"Elaine T" wrote in message
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Sarah Navarro wrote:
Hi, I am setting up a new tank (number 14). This one is a 26 gallon
with gravel, undergravel filter, and hang on back filter, How much
ammonia do I need to add to get it started on a fishless cycle? I
found a website that says 5 drops per 10 gallons of water daily, but I
don't have an eyedropper and was wondering how much that was, as in
1/2 teaspoon, etc.

Thanks, Sarah
5 drops is about 1/2 ml. A teaspoon is 5 ml, so if you use 1/8 tsp,
you should be in range.

You know, you can take some old filter media like spent carbon, a worn
out sponge or cartridge, or some biomedia from one of your established
tanks and put it in your new filter for a few weeks. You will transfer
enough bacteria to keep fish immediately with no cycle. Just be sure
the "donor" tank is healthy.

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You only really cycle the first tank in a house. After that, you
cross-seed with filters or filter media. I've heard that when you
already have tanks, there is so much nitrifying bacteria in the air that
they all cycle faster anyways ;~).
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