Quick question

[jcorns33ia]

This is also posted as a reply in another thread but posing it here as well in hopes of more responses, hope that's ok.

just had a guy give me his 29 gal as well, even comes with 4 little friends, question is can I use one of his filters in my new setup to speed up the cycling process or will i simply kill the good bacteria since i have already begun "dosing" my new setup with pure ammonia per the instructions in another post here in the forums.

I am currently at

ammonia 4-5 ppm
no nitrates
no nitrites
ph is around 7.8

thanks for help guys and gals is all much appreciated !

 

[neilanh]

If his filter material is still "alive" with bacteria then absolutely use it, it will speed the process up. Using this type of stuff, which we refer to as "Seed Material" is the fastest way to kick start and complete your cycle.

 

[jcorns33ia]

excellent, thanks for the info, I also placed a tennis ball size lump of his systems gravel in pantyhose toe as well to spread some more of the good guys.

Thanks again for the info.

 

[Mark Hewitt]

The worst that will happen is that it won't speed up the cycling process!