basil
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- 1 Feb 2009
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Morning,
Woke up this morning to find my 120l shrimp tank motionless - the powerhead had packed up during the night!
I need to get some filtration up and running tonight. I dont want to replace the powerhead as I'm selling the tank in the next couple of weeks.
Question is, if I drop a new sponge filter into this mature tank seeded with some of the mulm from the existing filter sponge, will i experience any nasty ammonia spikes?
Quick starting / maturing a filter is not something I've had to do before and I normally allow 4-5 weeks for a sponge to mature in a sterile tank.
What do you reckon - recipie for disaster or a safe solution?
Thanks
Mike.
Woke up this morning to find my 120l shrimp tank motionless - the powerhead had packed up during the night!
I need to get some filtration up and running tonight. I dont want to replace the powerhead as I'm selling the tank in the next couple of weeks.
Question is, if I drop a new sponge filter into this mature tank seeded with some of the mulm from the existing filter sponge, will i experience any nasty ammonia spikes?
Quick starting / maturing a filter is not something I've had to do before and I normally allow 4-5 weeks for a sponge to mature in a sterile tank.
What do you reckon - recipie for disaster or a safe solution?
Thanks
Mike.