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October 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Too funny..
Found this on yahoo anwers.. The Question: Can I cycle my fish tank with a betta fish in it?
I am going to be getting a betta fish in a week. I have a 5 gallon and 2 gallon fish tank. Is it ok to leave the betta fish in the tank while its cycling? Would it be ok to put the fish in my 2 gallon tank untill the 5 gallon tank is done cycling? One of the replies: It's not "Betta" it's "Better". First peace of advise - use spell check!!
You say that you are going to get a better fish but you don't specify what sort of fish you currently have.
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lol..I also like how he tells her to spell check when he spelled "piece" incorrectly.
Last edited by chimeranight; October 8th, 2008 at 08:09 PM.
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October 8th, 2008
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October 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Um...
That's just pathetic.
Apparently yahoo doesn't answer. | |
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October 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Well now......This one leaves me speechless! lol Maybe she had World peace on her mind! lol | |
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October 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| a better fish?? ummm ...hmmm... ok that means her other ( supposed) fish is the worser( is that a word) fish?? | |
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October 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by chimeranight  Found this on yahoo anwers..
The Question: Can I cycle my fish tank with a betta fish in it?
I am going to be getting a betta fish in a week. I have a 5 gallon and 2 gallon fish tank. Is it ok to leave the betta fish in the tank while its cycling? Would it be ok to put the fish in my 2 gallon tank untill the 5 gallon tank is done cycling?
One of the replies: It's not "Betta" it's "Better". First peace of advise - use spell check!!
You say that you are going to get a better fish but you don't specify what sort of fish you currently have.
*all copied and pasted*
lol..I also like how he tells her to spell check when he spelled "piece" incorrectly. | This is too funny!!!! He also spelled advice wrong!!! problem with using spell check is that all of those words ARE words -- they may be the wrong words to use at the time but they are words so spell check won't flag them!
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October 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Well I'm sure that all of us betta mommies can agree that bettas are the better fish 
That's pretty funny  I guess not every place can be as helpful as fishlore. | |
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October 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| There are a lot of answers on Yahoo that aren't correct. Maybe b/c yahoos are answering the questions. lol | |
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October 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| That is too funny! | |
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October 9th, 2008
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| That's just wrong. I found the question, and the answers you got, almost across the board, are idiotic. One guy (claiming to be a breeder), says you should just use a small vase, another says that putting old tank water in will cycle the tank.
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October 10th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| rofl.. that's just OY!  | |
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October 10th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
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Originally Posted by sirdarksol That's just wrong. I found the question, and the answers you got, almost across the board, are idiotic. One guy (claiming to be a breeder), says you should just use a small vase, another says that putting old tank water in will cycle the tank.
And these are the people that others are turning to for answers. | What is wrong with using old water to cycle a tank? There would be alot of good seed bacteria in the water, there are also nutrients to feed that bacteria and if you also used plants with old water you would be even better off. I often start new tanks with old water, some plants and an old filter pad to get it started right. Then do a 50 or 75% water change and I'm good to go in a few days instead of weeks. I know it works, the tests prove it.
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October 10th, 2008
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Originally Posted by RandomKayos What is wrong with using old water to cycle a tank? There would be alot of good seed bacteria in the water, there are also nutrients to feed that bacteria and if you also used plants with old water you would be even better off. I often start new tanks with old water, some plants and an old filter pad to get it started right. Then do a 50 or 75% water change and I'm good to go in a few days instead of weeks. I know it works, the tests prove it.
RK | It's the plants and filter pad that are carrying the bacteria (which generally aren't free-floating. They colonize solid surfaces). The water carries a minimal amount of the nitrifying bacteria and may speed the process by a couple of days, when moving solid bits (the more surface area, the better), will speed it by weeks, down to the point that the tank is more or less instantly cycled. | |
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October 10th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
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Originally Posted by chimeranight Found this on yahoo anwers..
The Question: Can I cycle my fish tank with a betta fish in it?
I am going to be getting a betta fish in a week. I have a 5 gallon and 2 gallon fish tank. Is it ok to leave the betta fish in the tank while its cycling? Would it be ok to put the fish in my 2 gallon tank untill the 5 gallon tank is done cycling?
One of the replies: It's not "Betta" it's "Better". First peace of advise - use spell check!!
You say that you are going to get a better fish but you don't specify what sort of fish you currently have.
*all copied and pasted*
lol..I also like how he tells her to spell check when he spelled "piece" incorrectly. |  | |
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October 10th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| lol... that's just bad. | |
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October 11th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| SDS is right about the bacteria. It colonizes on surfaces so while there may be a tiny amount in the water on it's way to a surface, almost all bacteria is on surfaces. Using old water also moves waste and other materials that could easily overwhelm the tiny amount of bacteria. | |
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October 11th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| XD oh, hooray for the stupidity of the interwebs :-P lol, when I started reading that post, I thought he was going in a completely different direction. Bettas are better  | |
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