Quick question qt

[Justmike]

cleaned out my qt with bleach. If I take water from my display and seed it with filter foam sitting in my display sump for a month , will that automatically cycle my qt?

 

[mcarroll]

It will certainly speed up the cycle and might even make the cycle undetectable.

However, on a QT tank I'd always watch ammonia with a Seachem alert badge, and I'd always have a bottle of ammonia neutralizer on hand for emergency spot treatments.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

If you were to use live rock from your display tank display water and sand from display and the filter from the display it would be cycled.

 

[Justmike]

Ok that's what I thought , how much live rock do you think for a 10 gallon qt, and then before copper treatments remove the live rock/ sand ?

 

[melypr1985]

Ok that's what I thought , how much live rock do you think for a 10 gallon qt, and then before copper treatments remove the live rock/ sand ?

Don't put live rock or sand in your QT. Using the seeded sponge will work just fine. You might still have to do frequent water changes for the first week or so. Keep the ammonia alert badge in the QT and do a water change as needed. Never use ammonia reducers if you plan to use copper. They don't mix well and can turn the copper toxic to the point of killing your fish.

 

[TroutbumNV]

I do it like Mel. A properly set up QT wont really ever fully cycle, at least not like a main tank, which is why you need to keep an eye on ammonia. Frequent water changes.

 

[Justmike]

Once again thank you kindly melypr1985. Decided to clean / bleach out the qt due to last case of flukes