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Posted by Tynk on October 18, 2007, 10:46 am
Please log in for more thread options > Hi Carol,
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> Usually what I do are fishless cycles on my new tanks using Bio-Spira, or
> just some squeezes from a sponge filter in one of my other tanks.
You mentioned squeezing a sponge filter into a new tank to help jump
start the cycling process.
It was recently discovered that the nitrifying bacteria are quite
sticky and adhere to the surface they're on like glue.
In fact, it's actually pretty hard to get them off.
Using old tank water, debris from gravel (just the gunk, not the
actual gravel), and squeezing filter media will not add bacteria like
many of us (me included) once thought.
I learned this several years ago and have been talking about it
since.
An issue of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine a while back had an
article on this very thing.
I was so happy that they did that.
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Posted by Reel McKoi on October 18, 2007, 3:20 pm
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> You mentioned squeezing a sponge filter into a new tank to help jump
> start the cycling process.
> It was recently discovered that the nitrifying bacteria are quite
> sticky and adhere to the surface they're on like glue.
> In fact, it's actually pretty hard to get them off.
> Using old tank water, debris from gravel (just the gunk, not the
> actual gravel), and squeezing filter media will not add bacteria like
> many of us (me included) once thought.
> I learned this several years ago and have been talking about it
> since.
> An issue of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine a while back had an
> article on this very thing.
> I was so happy that they did that.
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I just use a whole Aquaclear sponge from a cycled tank now, or the bag of
bio-beads that sits on the sponge. It works really good..... ;-)
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Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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Posted by Aiptasia on October 19, 2007, 9:30 am
Please log in for more thread options Well, you're right. It's probably better to just put a well cycled bit of
filter material into a new tank. I use a lot of aqua clear filters and they
come with both ceramic media and filter sponges, so it's easy to remove one
or the other and put them into a new tank for an instant cycle. You can also
slip a sponge filter over the intake tube of one of your filters for a few
weeks and allow it to populate with bacteria, then put that in a new tank.
Food for thought.
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Posted by Reel McKoi on October 22, 2007, 8:43 am
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> Well, you're right. It's probably better to just put a well cycled bit of
> filter material into a new tank. I use a lot of aqua clear filters and
> they
> come with both ceramic media and filter sponges, so it's easy to remove
> one
> or the other and put them into a new tank for an instant cycle. You can
> also
> slip a sponge filter over the intake tube of one of your filters for a few
> weeks and allow it to populate with bacteria, then put that in a new tank.
>
> Food for thought.
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I always have an Aquaclear sponge on my in take tubes. Extra filtering,
small weak fish wont get caught in the inflow and they're ready made for a
new tank that's not cycled. :-)
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> Usually what I do are fishless cycles on my new tanks using Bio-Spira, or
> just some squeezes from a sponge filter in one of my other tanks.