Cycling my new tank

[Milet]

Im not too experienced with cycling since ive had my main tank since way before i even knew about cycling and i lost alot of fish whn i started.

But now with all our rearanging furniture etc i have no properly cycled tanks for me to take media from.

I have a 4 foot tank with a fluval 404 with all brand new media and its been running for a few days and the temp is all stable. Im hoping to get this tank set up as fast as possible, becuase i have my fish for it all bunched into a smaller tank.

Could i cycle the tank with my pair of angels? They will be looking to spawn again soon so this could give them a chance too maybe. any advice?

[ryanjury]

Id say steal some media from one of yoru other tanks (doesn't have to be much) and chuck the angels in.. keep an eye on the water conditions in there but a pair of angels shouldn't make too much mess in a 4ft tank maybe take it easy on the food for a week or so.

[alanmin4304]

Put your new filter in the old tank and stir up as much gunge as you can then put the filter in the new tank with a couple of fish.

[HummingBird]

Squeezing out a sponge from a cycled tank's filter will get you a good dose of the bacteria you want too, as will a handful of gravel.

[GZ_Loach]

borrow someone elses filter

[Navarre]

Try a search on fishless cycling.

I can remember reading somewhere that you use amonia to kick start your bacteria. You need to test 1 or 2 times a day and add household amonia dependant on results to get the cycle started.

Cant remember much else

HTH

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