HooKooDooKu
Aquarium Advice FINatic
After Christmas, I want to get one of those 5 gallon eclipse corner tanks to build a betta tank.
However, I'm getting tired of daily PWC in my currently stocked tank that is currently still cycling (ammonia is done, hoping nitire will be done within a week).
So with this new tank, I want to get it cycled BEFORE I get the betta. However, I don't want to wait until Valentine's Day before getting a betta.
The current tank has a 2" playsand substrait, some plants, some river rock (pea gravel) for decoration, a fake hollow log and a Fluval 1 filter.
I want the new tank to also have a sand bed and some plants.
What are some suggestions that will help speed up the process of cycling the new tank without hurting the newly cycled tank?
What are your specific suggestions, and what do you think of the following ideas.
1. Toss the blue filter from the eclipse tank into the existing tank to let it begin building up some bacteria to help seed the new tank. Obviously this won't harm the newly cycled tank at all, but I wonder how effective it will be.
2. Get one cup of sand from the old tank to add to the new tank. I figure one cup from a 10 gallon tank with a 2" sand bed won't steal too much away from the old tank.
3. Borrow the Fluval 1 filter from the old tank for several days and run it in the new tank. Ovbiously good for the new tank, but not sure how "bad" for the newly cycled old tank.
4. Rather than borrow the Fluval 1 filter from the old tank, rinse the filter into the new tank. Basically, foul up the water in the new tank with the stuff trapped in the filter of the old tank. Surly there is some bacteria on all that crud, and the eclipse filter should be able to filter it back out.
However, I'm getting tired of daily PWC in my currently stocked tank that is currently still cycling (ammonia is done, hoping nitire will be done within a week).
So with this new tank, I want to get it cycled BEFORE I get the betta. However, I don't want to wait until Valentine's Day before getting a betta.
The current tank has a 2" playsand substrait, some plants, some river rock (pea gravel) for decoration, a fake hollow log and a Fluval 1 filter.
I want the new tank to also have a sand bed and some plants.
What are some suggestions that will help speed up the process of cycling the new tank without hurting the newly cycled tank?
What are your specific suggestions, and what do you think of the following ideas.
1. Toss the blue filter from the eclipse tank into the existing tank to let it begin building up some bacteria to help seed the new tank. Obviously this won't harm the newly cycled tank at all, but I wonder how effective it will be.
2. Get one cup of sand from the old tank to add to the new tank. I figure one cup from a 10 gallon tank with a 2" sand bed won't steal too much away from the old tank.
3. Borrow the Fluval 1 filter from the old tank for several days and run it in the new tank. Ovbiously good for the new tank, but not sure how "bad" for the newly cycled old tank.
4. Rather than borrow the Fluval 1 filter from the old tank, rinse the filter into the new tank. Basically, foul up the water in the new tank with the stuff trapped in the filter of the old tank. Surly there is some bacteria on all that crud, and the eclipse filter should be able to filter it back out.