Hello,
A colleague is setting up an aquarium for his daughter for her birthday. They're new to fish keeping and they are gonna put in some fish right away. I wanna help them by giving some soil or filter media from my mature aquarium to hopefully help the bacteria going.
However they live far away, and sending the package takes 3-4 days. My first thought is that the bacteria will die off by then. Will this have any effect at all, of could i add something to feed the bacteria - fish food etc?
Does anybody have other ideas?
Thanks!
A colleague is setting up an aquarium for his daughter for her birthday. They're new to fish keeping and they are gonna put in some fish right away. I wanna help them by giving some soil or filter media from my mature aquarium to hopefully help the bacteria going.
However they live far away, and sending the package takes 3-4 days. My first thought is that the bacteria will die off by then. Will this have any effect at all, of could i add something to feed the bacteria - fish food etc?
Does anybody have other ideas?
Thanks!