I recently bought a second-hand 6ft tank set (with media and pump) from someone and unfortunately, he cleaned and completely dried the media before selling it to me. Now, I have to re-cycle all the media (about 10kg) but the pump picked a good time to malfunction and I had to send it for repairing.
I am currently trying to start the cycling process before the pump is fixed by placing the media into my 3ft tank and placing an air stone underneath. However, I am unsure if this would be effective as there is little to no water flow through the media.
Thus, I would like to ask: does cycling media require water flow or is the water flow only to bring oxygenated water to the media?
I am currently trying to start the cycling process before the pump is fixed by placing the media into my 3ft tank and placing an air stone underneath. However, I am unsure if this would be effective as there is little to no water flow through the media.
Thus, I would like to ask: does cycling media require water flow or is the water flow only to bring oxygenated water to the media?