Removing gravel to seed new aquarium?

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Would a handful be enough to help jumpstart the biofilter?

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Any amount will help jumpstart the cycle, the more you do the more effect it will have. if it comes from a tank with no UGF, the upper level of the gravel will be the most beneficial as the lower you go the bacteria is limited by oxygen.
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It would certainly help. How much so, depends on what part the gravel has in the biological filtration. If the gravel is from a UGF set up then quite a bit more so than a non-UGF tank.

But, even if not, it will assist in the cycling of a new tank.

If you have another type filter, then a squeeze of the biological media from the established tank's filter would help quite a bit more.
 
It's even good to add a cupfull or two of gravel/sand from any other established tank, also. That tank might have a different spectrum of flora that might not be in your tank. You can't have too much bio-diversity.

BIO-DIVERSITY RAWKS!!!
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Maybe a handful of filter noodles would help to a greater extent. I tend to do this for some of my friends seemed to work well and I always get a box of new noodles in return :p Just make sure you don't remove too much!
 
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