ficklefins
Fish Fanatic
I have an Aquaclear filter on my 20 gallon tank, along with a sponge filter. Since the sponge already had a lot of biological filtration going on that tank, I used the bag of little white cylinders that is used for bio-filtration from the Aquaclear to help cycle my new 25 gallon tank.
I think I am in the end of my fish-in cycling period now. My ammonia is reading .25, and that's without adding a daily dose of Prime. I also haven't done a water change in 3 days. My nitrites are at 0, which they have always been, and the nitrates are around 5ppm.
I assume the speed of the cycle, just over a week, is due in large part to the established bioligical filtration from the other filter. How long should I wait until I take that out? I WOULD just leave it in there, but the filters are two very different styles and there really was no good way to put it in the filter, so I just stuffed it where it would fit. Also, they don't sell those little white cylinders anywhere so I will eventually need to put them back in the Aquaclear on my 20 gallon.
I think I am in the end of my fish-in cycling period now. My ammonia is reading .25, and that's without adding a daily dose of Prime. I also haven't done a water change in 3 days. My nitrites are at 0, which they have always been, and the nitrates are around 5ppm.
I assume the speed of the cycle, just over a week, is due in large part to the established bioligical filtration from the other filter. How long should I wait until I take that out? I WOULD just leave it in there, but the filters are two very different styles and there really was no good way to put it in the filter, so I just stuffed it where it would fit. Also, they don't sell those little white cylinders anywhere so I will eventually need to put them back in the Aquaclear on my 20 gallon.
