Ok... Heres what Im doing. I dont yet have a tank, but I do have some new bio-balls that will be used in my soon to be sump. So rather than wait till the tank and sump are built, I decided to attempt to start cycling the media in my bathtub. I have the balls in a container that has holes in the bottom. This container is sitting in the tub (which is about half filled with water) on some drinking glasses to keep the bio media above the waterline. Im using a Mag Drive pump connected to a showerhead on a hose to trickle water over the balls. I also have a powerhead in the tub to circluate the water, and 2 150 watt heaters. I went out today and bought a test kit and was able to get the ammonia level to 5 ppm by adding 10 capfuls of clear ammonia. One problem that I may have is that in order to completely stop up the drain, I had to use a piece of plastic and some plumbers putty. I think the plubmers putty raised the pH (which is now at 8.6). I read the ingredients of the putty and it contains limestone so....
Do you think this will work? Will the plumbers putty cause a problem?
Do you think this will work? Will the plumbers putty cause a problem?
