To Switch on the Filter or not

[Dragons Bay]

I have just introduced 6 neons into my tank. Should I switch off the filter to let them get used to it?

 

[Eelzor]

Just keep the filter running on all the time, non-stop.

 

[Dragons Bay]

Thank you.

 

[CFC]

Eelzor is right you must never switch the filter off unless you are going to be removing it from the water, the bennefitial bacteria that live within the filter start to die off rapidly once the flow of water through the media ceases which would send your tank into a mini cycle or worse even back to start so the tank would have to be cycled again.

 

[akhtar]

oh no SHOCK SHOCK HORROR HORROR! ...

 

[Losi]

Why would you think you should turn off the filter when dding new fish???

 

[smb]

Why would you think you should turn off the filter when dding new fish???

If you're new to the hobby and don't have anyone to teach you, there are a lot of things that might seem obvious to us that aren't to someone else. I was like this when I started out. I had no idea how to do anything and noone to ask either.