I'm going to be starting my plants emerged.
In the meantime I'm thinking about getting a good bacterial culture going in the filter, and I've read the best way to do this is to get some mulm from another tank.
I don't have another tank running but I know someone who does. So I'm wondering what the best way to do this is?
Is it just a case of getting some water squeezed from their filters foam and sticking that in my own filter? Do I need to run the pump and/or have heated water running through it, or is it enough just to leave the pump to sit in the garage for a weerk or two without power?
In the meantime I'm thinking about getting a good bacterial culture going in the filter, and I've read the best way to do this is to get some mulm from another tank.
I don't have another tank running but I know someone who does. So I'm wondering what the best way to do this is?
Is it just a case of getting some water squeezed from their filters foam and sticking that in my own filter? Do I need to run the pump and/or have heated water running through it, or is it enough just to leave the pump to sit in the garage for a weerk or two without power?