Quote Originally Posted by reptileszz View Post
OK, sorry to be so OT here but... what if I bought a filter that could utilize the same bio ball thing's that are in my very established turtle tank? Could I put some of them (not all of them obviously) into the new filter thereby getting some precycling?

Thanks,
Carole

That would be the way to go. I transfer media everytime I setup something new and when I shut down setups I transfer the media back to an existing tank to keep it alive. I have some media that has been alive for years