Categories
-
AQUARIUM SUPPLIES
- Air Pumps
- Air Supplies
- Aquariums & Furniture
- Breeding Supplies
- Controllers
- Coral Propagation
-
Decorations
- Background
- Driftwood
- Aerating Ornaments
- Blue Ribbon Ornaments
- Deep Blue Ornaments
- Fluval Ornaments
- Marina IGlo Ornaments
- Marina Ornaments
- Penn Plax Aqua Floras
- Penn Plax Ornaments
- Underwater Treasures Glowing Ornaments
- Underwater Treasures Ornaments
- Zoo Med Ornaments
-
Plastic & Silk Plants
- Aquatop Plants
- BiOrb Plants
- Blue Ribbon Colorburst Plants
- Fluval Betta Plants
- Fluval Decorative Plants
- Marina Aquascape Plastic Plants
- Marina Naturals Silk Plants
- Penn Plax Plants
- Penn Plax Silicone Plants
- Tetra GloFish Plants
- Underwater Treasures Glow Plants
- Underwater Treasures Plants
- Underwater Treasures Silk Plants
-
Filter Media
- Biological Filter Media
- Chemical Filter Media
- Carbon & Ammonia
- Phosphate Control Media
- Water Softner Media
- Mechanical Filter Media
- Media Bags
- Reactor Media
-
Replacement Cartridges
- API Media
- Aquaclear Filter Media
- Aquatop Filter Media
- Aqueon Filter Media
- ATI Replacement Sponges
- Cascade Filter Media
- Eheim Filter Media
- Fluval C Series Media
- Fluval Filter Media
- Fluval G
- Hydor Filter Media
- Ken's Cartridges
- Marina Filter Media
- Marineland Cartridges
- Oase Filter Media
- Seachem Cartridges
- Seapora Filter Cartridges
- Tetra Filter Media
- Filters
- Feeders
-
Fish Food
- Ken's Basic Flake
- Ken's Bits & Wafers
- Ken's Crumbles & Granules
- Ken's Premium Flake
- Ken's Pellets
- Ken's Sticks
- Ken's Specialty Food
- Aquarium Munster
- Coral Food
- Dennerle Shrimp Food
- Fluval Fish Food
- Hikari Fish Food
- New Life Spectrum
- Northfin
- Ocean Nutrition
- Omega One
- Penn Plax Vacation Feeders
- PolypLab
- Pond Food
- San Francisco Bay
- Seachem Fish Food
- Sera
- Tetra
- Two Little Fishies
- Xtreme Fish Food
- Zoo Med Fish Food
- Frozen Fish Food
- Lighting
- Maintenance
- Medications
- Nets
- Plant Supplies
- Plumbing Parts
- Protein Skimmers & Media Reactors
-
Replacement Parts & Fittings
- Aquaclear Replacement Parts
- Aquatop Parts
- ATI Replacement Parts
- Cascade Parts
- Eheim Parts
- Fluval C Series Filter Parts
- Fluval LED Light Parts
- Fluval Parts
- Hydor Parts
- Lifeguard Aquatics Parts
- Marina Parts
- Marineland Parts
- Oase Replacement Parts
- Penn Plax Parts
- Seachem Parts
- Supreme Parts
- Tetra Parts
- Reverse Osmosis
- Shipping Supplies
- Substrate
- Temperature Control
- Test Kits
- UV Sterilizers
- Water Movement
- Water Treatments
- Gift Cards
- Pond Supplies
-
Reptile Supplies
- Hermit Crab Supplies
- Reptile Cages
- Reptile Cricket Supplies
- Reptile Food
- Reptile Feeders
- Reptile Filters & Pumps
- Reptile Habitat
-
Reptile Habitat Accessories
- A&E Habitat Accessories
- Reptile Backgrounds
- Exo Terra Habitat Accessories
- Fluker Farms Habitat Accessories
- Galapagos Habitat Accessories
- Komodo Habitat Accessories
- Kordon Habitat Accessories
- Mag Naturals Habitat Accessories
- Penn Plax Habitat Accessories
- Zilla Habitat Accessories
- Zoo Med Habitat Accessories
- Reptile Heating
- Reptile Humidity Control
- Reptile Lighting
- Reptile Maintenance Products
- Reptile Plants
- Reptile Replacement Parts
- Reptile Substrate
- Reptile Vitamins & Supplements
- Gift Cards
- Small Animals
Brightwell Aquatics MicrōBacter QuikCycl
-
Sale
- Regular price: $2.59
Product Description
Professional nutrients for fishless cycling and establishing strong nitrifying bacteria beds in freshwater and marine aquariums
Overview
READ ALL BEFORE BEGINNING!
