hey guys,just had a question,will taking water from a running tank and putting aobut half into a new tank help the cycle process?
will taking water from another tank for a new tank help?
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You can also use the rocks at the bottom of the tank+ the water from your existing tank and you can speed up the cycle process. I was able to cycle my tank in about 1 week. Using an already cycled filter is also a great way to help get your tank going.
if using some bio-media along with the old tank water i think the water would help. i'm doing something similar this weekend. upgrading my 75 to a 125. i'm taking everything from the old tank, filter media, substrate, decor etc... taking all the 75 gallons from the old tank and adding a fresh 50 gallons. my thought is that it would be like doing a 40% water change and i could avoid any mini-cycles
oh ok thanx guys.im getting some africans cichlids in a 55 gal.i heard they r hardy fish.will thye be able to be put in after 1 week of a tank running?
Yes adding water from an established tank will help. Although the nitrifying bacteria is predominantly sessile, bacteria is everywhere so the old water will have a lot of beneficial bacteria in various stages of reproduction/death present. Adding established substrate and established filter media into your filter will also reduce the biological cycle establishment time. I recommend you clean out a dirty filter and empty the collected effluent into your new tank. Although it makes your new tank dirty for a day, the substrate, ornaments, glass etc AND new filter will be full of bacterium.
I do this all the time and I don't cycle. I take water from other tanks add an established filter top off with tap water and add fish the key is to use an established filter