Instantly Cycled Fish Tank - Ready for Fish Immediately!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- You need an instantly cycled fish tank to quarantine a new fish or to put a fish into that isn't looking too good. Your new fish needs a place to go immediately and that sick looking fish needs a place to go before he gets the rest of his tank mates sick. So you need a solution right now. What do you do?
In this video I share how I get a tank, small or large, instantly ready and "fully cycled", all in a couple of minutes, ready for fish to be added.
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Good stuff Ben. I like to keep sponge filters in my tanks in addition to the primary filtration. Mainly to have cycled filters on hand. It’s also nice to have the added filtration in the tanks. I have one that’s rated for 60 gallons I paid $8.00 for. I took that and some cycled rocks and did exactly what you did with a 20 long. I have a naughty Venustus doing some jail time in it right now. Once my new 125 is cycled, he’ll go in there.
Such good info to put out there! Thank you!
With 34 tanks, salt and fresh, there isn’t any other kind. Always down to help friends who need BB so they can get started. Important to keep in mind that BB needs time to grow to accommodate increasing stock levels. Cking parameters is still important during this period. Great vid keeping it simple Ben.
Great points. Some plastic pot scrubbies pulled from one filter or sump works well too.
Good tips and advice. Thanks. I have a 5 gallon tank very similar to the one shown. Actually, it was the toughest tank for me to cycle awhile back, since I was new to the hobby.🐟🐠🐠🐟🐬🐟🐠
Great video. I definitely needed that info for my quarantine tank.
Thanks for the tips my friend God bless you and your family
lou9294 Thank you and thank you for the blessing 😀👍🏻
Indeed a great way to cycle your tank faster. Before setting up a new tank, I floated some filtermaterial for a few weeks in an established tank. After setting up the new tank I, was surprised to see some tiny movements within a few days. Now I have a new generation of Rainbowfish :-)
I gues they spawned into the floating filtermaterial. Not the plan for the new tank, but nature takes its own course.
That’s a great indicator of a healthy tank😀👍🏻
That's a great idea. And the results can't be argued with!
“Nature finds away” - Jurassic park
you are wonderful ben. thank you for all your job you done i really enjoy the way you talking. is you im sure people have relax when listening to you
My man I appreciate you so much I dropped a like !!!
Thank you 😀👍🏻
I agree 100% and I also transfer some established water.
Ben I did something very similar just a few weeks ago to quarantine some fish I bought on Aqua-Bid......no pet shops in my very rural area.
Filled a 10 gallon tank,put some used media on the tank floor in a corner of the tank,put an old style corner sponge filter on top of the media,put in a preset heater and an airstone and waited till the fish came.....worked out just fine.
Great video as always.
thank u for sharing i been tryna see if anyone has tried out the cycling from getting a new tank and if it works, so ty for that :)
EXcellent details. Thank you so very very much!
You’re very welcome 😀👍🏻
Extremely helpful!
A great topic I hopeI will never need to use. Thanks for all the steps and ideas. Jim
You’re welcome James and thanks for stopping by 😀👍🏻
Ben I really like this video! I'm like you, I keep materials stored out of sight in functioning aquariums, so when I need to start another tank, I have the bacteria in sponge filter material from several tanks. I either use it in filters that take the cylinder sponges or I can stuff them into an HOB. I don't necessarily use the HOB for mechanical filtration, but it is great for dealing with ammonia.
Great video, nicely explained.
Thank you
I keep a sponge filter running all the time in my main tank to swap. We all don’t have sumps. Then do the 50% water change like you. Easy
This is the way I do it and every tank has a sponge filter in it so I can jump start new tanks (I keep a couple in Oscar tank for this huge bio load)
Fast and easy, perfect!
Great tip. 👍
I have plans in the future for a much larger tank. So I have a large sponge filter in my 55 running all the time. Took your advice on more is better on that filtration. My 65 has canister and a hang on back. My 55 has two hang on backs each capable of running it all by themselves and the filter sponge. Fish are growing like weeds and active.
Great advice as usual. Along the same line, I have also found that taking the mechanical filtration media (sponge or floss) from an established tank and squeezing some of the "dirty water" actually transplant beneficial bacteria to the new environment. I do not have any controlled data to support this practice but anecdotally it has worked for me in a pinch. Stay safe my friend.
coribellanoche I tried that once and didn’t lose a fish 👍🏻
Super cool to know
great video, I use two canister filters on each of my tanks, and keep spares, if I set up another tank I use one of the canisters from another tank and put the new one back in the tank I took it out from. I use the biohome ultimate in all my filters, great media. I use eheim 2217s and the new fluval 407s great filters. you can get more media in the eheims but more water flow from the fluvals. I wish fluval would make a filter where you could get more media in the baskets.
