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Hi All Bro/Sis,

Need some advise, I had recently setup a QT and using a Dymax filtering system. The tank has been through proper cycling process and ready to use. My question is if I have no fish inside, can I switch off the filtering system to cut off the noise (as it is a little noisy) as well as save some electric bill? When there's fish then I will switch it back on.

Will it affect the good bacterial grow in the tank?

Many thanks for any advise.

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actually no fish = no ammonia = no food for bacteria = bacteria will still die.
Oh in that case how normally we setup a QT tank as I will not always have fish in the tank? Do we still need a filter or just using air stone pump? But we normally need new fish to be in QT for at least 2 weeks or more, how we maintain the water quality? Changing water everyday? I always thought that if the water is running, the nitrifying bacteria will still be around.....it seems that I was wrong. Thanks for the advice.
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Just keep a "standby" media in your main tank ( sponge/rings etc) that is "full" of nitrifying bacteria and use this to seed the QT tank when you need to set one up. Meantime just clean up your tank and store in some place until the time you need it.

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