Fishless Cycling Issue

[Ianb262]

I accidently added too much ammonia to my new brackish tank. There are no fish in it yet, and my ammonia is reading 7 - 8 ppm
I tried a 10% water change and nothing went down.

Please Help

[Pufferpunk]

Then do a 50% WC. You need to keep notes on how many drops will raise the ammonia to 5.

[Ianb262]

Thanks!
What is your view on Tetra SafeStart? I saw that it cycled some peoples tanks overnight. Is this true?

~ Ian

[Ianb262]

Just did the 50% WC. Went from 8 to 4ppm. I will let it run because I unplugged the filter while I did the WC. When my ammonia levels get lower, I will try Tetra SafeStart to cycle. Many people had success with it

[Welch4]

I don't think there I a brackish product available. The bacteria in the safe start freshwater is stable at 1.0 and bio spria is stable at 1.025

[kass]

I recently used tetra start safe, and it did not work for me. I had read good things about it but the bacteria in the bottle I bought must have died transport, I guess. It was shipped internationally. Anyways, just be aware that it may not work. I personally would only use it to fishless cycle incase you get a dud.

[Pufferpunk]

I have only used Safestart when adding a large amount of new fish to an established tank.