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09/02/2016, 02:10 PM
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Cycle a new tank with existing tank
Hi guys I am setting up a new tank with new dead rocks, I never cycled a tank with dead rocks before I wonder what can I do to speed up the process.
I bought a new seachem ammonia alert and it shows 0 ammonia on day 5. 1. wash my filter socks from the old tank in the new tank 2. use seachem stablity 3. whatever you recommend? I don't want to reuse my old rocks or sands cause it has lots of vrmetid snails thanks |
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09/02/2016, 03:20 PM
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Biospira from Instant Ocean. It will make your tank cycled almost instantly. I've used it many times, and it's a good alternative to feeding the tank and waiting for the bacteria to develop. You still want to take it slow when populating the tank.
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09/02/2016, 04:46 PM
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unfortunately Biospira is not available in Canada, any other suggestions?
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09/02/2016, 07:57 PM
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Another bacteria product similar to that would work. Although, I'm not sure what's available in Canada.
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09/02/2016, 09:15 PM
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New King of Quarantine
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Dr tims is about the same. I would do ammonia. That's what I did and it works well.
FYI I would replace the substrate, but if you use muriatic acid on your current rocks, there won't be anything alive on them lol. Plus you will eliminate a lot of the po4 from the old and the new dry rock.
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It takes a very rich man to buy cheap things Current Tank Info: frag tank. Lame |
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