Cycling Help With..

[boabmac63]

Can i add water from a cycled tank into my cycling tank to help speed up

 

[tkdjr1186]

It is not the water that contains the bacteria. The best thing to do is add filter media/sponge from the established tank to speed up your cycle. You can also transfer some gravel over. However, the process is a lot slower than with the media/sponge.

 

[soybean]

No, it's a waste of time. The water doesnt contain bacteria. Even the gravel contains very little. If you have access to a cycled filter, you can take up to a third of that media and put it in your own filter to kick start yours.