I had a thought,
When cycling a tank we’re basically making a lot of denitrifying bacteria and others. From this point on, I’ll refer to all bacteria as bacteria. (Obv)
If bacteria in the tank is effectively limited by the amount of food going in, then if I add a second filter wouldn’t this filter only be taking a share of all available bacteria? If I’m only producing enough food for one canister, the other isn’t exactly going to be heavily populated, right?
When I was young I was told to always run two filters, and I’m guessing now there is some wisdom here. Two filters would likely mean a bacteria colony death in one filter may not wipe it out in both? But I guess that’s the only valid reason I’ve got right now.
If cycling a new filter on a pre-cycled tank, should I over feed for a couple of weeks to increase bacteria in the tank? Feels like that might be worth while?
Sorry, obviously a dumb thought process but I realise I have not given any thought to filtration (bacteria) in a long time, and as I’m setting up a reef tank at the moment, I was a bit like “hang on a mo”.
What’re your thoughts on this? (Ps, this post isn’t about plants, and their role in the aquarium 😉)
When cycling a tank we’re basically making a lot of denitrifying bacteria and others. From this point on, I’ll refer to all bacteria as bacteria. (Obv)
If bacteria in the tank is effectively limited by the amount of food going in, then if I add a second filter wouldn’t this filter only be taking a share of all available bacteria? If I’m only producing enough food for one canister, the other isn’t exactly going to be heavily populated, right?
When I was young I was told to always run two filters, and I’m guessing now there is some wisdom here. Two filters would likely mean a bacteria colony death in one filter may not wipe it out in both? But I guess that’s the only valid reason I’ve got right now.
If cycling a new filter on a pre-cycled tank, should I over feed for a couple of weeks to increase bacteria in the tank? Feels like that might be worth while?
Sorry, obviously a dumb thought process but I realise I have not given any thought to filtration (bacteria) in a long time, and as I’m setting up a reef tank at the moment, I was a bit like “hang on a mo”.
What’re your thoughts on this? (Ps, this post isn’t about plants, and their role in the aquarium 😉)
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