SWilson Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Neat! Man everyone gets cool hitchhikers lol. I just "adopted" a clown pleco from a woman -- she brought home two of them attached to a plant she bought at a fish store! the coolest hitchhiker I've gotten is an olive nerite snail. otherwise it's just bladder snails, which I don't mind. I just also wouldn't mind some free shrimp or plecos! 😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler LaZerte Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Oh wow. Clown Plecos would be the hitchhikers I want! Haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I have a 29g aquarium ran 2 sponge filters. Had 20 female guppies many neo shrimp and snails. It was set up for about 6 mo. When I set up a new 20g. I moved 1 of the sponge filters and all the female guppies. Never registered any ammonia. New tank has been going now for a little over a month. No issues. With the seeded filter you may not see ammonia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler LaZerte Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 @Dan That's great news! I'm glad your stock is doing well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWilson Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Actually that’s a great point @Dan the last two tanks I set up with seeded sponge filters and moved plants over from established tanks and was able to add some fish and snails right away with no ammonia. At most a slight nitrite bump in one of the tanks but was able to take care of it with a water change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) That was going to be my question -- if the seeded sponge was handling the bioload of a stocked tank, shouldn't it also handle the bioload of a lightly stocked new tank, provided the bacteria colony is intact? You wouldn't see any ammonia or nitrite register if the bioload is not overwhelming the seeded colony. EDIT: I would personally test it out by adding drops of ammonia to the tank and seeing what happens. I fishlessly cycled my tank with plants with pure ammonia, just don't dose past 1 or 2 ppm. Edited May 18, 2021 by laritheloud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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