Really good video once again Ben. If someone out there doesn’t have a way to “seed” a tank, I will personally vouch for API quick start. I was skeptical at first, but I’ve used it on all my tanks with zero issue. Cycles perfectly. Side note: yes I did test water parameters along the way.
I use API. And it deffinetly didnt instantly cycle. I'm on week 2 or 3 and my nitrites are still spiking...not sure.
Great information Ben we all need hospital tank at some stage your information is priceless to fish keepers 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟😊😊😊
Thank you Andy
Great info here. Where can I get those sponges? I do use Top Fin aquariums and that's a great idea to use those sponges in place of the filters. Thnx for sharing :)
Ben, Love your videos. I have a suggestion for coffee and cichlids. At the beginning review the coffee your drinking and mabey have a coffee of the week. Can be cheap coffee or snob coffee. I think it would be a cool touch to cichlids and coffee
Worth considering 🤔🤔🤔😀👍🏻
Great advice and I did a similar instant cycle with a new 53 gallon aquarium. I used two already cycled sponge filters and added fish the same day. Instant cycle works like a charm as you described.
Good to know, I am about to change my (slow) leaking 35 gallon aquarium to a new 65 gallon...
Switching from my 40 to a 75. Pretty excited and hopefully I can cycle it in a week or two using these tips. I think I'll wait a bit to see considering it's a much larger vollume..I imagine I will still need time to cycle it
Just remember that if you are adding beneficial bacteria, either from an established tank or from a bottle like FritzZyme7, the bacteria will need something to eat (ammonia), so start adding a source of ammonia quickly, like a few fish at a time over a few weeks so things build up gradually.
@@BenOchart is Turbo boost the same thing as the FritzZyme?.. What's the difference? I bought a small bottle of Turbo boost to Jumpstart my new much bigger tank... Thanks in advance
Great advice...starting from scratch takes about a month.
I have soft water and it took longer but at soft water suits some of the fish I want to keep
Hey Ben if I have an extra sponge filter in my established tank that has been in there for months but hasn’t been operating would that work okay to bring some good bacteria over?
Hey ben, i need to come to the man with the answers again lol, I appreciate your knowledge so much my brother. So my problem is I have just bought 36 gallon tank and stand i put my marineland penguin 350 on it with angel fish from my 29 gallon but i took two bags of matrix out of my 90 gallon cichlid tank thats been running for well over a yr now, my 350 was in storage, i put both bags of matrix in the 350 and my tank is very cloudy… bacteria bloom????
What about some substrate, from a fish bowl? I've had a feeder gold fish in there, for about 3 or 4 months. Does it matter that It's gold fish, and not tropical fish? (I'm working on cycling a new 29 gallon, for tropical, fresh water fish)
Will it still be instantly ready if you put Fluval Stratum substrate or no?
Where did you get that one clear overhang plastic filter?
Very good but not a lot of help to a beginner , I saw “instantly cycled” and thought hooray, I’ve got all the equipment ready Prime and Stability and the like , but alas I have no other tanks to raid or matured water to call on ...But as always with your videos I’ve been watching lately very interesting, I’ve certainly learned a lot , but as yet no way I can do an instant cycle , so I’m in for a long wait, I was thinking of adding a few drops of ammonia but don’t think I will , oh yes I’ve also got the api master test kit ...But thanks very much for all the interesting vids of yours , love that big Cichlid tank lol , well perhaps one day in the future..All the best my friend 🇺🇸🇬🇧.
This is where friends with established tanks or a friendly local fish store can come in handy. Otherwise, from scratch, yes, it takes around a month.
@@BenOchart Although fishless cycling the long way is extremely helpful to learn about the nitrogen cycle and testing water. I would say any new fishkeeper should do it the long way and not skip the research of cycling. I believe it also teaches some patience which is very helpful is this hobby. Gives some time to think about stocking options and also time for your plants to get established.
Learning the ropes
For new tank, add of course your (Prime) then your beneficial bacteria (Fritz Turbo Start 700 ) Also test water with your API kit every 48 hours, when ammonia is .50 do a 50% water change.There is an ammonia chart for that.Good luck !!!
