cycling with dead fish
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although the cories were in poor water conditions before, they outwardly appeared to be in perfect condition and were quite mature (5-6 years old)
while setting up the new tank, the fish were in ziploc's for about 10 hours...this was a really stupid mistake that I made and they weren't acclimated properly and were not able to adjust to a 99.99% water change
while setting up the new tank, the fish were in ziploc's for about 10 hours...this was a really stupid mistake that I made and they weren't acclimated properly and were not able to adjust to a 99.99% water change
Kind of an odd way to cycle, but I'll leave that up to you.
Might be too much of a load to have them all...you might experience olfactory discomfort before everything rights itself.
Might be too much of a load to have them all...you might experience olfactory discomfort before everything rights itself.
Are you absolutely certain the tank lost its cycle? Did you test for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate?
Just curious.
Just curious.
So do you still have some of the filter media left, or did you toss it? If you still have it then use it as a seed for the colony. Otherwise you certainly can use fish food but I'd probably just find some pure ammonia at your hardware store instead. Much easier to measure out a sufficient dose since usually people recommend dosing 3-5 ppm NH3. That's a lot of fish food.
its the same thing as cycling with shrimp.
Although unfortunate. i would just cycle with the fish in a net or stocking or soemthing
Although unfortunate. i would just cycle with the fish in a net or stocking or soemthing
Personally, I don't think it's a bad idea. People sometimes use pieces of white fish or even shrimp/prawns to cycle their tanks so I don't see any reason why not to cycle with the fish that have passed.
Plus, it's going to take anywhere from 3-6 weeks to cycle the tank so you can raise the temp to 90 degrees Fahrenheit or a little higher during this time and that will kill any Ich parasites.
Just make sure to find the skeletons afterward so it doesn't cause any issue with your filter propulsion.
EDIT: Okay, I should have read the rest of the comments. I always use fish flakes to cycle my tank. In fact I don't even put the flakes in the tank itself for the filter to suck some of it up, I place the flakes directly into the filter. It's much easier this way. After your water parameters are where they should be (Ammonia-0, Nitrite-0, Nitrate-approx. 20ppm) I would recommend placing another filter pad in with the old one for about 3 weeks and then remove the old one.
Plus, it's going to take anywhere from 3-6 weeks to cycle the tank so you can raise the temp to 90 degrees Fahrenheit or a little higher during this time and that will kill any Ich parasites.
Just make sure to find the skeletons afterward so it doesn't cause any issue with your filter propulsion.
EDIT: Okay, I should have read the rest of the comments. I always use fish flakes to cycle my tank. In fact I don't even put the flakes in the tank itself for the filter to suck some of it up, I place the flakes directly into the filter. It's much easier this way. After your water parameters are where they should be (Ammonia-0, Nitrite-0, Nitrate-approx. 20ppm) I would recommend placing another filter pad in with the old one for about 3 weeks and then remove the old one.
Or just get bacterial supplement, a bit less disgusting/depressing. I have heard of your method used before though, back in the 70's and 80's if that gives you an idea...