so this is just a basic question. my sister and i were gifted 3 bettas (yes. 3. all male.) and i currently have 2 established tanks and she has 1, all of which are bettas. we already went out and got a 10 gallon tank for each betta but my question is how long does it typically take to establish a cycle using old filter media? i have the hygger sponge filters and was thinking about just removing one sponge from each established tank and adding them to each new tank. fish-in cycles terrify me but my local petco is actually disgusting so i dont have it in me to return the fish. please help lol ive added a pic of celia’s tank for tax purposes (aquascaping is NOT my thing so pls be kind.)
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Depends! I had it as short as 2 days, another tank was 1 week, and then we had the one that for some reason just crashed and needed a whole month to sort itself out…