Turbo Start Tips

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1. Introduction
2. Introduction (continued)
3. Mistakes to Avoid
4. The Testing
5. Questions and Concerns
6. Is your pond ready?
7. Fritz Distribution
8. Applying Turbo Start
9. Questions
10. Things I Learned
11. Glossary

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Fritz Turbo Start

by Erik Johnson DVM
www.koivet.com

Page 1: Introduction

Erik Johnson is a veterinarian, author and a fish health specialist.
Visit his site at www.koivet.com

Well folks, I have learned a bunch of new stuff. And I have approached it cautiously, and I have interviewed most of the experts on the subject. (And I am not talking about Internet pundits who don't have fish of their own.) I replicated my bench tests in this area two times and then took it into the field for some clinical experience and I am glad I did, because most of the kinks got worked out this way.

What I have to say "distills" down to this: What if you could start up a brand new system, pond, quarantine or facility and have NO BREAK IN period?

Well, you can.

There is a beneficial-bacterial adjuvant which works over and over, in almost any system. But there are "gotchas" you should be aware of.

I tested several promising new "nitrifying" products over the last year, and the situation that kept recurring was that I had to accumulate a high ammonia and nitrite level before the products I was testing could live and work. This means the fish have to experience the stress of poor water quality before the products could benefit them. Also, many of the products I tested would give variable results, and some took over three weeks to eliminate nitrogen accumulations. Not acceptable. Fish die in that time.

You have to admit that cutting the cycle-time in half is still pretty good, but I was really waiting for something that would give ZERO nitrogen accumulation from start to end. NO 'BREAK IN' spikes.

For those too busy to read the whole thing: "Fritz Industries, TurboStart. It works."

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