Question About Cycling My Tank

[simon10]

Hi i have heard about the fish in cycle but i am not too sure on it. I am getting a new tank soon therefore i will be cycling it before i put tropical fish in there. I have heard that i can put some goldfish into my tank to do the fish in cycle. Funnily enough i have 2 Goldfish in my other tank... Does this mean i can put the Goldfish into the new tank to cycle it?

Thanks, Simon

 

[simon10]

Anyone know?

 

[paulbr1]

Read up on the Fishless cycling it is much friendlier to the fish in the short and long term, it is pinned in the New to the Hobby section.

Fishless cycling = Happy Fish

Good luck

Paul.

 

[simon10]

Read up on the Fishless cycling it is much friendlier to the fish in the short and long term, it is pinned in the New to the Hobby section.

Fishless cycling = Happy Fish

Good luck

Paul.

but i didnt cycle my first tank and i just put the goldfish in. baring in mind they came from a pond not a fish shop

 

[simon10]

can anyone answer my question?

 

[OldMan47]

If you insist on doing a fish-in cycle, do not remove all of the fish from another tank to do it. That would just force you to cycle the other tank when you put them back. Actually, if you have a functioning tank and filter, I would lean toward using some filter media from the existing tank's filter to jump start the new filter by move some of the media across. The normal recommendation is to move no more than 1/3 of the old media into the new filter.

 

[simon10]

If you insist on doing a fish-in cycle, do not remove all of the fish from another tank to do it. That would just force you to cycle the other tank when you put them back. Actually, if you have a functioning tank and filter, I would lean toward using some filter media from the existing tank's filter to jump start the new filter by move some of the media across. The normal recommendation is to move no more than 1/3 of the old media into the new filter.

wot just cut some off

 

[OldMan47]

It depends on the filter type you have. For me it would mean take a sponge and some of the ceramic biological media out of a canister and put them into another. I would then replace the sponge and biomedia in the old filter with new media. If you have a very small hang on back filter, it can be more difficult to share media between filters. If you have a filter with sponges in it, you can either cut some or take one of the many sponges and move it. If you have one of the filters with a single stiff cartridge, the options are probably limited to just cleaning the old filter in the new tank to get some of the right bacteria started in the new filter. It is not quite as effective but is far better than no seeding at all.