Eau, advice please....

[marne2]

I have set up a small tank in dd's room, I have put media in the filter out of my big tank ( from my external mature filter ), I havn't put any fish in the tank as I want to make sure the filter is not too noisy for dd ( chances are it will be and then I will have to move the tank ), do i need to chuck some food or ammonia in their to keep the bacteria in the filter media alive?

Hoping to put some plec babies in there soon ( they have just hatched so in a few days time when dad chucks them out his cave ), will the tank be cycled enough with the media from my big tank?

Yes, you need to add something to keep the bacteria going, fish food will do it if you haven't got any ammonia. I would run it for a few days and test a lot, babies will be very sensitive to any ammonia or nitrIte.

Thank you, will put some food in there,mod you think I would be better off putting a few guppy fry in there first ( before any pleco babies go in ), I have quite a few so they are not as precious as my pleco babies .