lowndsie Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Ive got myself into a situation where I'm trying to establish several new tanks. I'm aware of the importance of cycling a tank but I also understand it can take quite awhile to do and I'm kinda in a hurry. To try and speed the process up a bit, I've added a bag of bio noodles into the water of an already cycled tank, which leads to my questions; 1. How long roughly would it take for the bio noodles to become "seeded" with bacteria? 2. Once they have become seeded, how long would it take to cycle a new tank once they have been added to the water? Thanks for any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 My advice to speed up the process: split up the media in your existing filter and mix it with the new media in the new filters Get water from existing tank to top up the new water in new tanks. Voila.... You are ready to go on all tanks :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 It all depends on the size of the tank and how many fish you are adding. If you have added noodles from an already cycled filter then the bacteria are already seeded and the fish cuold be added immediately. All depends on the fish load the used filter had on it and the new fish load you will be adding to the new tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Like Wok says, take SOME of the biomedia from the existing filters and swap it with the new filters. Dont take too much or your old filter will have to re-cycle. If you then set up the new tank and filter using some existing media it will be safe for a few fish right away. It wont be fully cycled, but it will have a working filter from day one. Then build up the fish numbers over a few weeks as the bacteria multiply. Swap the media over when you add the first fish though. If you leave the cycled media in a empty tank the bacteria will slowly die off and you will be back to square one. Hanging the media in the tank will have done some good, but the biomedia really needs good strong water flow over it to grow a decent amount of bacteria. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Oops, I misread the post. I thought that is what he had done (used some cycled media from an established filter) :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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