I'm back and setting up a 46g bowfront tank
- Thread starter FroggyFox
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Nice! 
My cycle is complete and critters are doing well. Got the canister filter set up, temperature is holding steady. If my guess is right, all 3 of the platies are female and all 3 are pregnant (no surprise there right?), so we'll see if any fry survive in a tank with danios. I know my first reaction will be to "save" the babies, but I know the first time I did this a long time ago with guppies, I had so many fry that I didn't know what to do with them. Maybe if a few survive I'll set up another little tank and grow some, but that would mean setting up another tank and I'm trying so hard NOT to do that lol (I can see it now...a little tiny tank, bare bottom w/ a sponge filter (or sponge over the filter or ugf) and doing water changes with airline tubing...wait a minute. I might still have my first fry tank! I'm running out to the garage...talk to you later! lol)
My cycle is complete and critters are doing well.
Got the canister filter set up, temperature is holding steady. If my guess is right, all 3 of the platies are female and all 3 are pregnant (no surprise there right?), so we'll see if any fry survive in a tank with danios. I know my first reaction will be to "save" the babies, but I know the first time I did this a long time ago with guppies, I had so many fry that I didn't know what to do with them. Maybe if a few survive I'll set up another little tank and grow some, but that would mean setting up another tank and I'm trying so hard NOT to do that lol (I can see it now...a little tiny tank, bare bottom w/ a sponge filter (or sponge over the filter or ugf) and doing water changes with airline tubing...wait a minute. I might still have my first fry tank! I'm running out to the garage...talk to you later! lol)
Exactly.
Adding a bunch of established bio media from established tank to the filtration of the brand-new tank, makes the new tank fully cycled.
About the only time this might not work is if your established tank was very lightly stocked and you overstocked the heck out of the new tank.
This is basically a fool proof way to setup a new tank and why I stuff my filters full of extra, transferable bio media. Simple, cheap sponge bubbler filters are great for this too.
Adding a bunch of established bio media from established tank to the filtration of the brand-new tank, makes the new tank fully cycled.
About the only time this might not work is if your established tank was very lightly stocked and you overstocked the heck out of the new tank.
This is basically a fool proof way to setup a new tank and why I stuff my filters full of extra, transferable bio media. Simple, cheap sponge bubbler filters are great for this too.