I wanted to say there is a API chart that explains what to do if you have higher spikes of ammonia, nitrites and nitrates.
Hello there. What if its an absolute emergency and you can't use anything out of the old tank. I'm in a predicament and so is my fish 😪 I've asked the question to so many in the past 2 days and nothing! I have a tank with ammonia and very high nitrate and a really poorly fish that tried to jump out. My fault I'm devastated, so i made the mistake in panick, of putting her in a bucket of clean water with seachem prime and stability and air stone it's all I have and no pennies... am I doing more harm?? I can't bare to think my fissy is struggling because I messed up. I've done a 50% water change in the tank and added seachem prime and stability, the ammonia has dropped a little, but nitrate is real high which is apparently why she is sick. Jumping out for air, sluggish on the bottom and slight red veins in her tail. I don't have the means for medication what do I do?? Can you help with any further advice until I can get what I need for her. I've had her for 3 years I don't want to lose her by not knowing what's right for her now🙏♡
Appreciate the video. Very informative 💪🏼
Can you just place the media in the tank? For instance if I'm trying to cycle a 55 gal with a HOB. the media I borrowed from another tank came out of a canister. So very large sponges and ceramic rings. I've placed the sponges directly in the tank as well as the rings. I didn't put anything in my filter. I did upgrade the stock carbon cartridges with more sponges. Will this help cycle my tank? Or do I have to place media In the filter? I'm also using fritz 7. . .
That should work as long as the water the media was placed in was conditioned first.
@@BenOchart It was conditioned. Thank you for the timely response. Looking forward to you future videos!
Some show people taking a sponge filter and squeezing it into the new tank causing a massive cloud. They argue that it spreads the bacteria everywhere instantly. Any truth to this, or just making an unnecessary mess?
I got a new tank for my fish, and I also got a new canister filter. Can I take my old canister filter and put it on my new tank and put a new filter on the old tank without causing my old tank issues? FYI, the old tank has an HOB and sponge filter as well.
How heavily stocked is the established tank and how deep is the substrate?
So now that I'm only have 1 75gal tank running with a caniter should I have a marineland bio filter running so in case of something wrong happens to one of my babies I'll have a filter that's already has the good bacteria in it for my 40gal that I have for emergency or quarantine? Would that work?
I like having back up, either a spare canister or a second filter, like an HOB, works. A small sponge filter in the main tank that you can pull out and throw in a QT is also a great way to go.
@@BenOchart appreciate the tips! Thanks for the video
Hi Ben, how many fish tanks do you have? Thanks.
Four
So any rock will do? Heres my issue im very new to this hobby. I purchased a angel fish. i have a 5 gallon tank. i have the heater and filter and what not. But i dont have it cycled yet. So i need to do something right away.
Filter media and substrate from an established tank are best. Decor like rocks can also bring over some beneficial bacteria. Be sure water is treated prior to adding whatever you use or you’ll kill the BB. Products like Fritz Zyme 7 also work well.
So what if I don’t have an established tank and bacteria soaked rocks??
How do I get this beneficial bacteria to start the cycle if I'm completely new to starting an aquarium? Besides asking for someone for filter media, is there another way?
Local fish stores will sometimes share mature tank media with you and using bacteria in a bottle, like Fritz Zyme 7 also works. Just be sure to add it to a tank that has been conditioned.
Great ideas and as suggested, will cycle the tank immediately. Bacteria, which seems magical in that we don't add it, and it is the secret ingredient, is actually one of the harder things that we keep. It just so happens that our set ups are great habitats.
Here's the however- when you take a thriving colony from a tank, you are putting your minions into a tank devoid of food. All other things being equal, you will experience a die off of bacteria if there's no waste to process. Think napoleon in moscow. All I'm saying is do something to keep it fed. Otherwise in 3 months when you get a sick fish, you are putting them in a fresh tank, not a cycled tank. This is why I use all nice dirty tank water to set up. It gives a slight breathing room for the bacteria while I figure out how to feed the small tank. If my sump weren't so efficient, I'd be able to just do reverse water changes and put ammonia ridden water into my otherwise empty hospital. But alas, never any ammonia, never any nitrite. I still haven't really figured this out. For now, I trade the filter media before I move a fish. The media for my 5 gallon is not noticeable to my 120 gallon. Don't do this if the tank has been medicated recently, as results may change.
Question, are those sponges dry? They look dry. Fresh out of sump? Time it was out of sump? Just curious.
They were just props for visual aid in his video.
