Fishless Cycle Help

[Fish_Girl]

i got a new tank just over a week ago and i am attempting my first ever fishless cycle(my current tank came to me with water etc from my fiances Dad so i didnt need to do anything to it) anyway, i read an article on here about needing ammonia(sp?) to cycle it but i couldnt find any in the lfs so i bought a bottle of cycling stuff even though i read it wasnt much good i figured its better then nothing.

however, im just cleaning out my other tank and decided to stick all the "old" water in the new tank-is this a good idea? i dont know anyone to ask for any used filter media so i thought this might be worth a shot. does that sound ok or am i doing this totally wrong?

never thought cycling a tank would be so tricky! any tips are definately welcome!

 

[CruX]

Are you transfering everything from the 'old' tank over or starting afresh? If you are transfering everything over you can do it as a oner and move the filter with it.

If not you can split your filter media from your old tank and I think Boots sell house hold ammonia. Remember it is the filter that is cycled not the tank.

 

[vinylman]

The bacteria you need to colonise the filter don't live in the water; can you ask the LFS for a piece of mature media? Doesn't have to be huge, anything will kick start the new filter.