There is a slight prob in my mum's tanks.
We have an existing 5g Betta community setup. We bought a 10g tank and have decided to do fishless cycling.
To kick start it we put the gunk and old water from the 5g tank when gravel cleaning into the 10g as an ammonia and good bacteria source. Then we took one sponge filter from the 5g and also put it in the 10g tank to start the bacteria colony.
soon after, the 5g betta community developed velvet. The 10g cycling tank has the old sponge filter in it, so does that mean that there is velvet in the cycling tank? Is there anyway to sterilise the tank or do we have to tear down the tanka nd start the cycle again? Would we have to throw out the sponge filters in it?
We have an existing 5g Betta community setup. We bought a 10g tank and have decided to do fishless cycling.
To kick start it we put the gunk and old water from the 5g tank when gravel cleaning into the 10g as an ammonia and good bacteria source. Then we took one sponge filter from the 5g and also put it in the 10g tank to start the bacteria colony.
soon after, the 5g betta community developed velvet. The 10g cycling tank has the old sponge filter in it, so does that mean that there is velvet in the cycling tank? Is there anyway to sterilise the tank or do we have to tear down the tanka nd start the cycle again? Would we have to throw out the sponge filters in it?