Fellow Fish Keeper In Need Of Some Help.

[Inchworm]

Hi Jud

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[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Jud. If I set up a new tank and filter and cannot wait to cycle a tank, it happens, I will simply clean a well established filter in the new tank. It makes a bit of a mess with the solids that come from a new cleaning but inside of a week my new tank's filter seems to become completely cycled. The bacterial additive that I favor is one that I know is correct, it comes from a functional biological filter in an established tank. To me, that beats any bottled product every time.

 

[Jud]

Hi Jud

Welcome to the forum.

I'm going to move your thread to the Your New Freshwater Tank section. You will get more help cycling your tank there.

Please take a minute and validate your membership by clicking on the link in the email we sent you. You will then be able to post anywhere on the forum.

Thanks for the welcome! Thanks for the redirect. I think I'll be needing a new validation email. I must have deleted it. Thank you in advance.

Welcome to the forum Jud. If I set up a new tank and filter and cannot wait to cycle a tank, it happens, I will simply clean a well established filter in the new tank. It makes a bit of a mess with the solids that come from a new cleaning but inside of a week my new tank's filter seems to become completely cycled. The bacterial additive that I favor is one that I know is correct, it comes from a functional biological filter in an established tank. To me, that beats any bottled product every time.

That is quite a good idea. I wish I had thought of that previously. However, I did think ahead and purchased a small sponge that I placed in my 10g tanks filter before leaving on vacation. I did travel back to my apartment to make a water change in both tanks and put a small amount of food in the 30g tank (no fish are in). Anyway, by the time I get back I will have a chem set and test tubes for more accurate measurements. I'll add the sponge from the other filter, which should have a relatively nice colony built up by now.