On more stupid question from me

[ADCISCO]

Ok...have had the q tank up and running for little over a wk now. Tested the water and it is perfect. I have 5 zebra danios in it. I used the filter system from the first tank with all the other stuff still in it. Is it possible that my tank has already cycled that fast??????

 

[steve-s]

Zebra Danio's are FW tropicals.

moving to FW forum

Cheers
Steve

 

[tkos]

If you used the filter off an old tank with an established bacteria load in it then sure it could have cycled by now. You sya this is a quarentine tank. Are you planning on adding the danios to another tank? Remember that if you don't have any fish in the qt tank then the bacteria will die as they have no food. So each time you want to use it for a qt tank it will cycle again.

 

[platylover]

I totally agree with tkos. I would think of leaving the zebra danios in the qt to keep the bioload up on the tank and give the bacteria something to feed on. Zebra danios are very hardy fish and can withstand a lot of the treatments for diseases.