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02-03-2004, 05:12 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"O3raledale" wrote in message ... Bonnie and Carol and all, Thanks for the info. So the bio-bugs need 50 deg. or higher to survive. ## I'm sure some still do their job in colder water since I never had an ammonia spike in spring or fall. I don't feed them at all if the water is below 50 to 52F. I'm more concerned about them not digesting the food if the water temp' drops overnight. So I suppose that I should also hold off feeding my goldfish untill then too, correct? Would it be ok to just run the pump to get the falls and stream running now (the air pump with bubblers are currently running) and I'll just put the lava rocks in when the weather is 50 deg. and/or over. Should I use last years rocks or use new ones? Thanks, -Pat ## I don't use lava rocks because they're too hard to clean. If you're going to turn it on now you may as well add the filtering material of your choice. -- Carol... My website: http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html [Insert humorous, clever or profound quote here] ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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02-03-2004, 05:12 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"O3raledale" wrote in message ... Bonnie and Carol and all, Thanks for the info. So the bio-bugs need 50 deg. or higher to survive. ## I'm sure some still do their job in colder water since I never had an ammonia spike in spring or fall. I don't feed them at all if the water is below 50 to 52F. I'm more concerned about them not digesting the food if the water temp' drops overnight. So I suppose that I should also hold off feeding my goldfish untill then too, correct? Would it be ok to just run the pump to get the falls and stream running now (the air pump with bubblers are currently running) and I'll just put the lava rocks in when the weather is 50 deg. and/or over. Should I use last years rocks or use new ones? Thanks, -Pat ## I don't use lava rocks because they're too hard to clean. If you're going to turn it on now you may as well add the filtering material of your choice. -- Carol... My website: http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html [Insert humorous, clever or profound quote here] ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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02-03-2004, 05:12 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"O3raledale" wrote in message ... Bonnie and Carol and all, Thanks for the info. So the bio-bugs need 50 deg. or higher to survive. ## I'm sure some still do their job in colder water since I never had an ammonia spike in spring or fall. I don't feed them at all if the water is below 50 to 52F. I'm more concerned about them not digesting the food if the water temp' drops overnight. So I suppose that I should also hold off feeding my goldfish untill then too, correct? Would it be ok to just run the pump to get the falls and stream running now (the air pump with bubblers are currently running) and I'll just put the lava rocks in when the weather is 50 deg. and/or over. Should I use last years rocks or use new ones? Thanks, -Pat ## I don't use lava rocks because they're too hard to clean. If you're going to turn it on now you may as well add the filtering material of your choice. -- Carol... My website: http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html [Insert humorous, clever or profound quote here] ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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02-03-2004, 05:19 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"O3raledale" wrote in message ... Bonnie and Carol and all, Thanks for the info. So the bio-bugs need 50 deg. or higher to survive. ## I'm sure some still do their job in colder water since I never had an ammonia spike in spring or fall. I don't feed them at all if the water is below 50 to 52F. I'm more concerned about them not digesting the food if the water temp' drops overnight. So I suppose that I should also hold off feeding my goldfish untill then too, correct? Would it be ok to just run the pump to get the falls and stream running now (the air pump with bubblers are currently running) and I'll just put the lava rocks in when the weather is 50 deg. and/or over. Should I use last years rocks or use new ones? Thanks, -Pat ## I don't use lava rocks because they're too hard to clean. If you're going to turn it on now you may as well add the filtering material of your choice. -- Carol... My website: http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html [Insert humorous, clever or profound quote here] ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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02-03-2004, 07:20 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"O3raledale" wrote in message ... Hello All, Last winter I took the advice of the wise ones here at Rec ponds and shut down my waterfalls and bio-filter. (Phila. Pa. area) I then installed an air pump with two airstones blowing air into the pond all winter. Well it worked very well and the little fishies are still alive and swimming all around the pond. Question is when is it safe to set the bio-filter back up and get the falls and stream flowing again? And what other precautions should I take when doing so? Thanks for all of your help, I've been reading all of the responses to this post, and I began to wonder. Over the next few weeks as things warm up, why not do water changes on my indoor 55 gallon tank, and dump the water into the pond instead of the drain? My tank has no disease that I am aware of, so I see this as relatively safe...and it seems to me, I'd be moving some fresh strong bio matter to the pond. Any thoughts? BV. |
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02-03-2004, 07:47 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"O3raledale" wrote in message ... Hello All, Last winter I took the advice of the wise ones here at Rec ponds and shut down my waterfalls and bio-filter. (Phila. Pa. area) I then installed an air pump with two airstones blowing air into the pond all winter. Well it worked very well and the little fishies are still alive and swimming all around the pond. Question is when is it safe to set the bio-filter back up and get the falls and stream flowing again? And what other precautions should I take when doing so? Thanks for all of your help, I've been reading all of the responses to this post, and I began to wonder. Over the next few weeks as things warm up, why not do water changes on my indoor 55 gallon tank, and dump the water into the pond instead of the drain? My tank has no disease that I am aware of, so I see this as relatively safe...and it seems to me, I'd be moving some fresh strong bio matter to the pond. Any thoughts? BV. |
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#22
03-03-2004, 12:19 AM
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Bio-filter startup time?
