria Starter Culture: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/water-care/products/live-aquarium-bacteria-starter-culture
Fritz Zyme 7 Live Bacteria: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/water-care/products/fritz-zyme-7-live-bacteria-freshwater
Fishless Fuel: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/fritz-fishless-fuel
As always, another great video! Thank Y'all for sharing your knowledge.
Some loud bass drops in video… is mic on desk where your putting down products? Great info.
Project Beyoncé always makes me smile 😊 Brand new and looking to culture a new tank? Put a ring on it! 😊
Was turbo start 700 used in any of the the comparison of bottle bacteria? Great results thanks for providing the data update.
I still cannot believe that Project Beyoncé was not named Easy Start. This name is in my brain, I will never be able to think of it as anything else…
Hi Cory I just sub to you, and I just wanted to say your content is really good and you helped me with fish keeping, thank you so much and have a great day and God bless
It’s like the twitch streamer that sold her bath water lol … selling aquarium water
The beyonce rings work!! Ive used them 3 times now
Great experiment. Did you guys do the same experiment with the same products more than one time or is the data from just the once? <•))))~{
Dang. I just set up a tank last week, was surprised when I was ready to start fishless cycling my LFS refused to give me even a little established filter media or even gravel to help seed (just spent $400 but couldn’t get a half scoop of gravel lol). I had remembered seeing y’all’s product but when I tried searching for it on your online store when placing an order for a few other things I couldn’t find it (and didn’t remember the name of it) maybe it was out of stock? So I ended up getting Fritz Turbo Start which just arrived today. Ah well.
Anyways, always appreciate a data-driven approach! As a researcher myself I know how challenging proper experimental design and execution is. Would be curious to see if the results were a little faster with Seachem Matrix or similar as I’ve read some of the Aquarium Science stuff on how ceramics aren’t as good of a medium for housing bacteria due to a relative lack of effective surface area (supposedly aquarium gravel is actually much superior), and that Matrix (while also not great) is around 50% better in that regard. Don’t think they listed which ceramics were used though so maybe your rings and/or Fluval’s are better. And yeah, from what I’ve read lower temperatures do drastically inhibit bacteria growth, so even though I plan to have a 70-72 F tank I’m keeping it at 80 for cycling purposes.
The nerdinessmaxx is so Great!!! 😅 Awesome fish room science, Randy!
You did way more testing than I was expecting. Good job! Very informative
Should have used fritz turbo start 700 from the refrigerator
Haven’t seen anybody say it yet, I love the project farm style thumbnail lol
Fritz’s claims On a Fish-less cycle a KH below 4.5 could Stall The Nitrite Conversion they recommend KH 5.5 ?
Guys, I love what you do, but This stuff needs to be tested in a 3rd party lab to have any real validity. Also, please consider renaming this to something like “easy bio booster”.
Did gravel drop the pH of the tank? Something must have caused the delay in colonization/effectiveness.
🏆Worst project name ever.
This was great! Very interesting experiment and awesome job presenting the summary of the data.
Nice idea.
This is all great to hear. I really appreciate the attention to biosecurity!
An Easy Win for those who need a clean kick start.
do you have to keep the rings in your tank after it cycles
What a great test for proving your product works as intended. I think it will really help setting up a new tank and even better for quickly setting up a hospital tank. As your next test, could you compare the long term efficacy of Nitrate reduction using bio-rings and sintered glass logs, like Bio-home media? Your rings look like they would also work for that too. Thanks for all the great product innovation and helping us keep our fish healthy and happy.
Doesn’t the bacteria die off without oxygen?