bio load on qt

burning2nd · 01-28-2007, 02:09 PM

how long should i wait with my penguin 100 bio wheel filter on my tank b4 swithcing to the qt tank?

ive added the ceramic bio tube things that come with the aquaclear hob to the biowheel

i was told 2 weeks will do me good

your thoughts?

burning2nd · 01-29-2007, 08:06 AM

BoomerD · 01-29-2007, 10:28 AM

Do you just have it running on the QR, or on an established tank? If it's on the QT, you'll need some ammonia source to kick off a cycle for the filter to build a bio-colony with...(time for a cocktail shrimp in the tank!) However, you could run that filter on your established tank, (or put the bio-media in your sump) and speed the process up a bit...

PhilOlsen · 01-29-2007, 11:53 AM

Testing is the only way to tell when the tank is cycled, check parameters regularly and once it is stabalized and parameters are within acceptable limits then you will be ready, it could happen in a couple weeks or it may take longer.

burning2nd · 01-29-2007, 04:49 PM

the hob is on my tank..... ill leave it there for say 2 weeks, uncleaned and all then ill switch it over to the qt tank, with 5 gallons from my tank...

jump start a qt tank.

right?

pmac90 · 01-29-2007, 04:54 PM

I think you should be ok with that...

what is rest of your QT setup?

burning2nd · 01-29-2007, 06:45 PM

jager heater, a power head some pvc, a 15" nova 2x20watt t5

and a pinguin 100 bio wheel thats on my tank now geting rdy

pmac90 · 01-29-2007, 08:02 PM

cool, sounds good to me.

burning2nd · 01-29-2007, 09:25 PM

ill just have to do water changes on it regularly and if theres nothing in it, ill have to feed it little every week.

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burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	bio load on qt how long should i wait with my penguin 100 bio wheel filter on my tank b4 swithcing to the qt tank? ive added the ceramic bio tube things that come with the aquaclear hob to the biowheel i was told 2 weeks will do me good your thoughts? __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob Last edited by burning2nd : 01-29-2007 at 08:06 AM.

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burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bio load on qt bumb __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

01-29-2007, 10:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,638 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bio load on qt Do you just have it running on the QR, or on an established tank? If it's on the QT, you'll need some ammonia source to kick off a cycle for the filter to build a bio-colony with...(time for a cocktail shrimp in the tank!) However, you could run that filter on your established tank, (or put the bio-media in your sump) and speed the process up a bit... __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

01-29-2007, 11:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
PhilOlsen Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Glendale Hts. Illinois (Chicago transplant to humor my wife) Posts: 646 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bio load on qt Testing is the only way to tell when the tank is cycled, check parameters regularly and once it is stabalized and parameters are within acceptable limits then you will be ready, it could happen in a couple weeks or it may take longer.

01-29-2007, 04:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bio load on qt the hob is on my tank..... ill leave it there for say 2 weeks, uncleaned and all then ill switch it over to the qt tank, with 5 gallons from my tank... jump start a qt tank. right? __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

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pmac90 Cabbage Leather Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bristol, PA Posts: 371 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: bio load on qt I think you should be ok with that... what is rest of your QT setup? __________________ Pete 90 all glass leathers, hammer, frogspawn, trumpets, trachy shrooms, gsp, plate, xenia, buttons, gonipora.... clown goby, hippo, 6-line, scopas, ocellaris... 90 lbs live rock 3" sand bed double sump ASM G1 UV - Member NJRC-

01-29-2007, 06:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bio load on qt jager heater, a power head some pvc, a 15" nova 2x20watt t5 and a pinguin 100 bio wheel thats on my tank now geting rdy __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

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pmac90 Cabbage Leather Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bristol, PA Posts: 371 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: bio load on qt cool, sounds good to me. __________________ Pete 90 all glass leathers, hammer, frogspawn, trumpets, trachy shrooms, gsp, plate, xenia, buttons, gonipora.... clown goby, hippo, 6-line, scopas, ocellaris... 90 lbs live rock 3" sand bed double sump ASM G1 UV - Member NJRC-

01-29-2007, 09:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: bio load on qt ill just have to do water changes on it regularly and if theres nothing in it, ill have to feed it little every week. __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

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