Searching for an old filter media

[howdyemailme]

I have a 55 gallon tank and I'm interested in a cycled filter from an established tank. Can anyone please help.

 

[Circus]

You might see if your lfs has any, if there are not any members near you. Early in my fishkeeping days I had a cycle crash and they gave me a couple handfuls of gravel out of a tank. I dropped that into my filter and it helped restart my cycle.

 

[FishHobby99]

I have a 55 gallon tank and I'm interested in a cycled filter from an established tank. Can anyone please help.

Do you have another tank? I have moved cycled filters from one tank to another. Thinking the substrate had sufficient BB. The relocated filter was too big anyway for a tank that contained a single betta

 

[Obsessed with fish]

If you have another tank use some filter media from that to kick-start the cycle. Adding a handful of cycled gravel help to. This will not intant cycle the tank, it will only make it a few days to a week shorter.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I have a 55 gallon tank and I'm interested in a cycled filter from an established tank. Can anyone please help.

Would I be right in that you've got a new tank, with plastic plants and you're now trying to cut corners and stick fish in asap?
This might help.

 

[FishHobby99]

Would I be right in that you've got a new tank, with plastic plants and you're now trying to cut corners and stick fish in asap?
This might help.

Great post! I enjoyed rereading it.