zacheyp said:help please
will the tank cycle
zacheyp said:my main tank is cycled, i dont have a qt
what is dt water?
zacheyp said:would a 10 be better, would a biowheel be enough filtration
what would you use to treat
zacheyp said:is there a difference between ich and ick?
zacheyp said:thanks, i will qt the fish this weekwnd, also i assume it is safe to add inverts and corals to the dt as they cannit host ich, thanks for all of your help
zacheyp said:im doing copper not hypo
zacheyp said:Thanks for your help!
Kio707 said:U want to know about the ick or cycling tank? I thought ur tank was cycled? Ur 5.5 won't do a cycle if u use DT water to treat the fish.
His QT will cycle if he doesn't take media that's established bacteria from his DT. The water itself has nothing to do with it cycling. The only way to be ready for this would have been to run the biowheel on his DT for a while to build up bacteria in it, then transfer it to the QT.