Hey i have a wisper 40 on my turtle tank and the sponge media on it is full of bacteria can i take out the bio-bag(b/c it dont look to good i think it broke) and hook up the filter on my new tank to get rid of the dust from my gravel and to help cycle it
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Warr40,
Remeber, this is a message board, not a chat room. Answers dont' always come immediately. If I am correct, your post was not very far down. Also, sometimes you don't get a quick answer because some questions are harder to answer. Just hang in there and be patient, someone will eventually have an answer for you.
Remeber, this is a message board, not a chat room. Answers dont' always come immediately. If I am correct, your post was not very far down. Also, sometimes you don't get a quick answer because some questions are harder to answer. Just hang in there and be patient, someone will eventually have an answer for you.
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Ok, since you are so desperate for an immediate answer, I will give you my best GUESS. That is all this is, a guess. I take no responsibility for what I am about to say...
I vote NO, because you cannot be sure if there is anything else living in that filter, or if the turtle is a carrier of a disease/parasite/etc... (carrier means they are not affected by it) of something that can affect fish. Also, there may be other "stuff" in the filter besides the bacteria you want. I know turtles skin often looks dry and kinda flakey, so possibly dead skin (like I said, totally going out on a limb here).
With fish, I think it is always best to be cautious and patient. It is better to have something take longer than to get it done quickly but have problems down the road.
If you are trying to save the bacteria until you get a better answer, you can put the bio bag in a bucket with a little PURE ammonia. In cycling my tank, I needed ~ 3 teaspoons for a 20 gal tank to get a concentration of 5 ppm.
I vote NO, because you cannot be sure if there is anything else living in that filter, or if the turtle is a carrier of a disease/parasite/etc... (carrier means they are not affected by it) of something that can affect fish. Also, there may be other "stuff" in the filter besides the bacteria you want. I know turtles skin often looks dry and kinda flakey, so possibly dead skin (like I said, totally going out on a limb here).
With fish, I think it is always best to be cautious and patient. It is better to have something take longer than to get it done quickly but have problems down the road.
If you are trying to save the bacteria until you get a better answer, you can put the bio bag in a bucket with a little PURE ammonia. In cycling my tank, I needed ~ 3 teaspoons for a 20 gal tank to get a concentration of 5 ppm.
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