I have a 4 hob filters on a 10 gallon with my betta in it. I use 3 of the filters for qt. I am planning to get some fish, some shrimp, some snails. I normally just move one of the filters over to the 10 gallon that I keep empty for qt and just put one of my other fish in it to keep the cycle going but I don't have enough fish to split up to keep the cycle on my qt tank going. So my question is, can I fill my qt tanks up with dechlorinated tap water and move one of the filters over to each of the tanks so I can have an instant cycle and move the fish in? Like the fish arrive I fill the tank up and get it ready and start acclimating the fish?
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jarrod0987
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"can I fill my qt tanks up with dechlorinated tap water and move one of the filters over to each of the tanks so I can have an instant cycle and move the fish in?"
It won't be instant. It will still cycle. However...this should help a lot. The cycle should be shorter and have less severe spikes. You can use prime or amquel+ to detoxify the ammonia and Nitrite every day and add the fish right away if you wish. Some people are opposed to that. I prefer to wait until the cycle. However we have all had problems and made mistakes and had to use Prime or Amquel+ to protect our fish from Ammonia and Nitrite spikes before. It works fine.
It won't be instant. It will still cycle. However...this should help a lot. The cycle should be shorter and have less severe spikes. You can use prime or amquel+ to detoxify the ammonia and Nitrite every day and add the fish right away if you wish. Some people are opposed to that. I prefer to wait until the cycle. However we have all had problems and made mistakes and had to use Prime or Amquel+ to protect our fish from Ammonia and Nitrite spikes before. It works fine.
I do have a group of 9 red eye tetras. I could break up the school in to about 3 groups of 3, to keep the cycle going. If I do do the instant cycle, I need to go get some prime? If so then I'm going to petco soon. How much should it cost?
jarrod0987
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If you do "The instant Cycle" you need to tell us all how you did it because we all want to know
Sorry, there is no such thing. Yes add prime. I don't know the retail price. I will say it is the most expensive of all the dechlorinators price wise but it is so concentrated it is also the cheapest in the long run. A little goes a long ways.ESeck
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In just getting to imagine a betta dealing with the turbulence of 4 hob filters running at the same time.
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Reygan2
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I did not specify which kind of hob filters. These are the hob filters I am talking about Tetra Whisper 2-10i Power Filter - Walmart.com Although the flow has really decreased through a few months of use, about time to clean them out again.
