LauraFrog
Fish Gatherer
Basically, this pertains to my breeding setup. Basically 4 x 16 gal tanks and a 10 gal sump. The four tanks are on a table and they have overflows. The overflows pour the water over a wet-dry bit (sump is about 3/4 full) and then two powerheads pump the water back up through the tanks (one powerhead per two tanks). I already have the sump set up, but the overflow valves are not yet installed.
I have two weeks of school left to go, then I'm ordering in a big pile of fish from the internet for myself and to restock a tank where I work. I'm intending to quarantine the lot and de-parasite them before passing them on. It will save me a lot of ammo lock if the setup is already cycled. I have a large quantity of cycled filter media I can use to speed my cycle time, as well as some filter additives that actually work. And - treasure trove indeed - I just laid my hands on a bottle of surfactant free ammonia.
The obvious thing to me seems to be start fishless cycle ASAP. But the problem is the setup is nowhere near finished. The holes for the overflow valves aren't even drilled. Is there any way I can fishless cycle anyway, even though the volume of water will be far, far smaller than the intended volume the filter has got to process?
I have two weeks of school left to go, then I'm ordering in a big pile of fish from the internet for myself and to restock a tank where I work. I'm intending to quarantine the lot and de-parasite them before passing them on. It will save me a lot of ammo lock if the setup is already cycled. I have a large quantity of cycled filter media I can use to speed my cycle time, as well as some filter additives that actually work. And - treasure trove indeed - I just laid my hands on a bottle of surfactant free ammonia.
The obvious thing to me seems to be start fishless cycle ASAP. But the problem is the setup is nowhere near finished. The holes for the overflow valves aren't even drilled. Is there any way I can fishless cycle anyway, even though the volume of water will be far, far smaller than the intended volume the filter has got to process?