how can I "quickie cycle" my frog tank?

fishcatch22

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hey, all. I just got a fire-bellied toad on friday, and I went out yesterday and bought this new repto-filter thing by tetra, a filter specially designed with herp tanks in mind for his 10g paulidarium. so.... although a cycled tank most likely isn't going to be nearly as crucial to a frog as it would be to a fish, I still want to speed up the cycle, since my frog ain't the biggest crap machine out there. could I do it by introducing some filter material from my tank to his or something like that, or is bio-spira my best bet? any ideas welcome.
 
Seed the filter with filter media from your other tank(s). Since, as you said a cycled tank isn't as crucial to afrog as it is to a fish, bio-spira IMO would be a waste of money.
 
dorkfish said:
Seed the filter with filter media from your other tank(s). Since, as you said a cycled tank isn't as crucial to afrog as it is to a fish, bio-spira IMO would be a waste of money.
yeah, I guess you're right. i'll sow some carbon from my other tank into my frog's right away.
 
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