Possible art gallery showing

[Fishkeeper88]

So a friend of mine knows a lot of gallery owners and artists. Now they may want me to design aquascapes to show. What do you guys think about selling aquascapes from an art gallery?

 

[Flossie]

Sounds like an awesome opportunity

 

[Fishkeeper88]

It would be a huge project and I don't know how I'd cycle the tanks.... any suggestions?

 

[Flossie]

It would be a huge project and I don't know how I'd cycle the tanks.... any suggestions?

Couldn't u just run several filters on one large " cycled" tank and then just use them on your display tanks when ready?

 

[Fishkeeper88]

It's possible but I was thinking just switch out filter media from an old tank to a new tank

 

[Flossie]

It's possible but I was thinking just switch out filter media from an old tank to a new tank

Yeah u could do that depending on how many tanks u show and what u stock them with ... Lol but I'm pretty much a newbie still so hopefully someone will give u better advice soon

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Either option would work, if your gonna switch the filter media don't do it all at once. unless your running multiple filters on the tank, then only change it from one.

 

[roundar]

These are planted aquascapes? Is there a reason you're cycling them?

 

[Flossie]

These are planted aquascapes? Is there a reason you're cycling them?

Yeah I was wondering if u were adding fish.

I don't know anything about planted lol

 

[Fishkeeper26]

If theres no fish then don't cycle

 

[Fishkeeper88]

There would be fish and possibly invertebrates. So I need to to worry about cycling the tanks.

 

[roundar]

There would be fish and possibly invertebrates. So I need to to worry about cycling the tanks.

Still, not really. You're talking about a planted tank with a low bioload.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

As long as your only having the fish in there for a short period of time and not heavily stocking it you shouldn't have to worry about cycling. Plus no ones gonna wanna see filters and other equipment on the tank

 

[needmorecowbell]

I'm not sure if this helps but, when plants decay, they jumpstart the cycle. Therefore, if you put the plants in before anything else and leave them in for a week ( if you have that much time) then put the fish in, you should be fine. Youll pass the most dangerous ammonia part and go to the less dangerous nitrite or even nitrate peak.

On a side note, good luck!

 

[Gillie]

I'm not sure if this helps but, when plants decay, they jumpstart the cycle. Therefore, if you put the plants in before anything else and leave them in for a week ( if you have that much time) then put the fish in, you should be fine. Youll pass the most dangerous ammonia part and go to the less dangerous nitrite or even nitrate peak.

On a side note, good luck!

It may jump start the cycle but it won't be enough to keep it going

 

[jetajockey]

The bacteria colony isn't some king of juggling act that has to get kickstarted and then maintained, it grows and shrinks based on what resources are available. I definitely agree that decaying plant matter definitely won't produce enough ammonia to make much of a difference, especially if these are display tanks, since any dead matter will be removed.

I think roundar's point was that a multitude of plants are going to utilize any nitrogenous waste produced by a light fish stocking, so some sort of 'pre-cycling' isn't necessary.

 

[Marconis]

Do you have any samples of your work?

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Sure, here are two simple aquascapes I've done in my home. I work with what I have available locally and what I can afford.

 

[roundar]

Here's some idea's for the showing:

 

[Fishkeeper88]

I am currently expanding my aquascaping media. Soon I will have more available to me.