Originally posted by wetmanNY
Based on what you've written, you didn't read OrionGirl's recommendation. If you need to be told that drying out the gravel means starting again with a new cycle, then you should be gently reminded that there is a Newbie Forum here at AC. The difference is, in the Newbie Forum no one will ever shred your tailfin, aquatix02.
hi Wetman, from the hint of sarcasm in your tone, i would like to apologise if i'd bothered you with my remarks.. just to clear things up a little..
i'm aware that drying the gravel out would un-cycle my tank. however, my thoughts were more to re-using the q-tank, uncycled, but added with a load of new uninfected java ferns and anubias and gravel from my established main tank. with this, coupled with regular 3-4th day water changes and minimal feeding, i had hoped that i would actually get away with adding a few small new fishes without stressing them.
the betta in the new tank would also survive with minimal stress as i plan to do the same with it as well.
the main reason i had originally posted this question was that i wanted to figure out a way that i could get some new additions that i really liked at the LFS. i didn't want them to be sold by the time i cured my betta in my sole q-tank.
also, i said what i said in my previous reply because i wanted to simply confirm with you that ich is not able to survive out of water. the intention was to get my q-tank up and ready as quickly as possible while avoiding the use of bleach or other strong chemicals.
i'm not trying to act like i know everything... because i obviously don't... i just hope that this clears things up and i would like to apologise again for my comments if they had bothered you. i was not aware that this was a flame forum and that the newbie forum was not. i'll proof-read my replies a little more next time.
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