Fishless Or Fish In?
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Fish In
JenCliBee
PleC & CorY MaD
fishless..... why would any 1 want 2 subject there fish 2 such hazourdous conditions 
Truck
UKAPS
fishless..... why would any 1 want 2 subject there fish 2 such hazourdous conditions
second that!
VespertineStar
Fish Fanatic
Motion carried lol. Yeah fishless all the way.
Inchworm
Li'l Ole Fish Lady
Hi locker 
Neither one. Since your father has a tank, you could divide the media and get started right away. Or, run your filter in his tank for a few weeks and the beneficial bacteria will grow in the media itself. Then you could add some fish as soon as you're ready to move it into your tank. The ones in his tank will quickly reproduce to replace them and the ones in your filter will reproduce to keep up with new additions as you go along.
This is called "cloning" a tank.
Neither one. Since your father has a tank, you could divide the media and get started right away. Or, run your filter in his tank for a few weeks and the beneficial bacteria will grow in the media itself. Then you could add some fish as soon as you're ready to move it into your tank. The ones in his tank will quickly reproduce to replace them and the ones in your filter will reproduce to keep up with new additions as you go along.
This is called "cloning" a tank.
JenCliBee
PleC & CorY MaD
Hi locker
Neither one. Since your father has a tank, you could divide the media and get started right away. Or, run your filter in his tank for a few weeks and the beneficial bacteria will grow in the media itself. Then you could add some fish as soon as you're ready to move it into your tank. The ones in his tank will quickly reproduce to replace them and the ones in your filter will reproduce to keep up with new additions as you go along.
This is called "cloning" a tank.
ahhh yes didnt know dad had a tank lol but yep the way 2 go and much much quicker
JenCliBee
PleC & CorY MaD
Edited: i was wrong 2 presume this
inch removing the bad contect here then this should have been removed aswell beens this is wot it was all about 
matchstickman47
Fish Herder
why r they on this site if they want to hurt fish
some muppit that obviously doesnt care about there fish
StatMan
Fish Crazy
Hi locker
Neither one. Since your father has a tank, you could divide the media and get started right away. Or, run your filter in his tank for a few weeks and the beneficial bacteria will grow in the media itself. Then you could add some fish as soon as you're ready to move it into your tank. The ones in his tank will quickly reproduce to replace them and the ones in your filter will reproduce to keep up with new additions as you go along.
This is called "cloning" a tank.
For a small fee of course?
So seeing as I am now 10 days into cylcling my tank are there benefits to just adding Locker's filter into the same tank?
I guess it will speed up the young'uns tank, would it slow down the setup on mine?
Would we just add water, "safe" water, to locker's Tank then move the filter over?
I have a 240L with an eheiim 2026, Locker's is a Fluval 205 for a 170L tank, would the 240L be ok with the two filters in? Nothing but Sand and rocks at the moment, could I add fish with the two filters in, we need to do some arranging before putting the 170L in place?
StatMan
fishless..... why would any 1 want 2 subject there fish 2 such hazourdous conditions
Don't worry I wouldn't let him anyway!!
Plenty of time to research the best places to buy his barbs!
StatMan
JenCliBee
PleC & CorY MaD
Hi locker
Neither one. Since your father has a tank, you could divide the media and get started right away. Or, run your filter in his tank for a few weeks and the beneficial bacteria will grow in the media itself. Then you could add some fish as soon as you're ready to move it into your tank. The ones in his tank will quickly reproduce to replace them and the ones in your filter will reproduce to keep up with new additions as you go along.
This is called "cloning" a tank.
For a small fee of course?
So seeing as I am now 10 days into cylcling my tank are there benefits to just adding Locker's filter into the same tank?
I guess it will speed up the young'uns tank, would it slow down the setup on mine?
Would we just add water, "safe" water, to locker's Tank then move the filter over?
I have a 240L with an eheiim 2026, Locker's is a Fluval 205 for a 170L tank, would the 240L be ok with the two filters in? Nothing but Sand and rocks at the moment, could I add fish with the two filters in, we need to do some arranging before putting the 170L in place?
StatMan
fishless..... why would any 1 want 2 subject there fish 2 such hazourdous conditions
Don't worry I wouldn't let him anyway!!
Plenty of time to research the best places to buy his barbs!
StatMan
pretty pointless IMO then if your tank is cycling he mite aswell just start his own fishless cycle the difference in days with the 2 wont make much difference infact he mite still cycle his tank quicker than urself lol
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Or perhaps someone that has successfully used that system for more years than many of the contributors in this forum have been alive.
some muppit that obviously doesnt care about there fish
JenCliBee
PleC & CorY MaD
Or perhaps someone that has successfully used that system for more years than many of the contributors in this forum have been alive.
some muppit that obviously doesnt care about there fish
so by that comment u actually think its ok then ???
Inchworm
Li'l Ole Fish Lady
Hi StatMan
I'm sorry, I didn't realize your tank was still cycling. I thought you had fish already.
That's an interesting question. I've never thought about how the bacteria distribute themselves when they are just starting out. Why not start a thread in New to the Hobby about it?
If you do cycle both filters together, don't move it over until immediately before you add the fish. Without a source of ammonia, the bacteria will start to die off. There is very little bacteria in the water itself, but when I clone a tank, I use about 1/4 to 1/3 old water from another tank and fill it with dechlorinated water. It seems to keep the number of bubbles that form on the glass down.
Not me. Since there was no option, I made a null vote just to see how the voting was going. My tanks were started with fish originally, but that doesn't mean I was careless. Fishless cycling is a relatively new method. In fact, when I joined this forum in 2003, hardly anyone used it. Then, once I had established media, I never needed to try it out.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize your tank was still cycling. I thought you had fish already.
That's an interesting question. I've never thought about how the bacteria distribute themselves when they are just starting out. Why not start a thread in New to the Hobby about it?
If you do cycle both filters together, don't move it over until immediately before you add the fish. Without a source of ammonia, the bacteria will start to die off. There is very little bacteria in the water itself, but when I clone a tank, I use about 1/4 to 1/3 old water from another tank and fill it with dechlorinated water. It seems to keep the number of bubbles that form on the glass down.
Not me. Since there was no option, I made a null vote just to see how the voting was going. My tanks were started with fish originally, but that doesn't mean I was careless. Fishless cycling is a relatively new method. In fact, when I joined this forum in 2003, hardly anyone used it. Then, once I had established media, I never needed to try it out.
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