How Long To Cycle With Added Bacteria

[OldMan47]

some say its really quick cycling a tank with established media, like a few days? You just need to provide the right conditions for the established bacteria to reproduce itself to the correct amount.

The bacteria can double their population in under 24 hours so once you have a good start the time factor becomes quite small. Say you start with enough bacteria to serve for a 5 gallon tank, next day you have enough for a 10, next day enough for a 20, next day enough for a 40. You can see where this is going.