hey, im cycling my 5 gallon bow right now, and was wandering if there was any way to switch to dirt without taking out my sand i already have in.  also, if i can do it somehow and drain the water to get the dirt in, will this start a mini cycle?

 

 

 

 

 

thx,

 

 

 

 

spencer:)

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lol thers no way to do it without taking the sand out , for all the time it will take to remove sand from a 5 gallon don't see why you would try to avoid removing it ,thers no point doing it half hearted
I agree with Martin!!! if its a 5 gallon it should not take you more than an hour tops to finish the whole conversion!
ok, thx!  i was thinking about capping the dirt, but now ive noticed that would be way too much substrate.  thx for the info!
oh and also, would draining the water cause a mini cycle?

you have to cap the dirt or you will just have muddy water , do you have fish in the tank ?

 

no, its cycling right now.  but ill eventually put the betta i have in it with a bunch of live plants  (obviously).

 

 oh and i know about capping the dirt, i was just thinking of adding dirt over  some of the sand and putting the rest on top.

na better to do dirt then the sand and if it's a sand cap 1inch of dirt 1.5 ich of sand are you filtering the tank ?

ya, but its that crappy built in filter that comes with the aqueon mini bow.  the light is incandescent, so ill be using a clip on light and no hood, and probly a lower water level so the betta doesnt jump out.  probly a riparium.

 

but will the tank recycle if i drain the water?

 

na not really that much bacteria in the water , your going to need to do a few big water changes like 80-90% to get rid of the excess nutrients anyway

dirt it do a few water changes and wait for it to cycle wont take long

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