Keeping bacteria on filter alive

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Glene20

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I want to knock my filter off for 3 days. I want to breed my siamese fighters but they need the filter off. If I turn it off for a few days will the good bacteria die? Will it restart my cycle?

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I want to knock my filter off for 3 days. I want to breed my siamese fighters but they need the filter off. If I turn it off for a few days will the good bacteria die? Will it restart my cycle?

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If you keep the filter off that long, you could keep the media in a bucket of treated water. If you don't keep the media in water, you would definitely see a bacteria die-off resulting in a mini cycle.
 
or you could divert the output of the filter so it isn't disruptive to the nest and then turn it on a couple times a day just long enough to allow the filter to cycle and replenish the water in it, maybe 1-2 minutes.
that should help keep the BB alive and kicking and prevent any nastiness developing in the filter.
 
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