@@203232crash oh, I get it now, I was wondering...
I’ve done my new tanks like this a few times and all is well. My question is...is there anything you need to do to the tank you have taken the beneficial bacteria from?
Usually not since what is removed is a small amount. But let’s say you took out 50% of the substrate out to jumpstart a big tank, then yes, I would suggest adding a bit of bacteria. Something like Seachem Stability our Fritz Turbo Start to the established tank.
Ben Ochart perfect, thank you ☺️
Hey Ben. Does sand have as much beneficial bacteria as gravel?
It will have more due to increased surface area, most of the best filter medias are made of sand.
Depends on size of sand, small sized sand grains(smooth sand) will compact and not aerate substrate for bacteria growth, fish waste also tend to stay on top smooth sand.
Absolutely 😀
@@gohyisen346 I use CaribSea Super Naturals aquarium sand. It's very fine and seems to be closely packed. Which sand do you recommend? It needs to be good for my Corydoras.
Here's an article on nitrifying bacteria in sand,
www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/threads/sand-bacteria-gravel.125350/
If you are using white crushed pebble sand( for more larger sized grains>aeration), some fish experts would disagree as white sand is too bright and would "blind/stress" the fish.
But I don't use any lighting for that fish tank so it's ok
tank water has benefits,it contains infasoria,microscopic animals that are not present in tank water
How long do I leave the filter in there for it to get some bacteria
Get a master test kit. When the ammonia and nitrite are no longer spiking, then change your filters.
In the meantime do minimal vacuuming and keep on top of your water changes daily if you have fish in the tank.
From what I've read, people reccomend that I dont change the filters untill after the cycle completes
Is that you, Emmitt Smith?
IFG Yes It is 😉😀👍🏻
Ben Ochart 🤣
Seachem Stability is better than relying on rocks/sponges for beneficial bacteria!! tell me what you think??
I believe that products like Stability, Fritz Turbo, Tim’s etc are good but still require time to really establish. Fish added immediately to a new tank using those products, when I’ve used them, have shown signs of stress for a week or so before starting to behave normally. Whereas I saw no signs of stress using the methods described in the video.
@@BenOchart wow Ben ! Thanks for the msg.. I have cycled my tank in the past using Prime n Stability alone without any visible stress... Just have to increase the water changes to keep the Ammonia levels down for a week or so.. Thanks again for the msg.. Love your show.. Love watching the cichlids and coffee hour long entertainment you offer us all! Stay safe friend 😷😷😷
This is why it's a really good idea to over filter your tank that way you always have bacteria to use and plenty of it or you could even take an entire filter and put it on the new tank that you're setting up and it will be packed with beneficial bacteria.
ANYONE who is willing to help and do a good deed...I'm actually in my OWN situation here maybe you could help🤷🏼♂️ I just got another 60 gallon that's probably NEVER been cleaned from a friend that moved..... When he gave me the canister filter ( Cascade 1,000 ) he DIDN'T have Bio?? Only Carbon bag and sponge full of mulm BAAD.... This will be my Cichlid tank my other is a 60 gallon community tank... Buut, now I have all his substrate with MTS snails everywhere and @10-20 Convict fry in the tank it's setup and running and the water conditions are ACTUALLY dead on already.... Now two of my friends still say BC be didn't clean anything for probably 6 months or more... To start EVERYTHING over throw vinegar in there cycle it etc.... Anny thoughts on this if it was yours and your ready to get the Cichlids in there even though I've added 3 different bio and Lava Rock in the canister etc.... Would you recycle it all?
I must be blind as I can't find the Teespring link in this and your last 2 vids ??!!?!?!
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I wish I had a sump! :-((
You can DIY one
@@BenOchart great idea Ben, but I'm built out as far as I can go.
I mean all this is great, IF you have a tank that’s already set up..
...or know somebody that has or have a good relationship with your local fish store so they are willing to pull some media from as established tank for you.
@@BenOchart that’s a good point too, around where I live we don’t have any local stores unfortunately other than petco. Makes me wonder if any one sells stuff like this online or if it’s even possible too, it would help someone like me out a ton because I have no idea how to set up a tank other than dump in some quick start and wait a month for it to be some what established. Good advice though
Ben I have a 10 gallon tank already cycled, with a 207 FLUVAL, I want to transfer into a 20 long,can I move my fish fish all 6 of them into the new tank and add the 10 gallons of water as every thing is cycled.Also running a sponge filter