Caution: Contains Ammonia, Keep out of reach of children. Not for human consumption. If swallowed, contact a poison control center immediately.
NOTE: THIS PRODUCT IS DESIGNED FOR FISHLESS CYCLING. DO NOT EVER PUT INTO AN AQUARIUM containing LIVE FISH, PLANTS, OR INVERTEBRATES. ADD ANIMALS AFTER CYCLING IS COMPLETE!!! This product alone will not cycle an aquarium, it simply provides the nutrients. You must use a good quality bacterial culture to establish the bacteria bed in the aquarium. We highly recommend Brightwell MicrōBacter Start XLM or MicrōBacter Start XLF as appropriate for your aquarium. This product may also be used with MicrōBacterCLEAN to cycle a marine aquarium, but the cycle may not be as fast as using the MicrōBacter Start. DO NOT OVERDOSE, EVER! Be patient, your animals lives are at stake!
You must use test kits to measure pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate to complete cycling on an aquarium. If you attempt to cycle the tank without proper testing, you are asking for disaster and will likely kill your fish. Brightwell is not responsible for indescriminate use of this product! We recommend that you read up on aquarium cycling so that you know what it is all about. Please also consult our website at www.brightwellaquatics.com for more information.
This product requires simultaneous use with a LIVE BACTERIAL CULTURE: Bacteria products for aquarium use vary widely in characteristics, strength and overall design. The results you get will be quite different if you use an inferior bacteria culture or one that is out of date or has been stored incorrectly and at harmful temperatures. Nitrifying bacteria is damaged by heat and outright killed by freezing, so care must be taken to preserve its efficacy. If the bacterial product you use is dead, then this whole process will not work! Brightwell highly recommends that you use either MicrōBacter Start XLM, or MicrōBacter Start XLF depending on whether you are starting a marine aquarium or a freshwater aquarium. For freshwater, a more economical choice can be made to use either FlorinBacter One, FlorinBacter or FlorinBacter7.
Instructions & Guidelines
Instructions to quickly cycle new aquarium without fish:
On Day 1:
Note: DO NOT USE CARBON, GFO or other phosphate removers until cycling is complete and 30 more days has passed! If you do, you will slow the cycle!
a) Turn off skimmer, UV and remove fine filtration such as socks, make sure aquarium has sufficient filtration surface area, such as provided by Brightwell XportTM world class bacterial filtration medium or Micrōbacter LatticeTM.
b) You must use a good dechlorinator first, such as Brightwell Erāse to remove chloramine and chlorine!
c) Prepare water and adjust pH, alkalinity, and temperature
d) Add full dose of QuikCyclTM at 4 drops per gallon or 1 ml per 5 gallons of tank capacity
e) Measure Ammonia which should be between 1 and 2 ppm total ammonia, which is ammonia plus ammonium (NH3 and NH4+). Do not add more to get the proper reading either today or throughout the days that follow. This is because the bacteria will quickly begin to use up the ammonia, and even though added, it will may not show up on your tests.
f) Add MicrōBacter Start XLM, or MicrōBacter Start XLF as appropriate for your aquarium, as directed.
On Day 2: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite and record values.
On Day 3: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite and record values.
On Day 4: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite. If either Ammonia or Nitrite are over .25 ppm, then you can add more bacteria, if desired.
On Day 5: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite and record values
On Day 6: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite. If either Ammonia or Nitrite are over .25 ppm, then you can add more bacteria, if desired.
On Day 7: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite. If using MicrōBacter Start XLM, MicrōBacter Start XLF and your Ammonia and Nitrite show zero, then measure Nitrate. If Nitrate is showing .25 ppm or higher, then your aquarium is cycled. If using any other bacteria, then go to Day 8.
On Day 8: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite and record values.
On Day 9 and subsequent days: Measure pH, Ammonia and Nitrite. If Ammonia + Nitrite value is zero, then measure nitrate and if there is a reading of Nitrate at .25 ppm or higher, then the aquarium is cycled.
At conclusion of cycling, perform a 25% water change and begin adding hardy animals, SLOWLY. Restart UV, skimmer and filtration. Go Slow!