Shrimpie Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hi all - going to set up a new 10 gallon tank with: RO treated with Blue Diamond (thank you, Han) Black sand for substrate 50 w heater Mattenfilter with air pump Current USA lighting (got on great sale) Han was out of stock of the MK- Breed Z Silver. I will be squeezing small media sponge from 9 gal eheim tank - but I was hoping to not have to add danios for cycling purposes. Is there another product you think I should add to help with cycling? Thank you h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I use Matrix with Stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 My method is z powder and bio digest, i cycled amazonia in two and a half weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Thanks - Countryboy - Where did you find z powder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I'm currently doing a experiment. I added snowball shrimp to new tank that's not cycled. Dosed Stability once only and so far ammonia, nitrite are under control at 0. Been about a week already. I guess this is because shrimps have very low bio load. No shrimps dead and look happy. Prudence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Wow - that is a gutsy and good outcome! I'm afraid to add anything yet. I've already "accidentally" killed a couple of batches in 1 year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyd Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 If you have established tanks, what about seeding the sponge in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpie Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I was going to squeeze the small sponge from my eheim 9 gallon into the water. But I don't know if that will be enough of a seed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I got it from han, hes out at the moment and i just snatched up the one tanman had for sale, its good stuff and i hight recommend the bio digest as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Really it comes down to "dirty" vs "clean." I squeeze sponges for cycling, but mulm does get everywhere- which is kind of the idea for the bacteria. The other products are invisible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyd Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 My apologies, should have elaborated a little more but that is one way. What I meant is by either using the full filter in the already established tank (if there's room). Or maybe, if the current filter uses 2 sponges, replace one of them with the sponge that will be in the new tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Mulm bombing is really effective it's strong established bacteria, it is bit messy but it's quick to colonize even faster than most products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 My apologies, should have elaborated a little more but that is one way. What I meant is by either using the full filter in the already established tank (if there's room). Or maybe, if the current filter uses 2 sponges, replace one of them with the sponge that will be in the new tank. I've switched out sponges, too. Works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prudence Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 If you squeeze out a sponge from an established tank that has staghorn algae, could you transfer it to the new tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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