Quote Originally Posted by deranged chipmunk View Post
Adding plants to your filter would just continue the cycle. Prime will NOT stop the cycle process. Understand that Prime's main purpose is a dechlorinator. It is not used as an ammonia remover. There are separate products for that, which I recommend you stay away from.

Semi-dirty frog water will help the cycle, not because there will be any bacteria in the water, but frog waste, which will help grow more bacteria.

Remember that the biological cycle takes about six weeks to complete, and about 6 months to fully mature. There is no shortcuts to the process. So just sit back, relax and enjoy the frogs until their tank is ready.
Are the daily water changes right now stressful to my frogs? Someone at the petstore tried to give me bacteria for starting a cycle to put in their tank (which doesn't have a filter, thus the 20% water changes.

So for the tank I'm cycling, adding prime to the water during some slight water changes should not be harmful to the cycle?
I know there are products to "jump start" your cycle, but I don't know if I exactly trust them.

But if it's about six weeks, the two weeks more should not be too difficult. Tonight I am still checking the water quality of both my tank with frogs and the one without it with the people at the pet store. While I'm there I'll look at canisters and sponges, but I want to know a little bit more about sponges!
Does the filter they come with have carbon inside? Any easy ways to get rid of that? And how long do they typically last?