Quick azote cycle

24h azote cycle plus No3 and Po4 removal
with Right Now Bacteria filtration system

Over the last years I was dreaming of a project : to open my own aquarium maintenance business. I was thinking that the fact I enjoyed playing with my 6 tanks was enough to believe that it would be great and enjoyable to make a job of it.

After only a year in business, I realized how wrong I was! Some set-up people want you to maintain makes no sense. Some want you to do miracle with only monthly water change or want you to make that « dirty swamp » a nice aquatic eye catcher in there living room but will not want to admit that the cause of there bad success is those 3 large oscars in that little 25 gallon tank or the total unstability and high pollution level in there reef tank. When they are told that many things will have to change to be successful, most dont agree or will simply say that what’s needed for there reef tank cost a little more than they expected (and I understan). So to not loose that business opportunity you simply say « well…. I’ll se what I can do with that ». When all you can do is to clean the glass and do bi- bimonthly water change in a reef tanks that build over 100ppm of No3 in a month, there is no way you can see results.

So I start looking for something or somehow to make all this possible. I tried many things without success and one day, I finally found on a forum a post about what’s call Right Now Bacteria. According to the info I found, when your tank and filter are set-up following a certain protocol, Right Now Bacteria would drastically reduce NO3, PO4, sludge, ammonia and would even maintain my ph and alkalinity if I adapt it for salt water. Also, what surprised me the most was that this product clams to establish aerobicaly a complete cycle in no more than 24h.

Like many who stop to belive in magical product and Santa Claus, I was a little suspicious about all this so I tried to find more info about it. After having read many review I realized one think : those who said it don’t work are those who did not tried it (probably people like me who don’t belive in magic). Those who tried and followed the protocol were only saying good things about it. So I decided to give it a tried, called the manufacture, set up an account and ordered enough of that filtration system to set-up a few tank.

Only a week after my first try, I start believing in this a little more. Everything went good in my new 50 gallon planted tank. No ammonia pick, no death fish, no visible sign of problem. Same thing with my good old (not that old) nano reef tank. That was a well establish tank so in that case, I was more interested in that No3 and PO4 reduction thing. In less than one day, all those went from 5-10 ppm (I forgot about water changes the month before) to nothing more than 0!

After these great results, I tried it in many other tanks; old, new, fresh water, salt water. It worked every time! I still don’t belive in Santa Claus and magical stuff but I now belive in this system!

I even realized how easy to maintain my little 15 gallon reef tank became. I do not have to worry about PH and alkalinity any more, pollution level is undetectable with my test kit, I do not have to use RO water any more, I simply have to add some mineral using some trace element block that dissolve slowly in my tank and my weekly maintenance routine became a monthly maintenance routine. Actualy, those trace element block and some magnesium are the only additive I need to use on a regular basis. Far more enjoyable than the time I had to use ph buffer, alkalinity buffer, RO water, do regular water change and worry about pollution level. By the way, it’s also the same story with my fresh water tank (actually, it’s easier with those tanks)

So what do you think I did? I installed the system (at my fee) in the tanks I have to maintain for living. Not in all tanks… only in those that were impossible to maintain properly. At home, all my tanks run on that system but I can’t afford to pay a new filtration system to everyone in town (I wish I could). Let me tell you this has great effect on my job. Instead of just cleaning tanks, I can now say I maintain and improve tanks.

If you are curious about all this and want to give it a try, go at Mad Captain's Aquarium to find every thing you need. Don’t forget to follow the complete protocol and to set up your tank properly (if not it simply dont work). If you have a fresh water tank, you’ll probably find that this filtration system is a little more expensive than others but there is way to cut the price : if your tank is not to big and you can get an old canister filter you might not need to pay for the special canister sold for this. Also, the filtration media (tri base pelletized carbon) involve in this system cost more than any other activated carbon I have seen but will last over 4 years. If your tank is a salt water tank, for sure, this system do not cost more than the filtration systems we usually use and because you need less additive, it pay for it self quickly.

Regards,
Patrice Lapointe