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got this idea from reading cycling posts, so i am going to do a fishless cycle starting today and see how it turns out.
8/23/06
filled my empty 5 gal hospital tank with de-chlored water. put in a brand new, out of the box whisper hob filter. went to the store and got ammonia with the active ingrediant ammonium hydroxide, nothing else. makes no bubbles when i shake it up. i added 5 drops to the tank.
i have extra floss in one of the hob's on my main tank that is thoroughly cycled, so i am going to cut some out and add it to the hob on the cycling tank. the only things in the tank are gravel, the filter, and an unused heater. tomorrow i will take water tests to keep a record.
the goal is to see how long it takes and what kind of problems i may run into, and to compare fishless cycling to cycling with fish(which is the only way i have ever cycled tanks).
8/23/06
filled my empty 5 gal hospital tank with de-chlored water. put in a brand new, out of the box whisper hob filter. went to the store and got ammonia with the active ingrediant ammonium hydroxide, nothing else. makes no bubbles when i shake it up. i added 5 drops to the tank.
i have extra floss in one of the hob's on my main tank that is thoroughly cycled, so i am going to cut some out and add it to the hob on the cycling tank. the only things in the tank are gravel, the filter, and an unused heater. tomorrow i will take water tests to keep a record.
the goal is to see how long it takes and what kind of problems i may run into, and to compare fishless cycling to cycling with fish(which is the only way i have ever cycled tanks).