MicroBacter QuikCycl - 60ml

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 centre 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 MicroBacter Start
XLM or MicroBacter Start XLF as appropriate for your aquarium.
This product may also be used with MicroBacterCLEAN to cycle a marine
aquarium, but the cycle may not be as fast as using the MicroBacter
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 indiscriminate 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different if you use an inferior bacteria culture or one that is out of date or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 MicroBacter Start XLM, or MicroBacter 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.

Sizes 60ml | 125ml

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 Xport world class bacterial filtration medium
or Microbacter Lattice

b) You must use a good dechlorinator first,
such as Brightwell Erase to remove chloramine and chlorine!

c) Prepare water and adjust pH, alkalinity, and
temperature

d) Add full dose of QuikCycl 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 MicroBacter Start XLM,
or MicroBacter 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 MicroBacter Start XLM, MicroBacter
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!