Johnny D Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Hello! Hope you are all well. I wanted to see if anyone had any experience doing this? I set up a tank and dont have any fish in it yet. It wont be a planted tank, but decided to throw in a saucer and a filter bag with some UNS Controsoil in it as a source of ammonia. I had some extra lying around. Not sure if this is going to work for a full cycle, but thought it may be a nice starter for now and I am already reading some ammonia spikes 24 hours later. Has anyone done this before? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I've never done quite that before. UNS Controsoil is a product I've never come across before. I did recently set up a 29 gal. with an Activ-Flora Substrate, set on top of an established bed of BDBS. I added a piece of wood from a cycled tank, two small cycled sponge filters, plants from established tanks, and set up with heavy circulation via powerhead + spray-bar. I was instantly cycled. Hopefully, I'll get a batch of Saffron Shiners soon for this tank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny D Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 Nice looking thank! And thanks for info! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandSea Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 whats bdbs? whats the big sponge divider doing? interesting. to original poster i looked up that uns controsoil, it looks interesting. i wonder if it just gradually falls apart like reg soil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny D Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 3:03 PM, SandSea said: whats bdbs? whats the big sponge divider doing? interesting. to original poster i looked up that uns controsoil, it looks interesting. i wonder if it just gradually falls apart like reg soil? Yes it is actually working rather well! I have two media bags with it inside the tank. I already have Ammonia and Nitrite spikes and the nitrates are slowly building up too. Cycle is def in process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 10:06 AM, Johnny D said: I wanted to see if anyone had any experience doing this? I've seen it been done, never done it myself. There's a few videos on youtube for it as well. I believe King of DIY has one, but could be a few others that did the methodology as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 5:03 PM, SandSea said: whats bdbs? Black Diamond blasting sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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