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20-04-2003, 06:09 AM

(FRBSTRD) wrote in
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FWIW, I find this "fishless cycling craze" pretty silly. Simply
vacuuming some mulm from an established aquarium, adding this to the
filter, some old tank water etc, mix a bunch into your gravel right
before you fill the tank up instantly cycles your tank, no waiting for
3 weeks etc.

This procedure "instantly" adds enough nitrifying
bacteria to support a full load of fish?

So what's the point of biomedia having a huge amount of surface
area in order to support a bacteria colony that's probably
hundreds of times larger than the one you can add with mulm and
tank water?

Of course, with planted tanks you have some leeway as
the plants help to remove ammonia and nitrites ....