Moving the water will help, but even better would be to squeeze out all that
brown stuff from the indoor filters into the filter area. Look at Doc Johnson's method of seeding bead filters. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "BenignVanilla" wrote in message news  "O3raledale" wrote in message ... Hello All, Last winter I took the advice of the wise ones here at Rec ponds and shut down my waterfalls and bio-filter. (Phila. Pa. area) I then installed an air pump with two airstones blowing air into the pond all winter. Well it worked very well and the little fishies are still alive and swimming all around the pond. Question is when is it safe to set the bio-filter back up and get the falls and stream flowing again? And what other precautions should I take when doing so? Thanks for all of your help, I've been reading all of the responses to this post, and I began to wonder. Over the next few weeks as things warm up, why not do water changes on my indoor 55 gallon tank, and dump the water into the pond instead of the drain? My tank has no disease that I am aware of, so I see this as relatively safe...and it seems to me, I'd be moving some fresh strong bio matter to the pond. Any thoughts? BV. |
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#23
03-03-2004, 02:11 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"RichToyBox" wrote in message news:xt91c.445534$I06.4962197@attbi_s01... Moving the water will help, but even better would be to squeeze out all that brown stuff from the indoor filters into the filter area. Look at Doc Johnson's method of seeding bead filters. snip Now I am getting more of an idea...fill a 5 gallon bucket full of filter media, and pump the aquarium water thru it. Hmmm.... BV. |
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03-03-2004, 02:20 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
"RichToyBox" wrote in message news:xt91c.445534$I06.4962197@attbi_s01... Moving the water will help, but even better would be to squeeze out all that brown stuff from the indoor filters into the filter area. Look at Doc Johnson's method of seeding bead filters. snip Now I am getting more of an idea...fill a 5 gallon bucket full of filter media, and pump the aquarium water thru it. Hmmm.... BV. |
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03-03-2004, 03:21 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
actually, there isnt many biobugs in the water, but clean the aquarium walls with the
filter material and you will pick up colonies. best is using a piece of well cycled filter material. Ingrid "BenignVanilla" wrote: "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:xt91c.445534$I06.4962197@attbi_s01... Moving the water will help, but even better would be to squeeze out all that brown stuff from the indoor filters into the filter area. Look at Doc Johnson's method of seeding bead filters. snip Now I am getting more of an idea...fill a 5 gallon bucket full of filter media, and pump the aquarium water thru it. Hmmm.... BV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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03-03-2004, 03:36 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
actually, there isnt many biobugs in the water, but clean the aquarium walls with the
filter material and you will pick up colonies. best is using a piece of well cycled filter material. Ingrid "BenignVanilla" wrote: "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:xt91c.445534$I06.4962197@attbi_s01... Moving the water will help, but even better would be to squeeze out all that brown stuff from the indoor filters into the filter area. Look at Doc Johnson's method of seeding bead filters. snip Now I am getting more of an idea...fill a 5 gallon bucket full of filter media, and pump the aquarium water thru it. Hmmm.... BV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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03-03-2004, 04:10 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
actually, there isnt many biobugs in the water, but clean the aquarium walls with the
filter material and you will pick up colonies. best is using a piece of well cycled filter material. Ingrid "BenignVanilla" wrote: "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:xt91c.445534$I06.4962197@attbi_s01... Moving the water will help, but even better would be to squeeze out all that brown stuff from the indoor filters into the filter area. Look at Doc Johnson's method of seeding bead filters. snip Now I am getting more of an idea...fill a 5 gallon bucket full of filter media, and pump the aquarium water thru it. Hmmm.... BV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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#28
03-03-2004, 04:10 PM
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Bio-filter startup time?
actually, there isnt many biobugs in the water, but clean the aquarium walls with the
filter material and you will pick up colonies. best is using a piece of well cycled filter material. Ingrid "BenignVanilla" wrote: "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:xt91c.445534$I06.4962197@attbi_s01... Moving the water will help, but even better would be to squeeze out all that brown stuff from the indoor filters into the filter area. Look at Doc Johnson's method of seeding bead filters. snip Now I am getting more of an idea...fill a 5 gallon bucket full of filter media, and pump the aquarium water thru it. Hmmm.... BV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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