I have a 55 gallon planted aquarium with fluval stratum as the substrate. Tank water is crystal clear. It is the only one that has ever worked as well as seeding the tank with a used aquarium sponge.

Niteout-ii. Amazing, lowers nitrites easily 25-40% over nite at minimum dose. By far the best nitrite removing and stabilizing product out there. The time it takes to have a zero ammonia and a positive nitrite (not nitrate) reading is as follows.

Redsea usually has a good reputation. Not the manufacturers fault. Price isn't terrible, can definitely find cheaper other places.

Reef salt by seachem. Our tank flourishes like crazy. I suspect that when a * is changing their salt, they are sort of doing a second take and optimizing a lot of other things.

The kh and calc are definitely on the high end with calcium usually hovering around 480 ppm and dkh around 11 ppm. My softies are flourishing since switching from fritz. Yeah this little bucket is spendy.

Package came busted opened with salt poured out everywhere within the box. Had to toss 3/4 of the salt in trash due to contamination. Second time that i'm receiving broken bucket. The product was damaged and lost a few amount of the product.