Thanks for this, Mal! This is fantastic information. Using the way you broke this down, I use a combination of 2 and 3. I'll take not only filter media from another tank, but water as well - maybe as much as a 50% water change from an established tank and put that water into a new setup - depending on how large the new setup is. And I'm not sure if you mentioned it or if I missed - I'll usually add some API Quick Start to inoculate the tank with beneficial bacteria as well. Just my two cents. Great share, Mal. Cheers, Mate! ~Ron
Thanks Ron. Its a great call using tank water too. It is something I missed tbh. Ive never used quick start, nor prime so didnt want to mention them. I recently changed the filter on my angelfish tank to a fx4. I seeded that with my old filter media and i never got any spikes. Seeding is definitely the way forward for anyone who has the opportunity.
@garageaquatics2023 oh mate. I love it. Its a 300L tank. I had an oase running on it. With a large internal running along side it. The oase sprung a leak so went for the fx4. I thought the water was crystal before. How wrong is was. I would highly recommend it. Would put one on the Rainbowfish tank but they are bulky. So it wouldn’t fit. The only downside about it really is its size
Brilliant advice
Thankyou. Hopefully it will be found useful to newbies to the hobby 🫶
Thanks for this, Mal! This is fantastic information. Using the way you broke this down, I use a combination of 2 and 3. I'll take not only filter media from another tank, but water as well - maybe as much as a 50% water change from an established tank and put that water into a new setup - depending on how large the new setup is. And I'm not sure if you mentioned it or if I missed - I'll usually add some API Quick Start to inoculate the tank with beneficial bacteria as well. Just my two cents. Great share, Mal. Cheers, Mate! ~Ron
Thanks Ron. Its a great call using tank water too. It is something I missed tbh. Ive never used quick start, nor prime so didnt want to mention them. I recently changed the filter on my angelfish tank to a fx4. I seeded that with my old filter media and i never got any spikes. Seeding is definitely the way forward for anyone who has the opportunity.
@@BGN_Aquariums I agree. I like the seeding method as well. So how do you like the FX4?
@garageaquatics2023 oh mate. I love it. Its a 300L tank. I had an oase running on it. With a large internal running along side it. The oase sprung a leak so went for the fx4. I thought the water was crystal before. How wrong is was. I would highly recommend it. Would put one on the Rainbowfish tank but they are bulky. So it wouldn’t fit. The only downside about it really is its size