Hi All
I've been reading all about fishless cycling and as i'm about to go through it for the first time. I'm very wary about stocking my entire tank after the process is completed.
So i've had a mini thought about the fishless cycle.
Can the fishless cycle be used to prevent mini cycles when adding new fish to your tank?
If you have a tank with say half stock can you then slowly start adding small amounts of ammonia into the tank to boost the bacteria growth. As this would be done slowly over a period of time the basteria would be able to grow without causing a mini boost.
Any one tried it or is this just a load of crap?
If its not a load of crap and could work then i'm going to try it as i'm in the process of setting up 2 new tanks. So i'll stock one at 1/2 and one at full.
Then on the second tank i'll try preventing a mini cycle.
I've been reading all about fishless cycling and as i'm about to go through it for the first time. I'm very wary about stocking my entire tank after the process is completed.
So i've had a mini thought about the fishless cycle.
Can the fishless cycle be used to prevent mini cycles when adding new fish to your tank?
If you have a tank with say half stock can you then slowly start adding small amounts of ammonia into the tank to boost the bacteria growth. As this would be done slowly over a period of time the basteria would be able to grow without causing a mini boost.
Any one tried it or is this just a load of crap?
If its not a load of crap and could work then i'm going to try it as i'm in the process of setting up 2 new tanks. So i'll stock one at 1/2 and one at full.
Then on the second tank i'll try preventing a mini cycle.