Quick Question: Do you cycle a 10 gallon tank the same way you'd cycle a 29 gallon? Thanks {-_-}

yup if you to speed the process maybe take some filter material from your 29 and put it in the 10 gallon tanks filter

I totally agree with bartier, What i do is use water from a water change and put it in that tank. Also grab some bonded filter material that i remove from my filter weekly and add it to the filtation on that tank. Its a good way to get a bacteria colony started. Remember its all about the bacteria :) :up:

If you have a UGF on a previously-cycled tank, you could siphon some water from under the filter through the uplift tube and dump it into the new tank.

One mistake some people make is not adding a source of ammonia... without a source of ammonia, all that good bacteria, dies. So I usually add a bit of food just so there's something decomposing and creating ammonia for the bacteria to feed on.

yup just throw some flakes in a bit of old (still wet) filter material and some water from another tank and you will have one speedy cycle

I've had a lot of luck by moving 'seeded' filter media from another tank. That is, if I had two filters on one tank, for example, I could move one of the filters to a new tank and it would be 'instantly' cycled. Of course, it could only hold the biological capacity of the previous aquarium or less, but all-in-all, it works very well.

To answer your question, yes. You would cycle it the exact same way. Of course, with a 29 gallon you are going to want more fish, so with that in mind, you are going to want to add more ammonia to get the cycle started. You want your tank to handle as many fish as possible, and to prepare it for that, you need to get the bacteria growing. Having more ammonia means more bacteria. Therefore you would be able to increase your stocking capacity.

I tried adding some food to a 10 gallon to get it cycled, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I've barely noticed a jump in ammonia after 4 days.

I am currently running a sponge filter in my 10 gallon that will be moved to another 10 gallon some time in the next week or so. Often called "seeding a tank"

The new tank with be for 1 betta and a couple african dwarf aquatic frogs. (the 1.25 inchers not the clawed frogs!) very excited the fish are somewhat down the road, but its fun to plan!

Another great thing to add is some gravel from your other tank or even some plants.

I keep a little Aqua Clear 150 on my 90. It has 2 sponges in it and one on the intake tube...no carbon. When I need to seed a smaller tank like a quarantine tank or something I just put that little 150 on it to jump start the cycle. Obviously I could not snap cycle a large tank but for smaller stuff it works out just fine and the best thing is...it's always there when I need it. These little AC's can be found online for about $12. I have seriously considered buying 4 more and hanging one on each established tank. That way if I do buy another large tank (and you never know :D ) I could combine the sponges in the new tanks main filter and be ready to add fish in about 3 days.

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