neilanh
Sliced Bread
As some of you know, I'm currently in the middle of a fishless cycle on my 46 gallon bowfront tank (FW). See the thread here if you're interested.
Today, I was over chatting with the manager at my LFS about ordering me some fish, and he was excited to hear that I was doing a fishless cycle. He asked me where I was in the cycle, how I was doing it, ammonia source, etc. Then, he brought up an interesting point that I haven't heard of or read about. Add sugar.
He explained this to me some, and to the best of my recollection, he stated that the addition of sugar (for my 46 gal tank, he suggested about 1/2 packet) somehow helps to synchronize the cycle in the charcoal with the nitrogen cycle, since sugar is a carbon source anyway. He claims this gives an added boost to running the fishless cycle, and that he does this on all of his QT tanks when he resets them to get things up and running quickly.
Anyone ever done or heard of this?
Today, I was over chatting with the manager at my LFS about ordering me some fish, and he was excited to hear that I was doing a fishless cycle. He asked me where I was in the cycle, how I was doing it, ammonia source, etc. Then, he brought up an interesting point that I haven't heard of or read about. Add sugar.
He explained this to me some, and to the best of my recollection, he stated that the addition of sugar (for my 46 gal tank, he suggested about 1/2 packet) somehow helps to synchronize the cycle in the charcoal with the nitrogen cycle, since sugar is a carbon source anyway. He claims this gives an added boost to running the fishless cycle, and that he does this on all of his QT tanks when he resets them to get things up and running quickly.
Anyone ever done or heard of this?