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View Poll Results: Do you do fishless cycles?
Yes 18 64.29%
No 10 35.71%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

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Old June 17th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Do you do fish less cycles? (poll)

Hi...do you do fishless cycles, write why or why not
matt6765 is offline  
Old June 17th, 2009  
Fish Helper
 
Yep. I do now.

Reasons:
#1 IMO they are much more humane.
#2 They are faster since you end up doing daily water changes
#3 much less work (Daily water changes are aweful).
#4 I am cheap so 1 shrimp is cheaper than a bottle of TSS.
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Old June 23rd, 2009  
Fish Master
 
TECHNICALLY no.
I use TSS or filter media from a well ebstablished tank for an isnstant cycle.
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Old June 24th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amanda View Post
TECHNICALLY no.
I use TSS or filter media from a well ebstablished tank for an isnstant cycle.
Ditto for me except the TSS
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Old June 24th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
I do fishless even with a seeded media ... in my case, there has been an ammonia spike everytime (4 tanks) even with used media from a healthy tank. So, in my case, I find that my cycle lasts 2 weeks using old media as compared to 6 weeks starting fresh.

I like Lego2Theos' post ... right on the money!
Moe Jacob is offline  
Old June 24th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Definatly fishless.
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Old June 24th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
No, I cycle new tanks via media transfer.
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Old June 25th, 2009  
Fish Addict
 
I do a fishless cycle , just to give the tank time to do its thing ! It also gives my fish time to live longer hopefully !
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Old June 25th, 2009  
Fish Addict
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Moe Jacob View Post
I do fishless even with a seeded media ... in my case, there has been an ammonia spike everytime (4 tanks) even with used media from a healthy tank. So, in my case, I find that my cycle lasts 2 weeks using old media as compared to 6 weeks starting fresh.

I like Lego2Theos' post ... right on the money!
I do the same as Moe Jacob - i just like to insure that everything is proceeding as planned - and i make myself take the time and be patient.
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Old June 25th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
No, b/c I used SuperBac and it works like TSS.
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Old November 4th, 2009  
Fish Addict
 
No. I haven't had to "cycle" a tank in a long time, and when I did I used that bacteria in a bottle....can't remember the name...spira something?

Since then, I transfer media and add fish. That's it.
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Old November 4th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
YEs and no...

i used to cycle with media, but i did my first fishless cycle without media and it took forever! glad its done though LOL

wait.. this thread is pretty old....
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Old November 4th, 2009  
Fish Addict
 
Quote:
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wait.. this thread is pretty old....
Yes it is.
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Old November 4th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Oh well. Even if this thread is a little old it's still a relevant topic. I used TSS and used filter media to cycle my tanks.
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Old November 5th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
I cyclw with media. faster and humane.
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Old November 5th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
I agree Fishless Cycling is more humane.
I usually use some media/water from another tank and a bacteria starter to cut down the time. My Cichlid tank I wanted to keep "clean" so I didn't. It took 5 weeks using pure ammonia. I thought that was a little long.
I am not adverse to using some bacteria starters and chemicals to make the water safe for your fish.
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Old November 5th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
No, but due to ignorance solely. If I ever get another tank I would absolutely cycle fishless.
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