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Back to basics - cycling!


danilada

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I have a smaller tank that I am considering adding a goldfish too.

I threw myself in the deep end and starting with tropicals, so I am unfamiliar with coldwater care. The tank has a brand new filter and has only starting running today, I added some flake to get the process started but is there anything 'special' needed for coldwater cycling?

Haven't tested the water yet, but was going to do that in 2-3 days to see how things are going.

Currently a bare-bottom tank, but was thinking of adding gravel from my largest tropical tank.

Am I on the right track? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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Can't you hang the filter on the tropical tank? Either that or swap some of the media over. I have cycled a tropical tank using goldfish (cycled cold then threw the fish in the pond, added a heater then the tropicals) so I don't see why you can't do it the other way around.

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