chickadee
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I HAVE A NEW TANK! I HAVE A NEW TANK! I HAVE A NEW TANK! I HAVE A NEW TANK! I HAVE A NEW TANK! I HAVE A NEW TANK! I HAVE A NEW TANK!
I have a new tank and I am not going to put fish into it to cycle it. (I have had such a lot of trouble with anything but healthy fish from (mikeswetpets in Lancaster, NY). I got Noel there and he is SO healthy and happy and active.
I read that if you put a sponge filter in a healthy cycled tank for a week and then transfer it to the new tank, it will cycle your new tank. I don't care how long it takes because I won't be ordering my new fish until warmer weather. The tank will be constantly running until then and I will be using the StressZyme also to help keep the bacteria active. It is a 3 gallon Marineland Eclipse with a BioWheel filter and I can leave the chemical, mechanical, and biological filters all in the tank the whole time. (As well as the sponge filter).
The only problem I have is how do you set up the sponge filters in the tank? They say they need an airstone and an air pump. The pump I have and the air stone I have but how to put them all together I do not know. I bought 2 different kinds both the small round kinds meant for tanks up to 5 gallons. One is white foam and the other gray. They both say they do not remove medications (not that there will be any), but one calls itself a dual action filter.
I know there are some of you out there who use sponge filters and I may add some to my tanks in addition to the other filters already there. If you have any advice, it is appreciated.
Thanks & a belated Happy New Year
Rose
I have a new tank and I am not going to put fish into it to cycle it. (I have had such a lot of trouble with anything but healthy fish from (mikeswetpets in Lancaster, NY). I got Noel there and he is SO healthy and happy and active.
I read that if you put a sponge filter in a healthy cycled tank for a week and then transfer it to the new tank, it will cycle your new tank. I don't care how long it takes because I won't be ordering my new fish until warmer weather. The tank will be constantly running until then and I will be using the StressZyme also to help keep the bacteria active. It is a 3 gallon Marineland Eclipse with a BioWheel filter and I can leave the chemical, mechanical, and biological filters all in the tank the whole time. (As well as the sponge filter).
The only problem I have is how do you set up the sponge filters in the tank? They say they need an airstone and an air pump. The pump I have and the air stone I have but how to put them all together I do not know. I bought 2 different kinds both the small round kinds meant for tanks up to 5 gallons. One is white foam and the other gray. They both say they do not remove medications (not that there will be any), but one calls itself a dual action filter.
I know there are some of you out there who use sponge filters and I may add some to my tanks in addition to the other filters already there. If you have any advice, it is appreciated.
Thanks & a belated Happy New Year
Rose