scrabble Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 When starting to cycle new setup - if i am 'stealing' some media from an already established tank, what exactly do I use ? Do i just use the noodles or the filter wool as well? And when doing so do I put the stolen material into my fluval filter at the bottom ( if using the stolen filter wool)? wont this cause all the bits to go into my nice clean water? Want to make sure I am doing it right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 You can use either or both. The bits should get either settle or get sucked back into the filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabble Posted December 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Great, thats what I thought... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 IMO & IME, you would be alot better off if you take some substrate from an established tank as well as the media. The substrate IMO holds alot more bacteria than the media in filters. if you have the same substrate in both tnaks i would take half of the existing substrate for the new tank & replenish it with new. do small water changes each day for the first week or so just to be safe & you should be able to put fish in there without losses very quickly. i have done this everytime i have set up new tanks & have not lost any fish this way when adding fish on day two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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