Cycling with raw shrimp?

[FriscoTX]

I read somewhere that you can cycle a tank with raw uncooked shrimp; how is this done?

[rich311k]

Read this article. Fishless Cycling. It can be done with a raw shrimp as an ammonia source as well.

Good luck!!

[hc8719]

im in the process of a fishless cycle. make sure you take out the shrimp (if theres any left) between ammonia levels 4.0-8.0

otherwise you'll just be overdoing it with the ammonia, like me...

[coldmachineUK]

Something I opted to do as well: float the shrimp in a plastic bag with holes in near your filter output, or keep it in some kind of object (like a plantpot) you can readily remove. Trust me, just dropping a prawn in and then having to get it out afterwards mostly decayed is not the most pleasant of tasks! :P

[Satsumas]

If you can get hold of some pure ammonia then that would be a quicker way of cycling. You then don't have to wait for the shrimp to decay and start procuding ammonia where as you instantly have ammonia if you use....... ammonia lol