Can you use this to cycle a tank? Or do you just add your fish at the same time as the TSS?
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Yes, it will speed up the cycle. I'd tried cycling fishless for weeks, but this did the trick in a few days. I added my fish at the same time and it worked fine. Make sure you have enough for your tank size; I used the 16 oz. bottle on my 55. Amazing product.
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I use it when I do a 10 % weekly water change. And on initial tank start up, waiting a few days before adding fish.
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Yes add at the same time. Test your water everyday. Go on the tetra website tons of useful q&a;
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Yes, I run a power head on each tube. I have a 77 gallon African Cichlid tank.
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Sure, but you'll be operating it at capacity and that might lower the life expectancy of the heater. I used two to reduce the load on just one big one and if one does go out, the other can carry the load until I get a new one. My tank is a marine tank, it might not be as big a deal for fresh water. Hope that helped.
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Yes you can, just make sure your air.pump is the right size should be for a 10-20 gallon tank. If you have other tanks that are already cycled put the sponges in that water for a day or too to let the bacteria start growing.
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You might be able to use it. That size turtle is a little big for that size tank. I use two of these filters both in the corners and it works fine. You could try one and see how it goes. If needed, get the second one. Personally, I don't change the filters as often as they recommend and I've been using this system for probably at least 6 years.
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Yes, should not be an issue provided you have fish in the tank and someone will be feeding them. That should keep up the difference.
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Just drop it anywhere in the tank; not in the filter. This thing works in addition to the filter. Using both is great.
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Yes you can. My LFS does this with unopened bottles. Of course it is MUCH cheaper on Amazon. This stuff works very well to cycle your tank.
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I just pour it directly into the tank when I do the water change, not sure if it would make a difference if you mixed it in a separate gallon each time. Hope this helps.
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Yes you can! I am using it in my 5.5 gallon tank, and many others use it as well. You'll want to get around 1 pound per gallon to have the right depth for your tank.
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it might be a little to much. I have it in a 29g currently and it's okay for my convict breeding pair. I tried to put it in a 20 long planted tank before and it was overkill. hope this helps
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You may want to only use it if you tank / fish have parasites. This product can stress your fish so only treat if necessary.
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I'd recommend adding KH and GH, otherwise you should be fine. Also, give had great luck fishless cycling with Dr Tims ammonia (really cheap on Amazon).
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Technically you COULD, but it'd be a strettch... after my experience working with fish I can definitely this tank is far too small for most aquatic life.
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I just replaced an old one. I am not sure if you can just put one of these in any tank. Also I have 3 in my house and have replaced them fairly often.
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I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you asking if you can transfer everything to a glass tank? It's a small tank so you would probably need to buy some additional supplies to switch over to a larger glass tank.
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I am using both of them on a fluval g3, it has two baskets, using them at the same time but not mixed, sorry but I can say wich one is better for obviously reasons, but together are awesome.