how long should i cycle a golfish bowl before...

[bettasplendenlover]

 

[rollntider]

if doing a fishless cyce when you have 0 ammonia and nitrites

 

[BettaBabe]

How would you cycle a goldfish bowl? Does it have a filtration system? I always thought that the bowl's water had to be dumped each week. How could it stay cycled?

BB

 

[bettasplendenlover]

could i put it in after a week of standing i have no heater and no filter as i was told i didnt need if i wanted to keep bettas but would it be ok for 1 week maturation process i have put in some wardley de-chlor will it be ok?

 

[BronzeWolf]

oops

 

[BronzeWolf]

As far as i know you need a filtration system to cycle a fishtank the filter holds all the bacteria which converts your nitrites into nitrates, if you were to cycle a fishbowl i think you would need to do it fishless, i dont think a betta is hardy enough (or you risk losing it ) to withstand the high poisening it would go through before your ammonia and nitrite readings switch to zero. It will take several weeks to cycle your tank.
I personally have not cycled my tank I am not using a filter only a heater and I do 70% water changes once a week.
(I'm sure the experts will correct me on the advise i have given you if its wrong cause im just a newbie to it all)

 

[wuvmybetta]

It is quite possible to cycle a 1 gallon with no filtration. The majority of your beneficial bacteria will live in your gravel and on your ornaments. The tank will remain cycled even with 50-75% weekly/twice a week water changes. But it takes a looong time, like 12 weeks,twice as long as a large body of water.

Do you have a tank that is up and running already? If so, you can use gravel and water from it to boost the cycle along.
If you use a betta, you will have to extremely diligent with your water changes for the next few weeks. Fishless is good too, I know of one member who fishless cycled their small betta tanks and it took 8 weeks I think.

 

[shrks1fan]

Yea, I believe you need a filter for cycling. If you aren't going to have a filter then don't worry about the cycling, just be sure to do water changes often and vacuum out the poop daily if possible.

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[BirdofPray]

That's what I do in both my tanks. I don't have a filtration system, but I do about 15%-25% changes at least once a week, if not twice a week. I also vaccuum any gunk I can see off the bottom. They've lived happily like that.

 

[StanTheBetta]

Unless you have some sort of aeration or your bowl has a really large surface area (which I doubt ) then, I don't see how the water would have enough oxygen to support the amount of bacteria needed to support the bioload.

 

[james..]

I don't think this bloke means fishless cycling, just leaving the water sit.