Anyone Help Me Pleasee?

[white9870]

right this may sound a stupid question, but i wont know till i ask, and it safer to ask then not know, i know if you use a filter media from a established aquarium in your own filter it helps speed thing up, im just wondering can you use filter out of a pond, i have had a pond in my gardon for about 10 years, so im just wondering if you could use that filter media, or is it not possible?

thanks

 

[fluttermoth]

Yes, you can use pond media; it's all the same bacteria.

 

[white9870]

thanks for the answer, does it mater that my tank is tropical, and the pond is cold water, and will there be anything like parisites on the pond filter? thanks

 

[fluttermoth]

No, it doesn't matter that the tank is tropical and the pond is coldwater. It's very unlikely that there'll be any parasites present, as long as your pond is healthy.

 

[Miles_hot]

I think I read someone (possibly WaterDrop) saying that this will be fine however you should bring the media up to temperature slowly. By this I assume you let the tank cool right down, add the media to the filter and then bring the tank up to operating temp.