mayphly Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I thought I'd give the SLA-Aqua products a try and decided to dedicate one of my 10g tanks to it's products. I really liked the post that Eric (Discobee) made "Cycling tanks the easy SL-Aqua way". Right on Eric for making these products available to us! My goal is to get this tank cycled in 30 days. I'm using Ada Amazonia as the substrate along with SL-Aqua Magic powder and Purify to start my cycle with. I'll be using the Blue Wizard for remineralizing my RO water. Any shrimp product that has the word "Wizard" in it has to "magic"! MableBile, EricM, ANBU and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 very cool. cant wait to see how your tank progresses!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I am very interested to seeing the results. I want to try either the SL-Aqua or Shrimp Daddy products, but I am up in the air right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I will be starting a cycle from the beginning with Shrimpy Daddy products and Controsoil starting tomorrow night hopefully. I am interested to see how long this takes with the SL Aqua and what you think Andy. wot_fan and mayphly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 This thread is supposed to be about my experience using this product and sharing the results with the people on this forum. It's not a place for competition between sellers and products. You guys both offer some good shrimp products and your contributions to this hobby have been well noted on this forum. Let's leave it at that. The products will speak for themselves over time. Thanks! h4n, EricM and Soothing Shrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 FYI, Yesterday I filled the tank with 100% RO water and turned on the sponge filters and set the temps to 85 degrees. Hopefully only 28 days to go. EricM and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Today it looks like bacteria spores are already beginning to form a nice layer on the substrate EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 wow in 2 days!!!??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 wow in 2 days!!!??? I was just as surprised. Also, there are some clumps of what looks like "fuzzy fungus" which have formed. I'm assuming this is normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Im glad you are the test subject Andy, then in the future people will know what to expect. mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 OKay. I'm officially amazed so far, Mayphly. EricM and mayphly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 As far as I know Song Liang Ltd. (SL-Aqua) has been around since 2013. There products have already been tested and proven to work. This is why I purchased them. So, don't be misled that I am here to "test" the products. I'm just a consumer (addict) with a major shrimp adddiction, who is just logging my findings with the products. However, with that said, I'm open to answer any questions that one may have about the products I use. If I don't know the answer I'll do my best to find out for you. Thanks! EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 That is impressive how quick the bacteria formed and how nice the layer turned out. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Why 85 degrees? And do you add any other products during the 30 days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Why 85 degrees? And do you add any other products during the 30 days? Temperature affects the growth rate of bacteria. I believe 86 degrees is optimal temperature for growing nitrifying bacteria from what I have read. I'm not adding anything else to this cycle. And.... get ready for this........ no water changes during the cycle. Shrimpie, EricM and Soothing Shrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 So, when the 30 days is up, do you do a partial water change, test and then add shrimp? After you lower the temperature that is EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 The directions state to perorm a 50% water change at the end of the cycle. Then it should be ok to add shrimp. I'll begin to test for ammonia close to the 30th day or once the water clears up. Then I'll drop my temps back down. Today is only day 3 and my tank looks like an alien planet Tranggalangg, miwu, Soothing Shrimp and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 What type of soil are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forumsnow Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Wow that is crazy looking. I dont know if I could handle that haha. Very interested to see if you see any improvement in shrimp health over a old school cycle. I am kind of on the fence with all these new ways of cycling. I am all for advancement but also feel there is no replacement for time. I will try to start a tank following rules then end up back in my old ways(Liams special sauce is my shnit) lol mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serenityfate Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 The "predators" planet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 What type of soil are you using? Amazonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Wow that is crazy looking. I dont know if I could handle that haha. Very interested to see if you see any improvement in shrimp health over a old school cycle. I am kind of on the fence with all these new ways of cycling. I am all for advancement but also feel there is no replacement for time. I will try to start a tank following rules then end up back in my old ways(Liams special sauce is my shnit) lol All my tanks up until recently I only used Mosura old sea mud, BT-9 and floating plants for tank start ups and have had pretty good success using that method. I have to say I do like the visual effect going on here in thjis tank. It's almost like mad scientist work. I wish I had a good microscope to see what's taking place here. I have read that a good established colony of nitrifying bacteria can take anywhere from 2-8 weeks depending on various facters in a tank. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffhead Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Very cool! Looking forward to updates Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 It's been 5 days and the tank is so cloudy you can barely see through it. I also got some more Purify from DiscoBee and started up another 10g using the easy cycle method. These two tanks I'm planning on keeping taitibee projects in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 That is an incredible picture taken after just three days. Soothing Shrimp and EricM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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