keeping a qt with one fish that lives in it...
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slowburn22
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1journeyman
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Originally Posted by Kilhullen
OK, I am still learning, so I have a question indirectly related to this thread -
Ghost feeding?
Are you saying put food in for the bacteria to have soemthing to eat? (as though you were trying to cycle the tank).
Exactly.. when you "cycle" a tank you provide a source of ammonia and the bacteria populates your tank to fix the ammonia and convert it to Nitrite. Rinse/repeat from Nitrite to Nitrate.
Bacteria needs food. When the ammonia source disappears the bacteria die off. Feeding a small amount of food to a fallow tank every couple of days provides ammonia.
OK, I am still learning, so I have a question indirectly related to this thread -
Ghost feeding?
Are you saying put food in for the bacteria to have soemthing to eat? (as though you were trying to cycle the tank).
Exactly.. when you "cycle" a tank you provide a source of ammonia and the bacteria populates your tank to fix the ammonia and convert it to Nitrite. Rinse/repeat from Nitrite to Nitrate.
Bacteria needs food. When the ammonia source disappears the bacteria die off. Feeding a small amount of food to a fallow tank every couple of days provides ammonia.
kilhullen
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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
Exactly.. when you "cycle" a tank you provide a source of ammonia and the bacteria populates your tank to fix the ammonia and convert it to Nitrite. Rinse/repeat from Nitrite to Nitrate.
Bacteria needs food. When the ammonia source disappears the bacteria die off. Feeding a small amount of food to a fallow tank every couple of days provides ammonia.
Is there a certain amount you should do (say per gallon of water)?
Exactly.. when you "cycle" a tank you provide a source of ammonia and the bacteria populates your tank to fix the ammonia and convert it to Nitrite. Rinse/repeat from Nitrite to Nitrate.
Bacteria needs food. When the ammonia source disappears the bacteria die off. Feeding a small amount of food to a fallow tank every couple of days provides ammonia.
Is there a certain amount you should do (say per gallon of water)?
1journeyman
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I personally do about 1/4 what I would feed a small fish every couple of days.
Not much, but enough.
Also, don't forget to do water changes on your QT tank as your Nitrate will build up over time.
Not much, but enough.
Also, don't forget to do water changes on your QT tank as your Nitrate will build up over time.