Marine bb different between cold and tropical?

[knifegill]

Let's say I need to get a brackish tank seeded NOW and have access to coldwater live bb. With a little acclimatization, can I convert the coldwater marine culture to a tropical brackish tank's conditions? Not that I'd expect the whole sample to survive the change, but would some make it and be able to populate quickly?

And yes, it's marine salt. Concentration pretty low, about 1.002.

 

[cjack]

Maby Im just ignorant, but whats bb stand for?

 

[knifegill]

Beneficial Bacteria, but nevermind anyway. I found a saltwater fish store and bought a piece of live rock. I don't think it's helping though.

 

[sweeTang21]

well the seeding process takes time. Were talking usually weeks to get the tank to full stability. The really efficient way to get the tank to start its cycle is to take some table shrimp and let them rot. This process must be done correctly or you could have a very un stable tank and you will be extending the process by months if you start throwing fish in there. Please take your time.

 

[knifegill]

well the seeding process takes time. Were talking usually weeks to get the tank to full stability. The really efficient way to get the tank to start its cycle is to take some table shrimp and let them rot. This process must be done correctly or you could have a very un stable tank and you will be extending the process by months if you start throwing fish in there. Please take your time.

Usually seeding a tank is successful within two to three days of setting the tank up. I've probably done this about fifteen or twenty times with straight fresh water without a glitch. Days, not weeks.

There is no time to take. I only set up the tank because I already have the fish. If I knew marine salt was going to make such a mess of everything, I'd have skipped it and just used pure salt.

Thanks, though. I agree that cycling should take time, and that a tank should be cycled before adding fish. I've just gotten away with cheating the process so many times that it surprised me to fail. I mean, in an established tank there are a certain number of bb colonizing the filter. So if one adds the approximate quantity of bb needed to process the waste of a given fish to a lightly stocked tank, the balance is attained instantly. It's just like setting up a new tank and moving all the fish and filters at once. But add marine salt to the mix and (apparently) it all goes to hell.