new 20 gallon, want instant cycle, or close to it.....

[kukerdan]

Hi, i have a 10 and a 90 that are existed fully cycled etc.

I have decorations in each that i want to move into the 20, i already added some water, and a little crap from the graval into the 20 from my 10.......... im going to move a very large decoration into the 20 as its centerpeice, this decoration is in my 90 and has been there for a long time.........

what else could i do to contribute to a fast cycle....

use staibility or stress zyme?

graval from the tanks?

 

[Meredith]

a little filter media from one of the other tanks.

 

[kukerdan]

i also have a few danios around i will throw in to help the cycle

 

[Toirtis]

The only thing that will work (along the line you are thinking) is to swap a bunch of active biomedia from your 90's filter into the new filter....and make sure you add an ammonia source to the 20 to keep that media alive.

 

[severum mama]

You could also wait a couple weeks to move over your decorations and stock your tank, and run your new filter on one of your other tanks for a while. I did that when I set up my 35 gallon and it worked perfectly.