Mature Lava Rock

[-FighterFishh]

In the kitchen I have a 30L biOrb with lava rock in the bottom, and it must be teeming with bacteria. I was wondering whether I could take a few peices out and put them into my new tank to speed up the cycling process?
It's currently been doing a fishless cycle for a week, and on the first day I put in some Nutrafin Biological Aquarium Supplement to start if off. Once it had been cycling for 2 days, it had a bacterial bloom. I put in 6 plants two days ago and added another 3 plants today.
Would adding a couple of bits of the lava from the biOrb help the cycle speed up?
I really want to get some fish in there!
Thank you!

 

[Skins]

In the kitchen I have a 30L biOrb with lava rock in the bottom, and it must be teeming with bacteria. I was wondering whether I could take a few peices out and put them into my new tank to speed up the cycling process?
It's currently been doing a fishless cycle for a week, and on the first day I put in some Nutrafin Biological Aquarium Supplement to start if off. Once it had been cycling for 2 days, it had a bacterial bloom. I put in 6 plants two days ago and added another 3 plants today.
Would adding a couple of bits of the lava from the biOrb help the cycle speed up?
I really want to get some fish in there!
Thank you!

If your Lava rock is not part of your Biorbs filter media then i would say no to your question.

Keith.

 

[-FighterFishh]

In the kitchen I have a 30L biOrb with lava rock in the bottom, and it must be teeming with bacteria. I was wondering whether I could take a few peices out and put them into my new tank to speed up the cycling process?
It's currently been doing a fishless cycle for a week, and on the first day I put in some Nutrafin Biological Aquarium Supplement to start if off. Once it had been cycling for 2 days, it had a bacterial bloom. I put in 6 plants two days ago and added another 3 plants today.
Would adding a couple of bits of the lava from the biOrb help the cycle speed up?
I really want to get some fish in there!
Thank you!

If your Lava rock is not part of your Biorbs filter media then i would say no to your question.

Keith.

Okay. Would that be because it isn't putting the bacteria directly into the filter?

 

[Aqua Tom]

In the kitchen I have a 30L biOrb with lava rock in the bottom, and it must be teeming with bacteria. I was wondering whether I could take a few peices out and put them into my new tank to speed up the cycling process?
It's currently been doing a fishless cycle for a week, and on the first day I put in some Nutrafin Biological Aquarium Supplement to start if off. Once it had been cycling for 2 days, it had a bacterial bloom. I put in 6 plants two days ago and added another 3 plants today.
Would adding a couple of bits of the lava from the biOrb help the cycle speed up?
I really want to get some fish in there!
Thank you!

If your Lava rock is not part of your Biorbs filter media then i would say no to your question.

Keith.

Okay. Would that be because it isn't putting the bacteria directly into the filter?

Yes

 

[-FighterFishh]

In the kitchen I have a 30L biOrb with lava rock in the bottom, and it must be teeming with bacteria. I was wondering whether I could take a few peices out and put them into my new tank to speed up the cycling process?
It's currently been doing a fishless cycle for a week, and on the first day I put in some Nutrafin Biological Aquarium Supplement to start if off. Once it had been cycling for 2 days, it had a bacterial bloom. I put in 6 plants two days ago and added another 3 plants today.
Would adding a couple of bits of the lava from the biOrb help the cycle speed up?
I really want to get some fish in there!
Thank you!

If your Lava rock is not part of your Biorbs filter media then i would say no to your question.

Keith.

Okay. Would that be because it isn't putting the bacteria directly into the filter?

Yes

Okay! Thank you both

 

[OldMan47]

The substrate in a biorb is the filter itself if I am recalling correctly. That means that any part of the substrate that you move into your new filter should give you a big leg up on preparing the new filter. All mature media that can be introduced into any new filter is always a help, without exception.