If I Can't Get Hold Of Any Mature Media Would

[sneezy]

My mate hasn't got enough mature media to donate but he says I can squeeze his sponge out and add the contents to my tank. Would this help or just be a waste of time? Thanks

 

[iankent]

My mate hasn't got enough mature media to donate but he says I can squeeze his sponge out and add the contents to my tank. Would this help or just be a waste of time? Thanks

yes, definately of help - even just squeezing out the filter media you'll get a fair bit of bacteria, and once it's had a few days to accumulate in your filter, it should build up its numbers pretty quickly!

 

[minxfishy]

If you can squeeze it directly to your filter media as well as into the tank water, this would be even better

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Yes it would help a bit, don't expect miracles from it but it should give it a kick start. get him to squeeze it out into a small amount of tank water, then open up your filter and pour this directly over your media.

 

[Honeythorn]

Depending on what sort of filter you have, and if your friend has a spare plug socket, could you run your filter in his tank for a while? That's how I matured the Fluval 3 for my 12 gal. I stuck it in my mature 30 gal community tank for 2 months.

 

[DarkEntity]

Depending on what sort of filter you have, and if your friend has a spare plug socket, could you run your filter in his tank for a while? That's how I matured the Fluval 3 for my 12 gal. I stuck it in my mature 30 gal community tank for 2 months.

Thats probably the best option tbh.