Originally posted by fishbrain
When doing100% water changes ,wouldn't that cause your tank to go into a mini cycle?
not necissarily. as long as you just rinse the gravel and filters when you do the change, none of the nitrifying bacteria gets removed. since those are still there then i don't think it will cycle again.
this is what i used to do with my 20gal. (single inhabitant) tank. it does work suprisingly well and i've never had a problem with it. but now that i have a larger tank (90gal.) i'm cycling it and planting it before i transfer my fish over.