doogle
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adding dirty h20 is adding a small amount of ammonia and nitrifying bacterias, at least its from fish,and would get nitrified quickly... i'll pee in it, until its cycled,,,lol
adding dirty h20 is adding a small amount of ammonia and nitrifying bacterias, at least its from fish,and would get nitrified quickly... i'll pee in it, until its cycled,,,lol
doogle said:adding dirty h20 is adding a small amount of ammonia and nitrifying bacterias, at least its from fish,and would get nitrified quickly... i'll pee in it, until its cycled,,,lol
doogle said:if you put water from an established tank in, you are having a reverse type effect because of the lack of nitrifying bacteria.it should turn into a small ammonia source.
Um, how is putting in old tank water then topping up with fresh with a new tank any different to doing a water change?
When I seed a brand new tank I put an established filter, some established substrate and some established tank water into the new tank. I normally take whatever water is needed to fill 50% of the new tank. I then topup with fresh and add fish immediately. I also obviously topup the source tank.
What this does is instantly establishes two tanks. And both tanks will basically just have had a 50% water change. Using old tank water isn't a bad thing, infact if you're moving the fish it's going to make things a [moderator edit] of a lot easier as your new tank is instantly the same temp, pH etc as your other tank.
But you are adding the established media/filter etc. My reading of this post is about just adding water ONLY from an established tank, which wouldn't do a heck of a lot of good as the bacteria aren't in the water column.