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dr_sudz
10-04-2006, 4:32 PM
When starting a new tank, and you want to start the cycle on it. Would starting off the tank with turtles be a bad thing? Fill the tank half way and put the turtles in to start the cycle and when the cycle is complete put the turtles back in there home and replace with fish?
me_wee_todded
10-04-2006, 4:43 PM
ive been doing that with my tanks unintentially for years now no wonder my fish acclimated so well. Story is I had a 120 gallon with some 4.5 Red ears in it. well anyways i decided to sell the turtles becaus they got kinda big,and i just put some channel cats in there and they really took off.
dr_sudz
10-04-2006, 5:19 PM
I think I am going to try this on my next tank. What better way to get your pets to help you out!
Those turtles are gonna probibly make TOO much waste....;)
Jaxolotl
10-05-2006, 7:35 AM
When start new tank i just use some filter substrate of old tank mix in new one, this can save your time and no need of any microbe product on market :naughty:
Lil_Stinker
10-05-2006, 10:54 PM
I just transplant filter media
CHOMPERS
10-05-2006, 10:59 PM
Turtles are an excelent idea and I can see several of us have been putting them to good use. Turtles do produce a bunch of excess waste but when the bio-filters catch up to them, the filters will be able to handle any fish load. And turtles are not affected by waste in the same way as fish. Turtles will be happy in water that will kill any fish. Not healthy in the long run, but not so bad for short periods.