Switch tanks - same day cycle completed

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Sponge Bob

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Hi !

Yeah, quite a statement I must admit but it's true. I just couldn't believe my eyes this morning. Here's what I did.

From a 10 gal tank to a 25 gal tank. Tropical FW fish with plants. Used half the gravel in the 25 tank + half brand new gravel. Ran the 10gal filter with the 25gal filter for an hour and removed the 10gal filter. Used all the water from the 10 gal to fill the 25 and added the rest of fresh water. All fish added.

From the 25 gal tank to a 55 gal tank. Fancy Goldies with plants. Used the other half of gravel of the 25 + half new one. Ran the 25 gal filter + the new 55 gal filter + 301 power head with big cannister for an hour. Removed the 25 gal filter. Used all the water from the 25gal + fresh water to fill it up. All fish added.

Results on BOTH tanks this morning :

Ammo = 0
Nitrites = 0
pH = 7.6 (stable)

No fish loss, no stressed out fish.

Here are my setups and population :

25 gal tank
Aqua-Clear 200 filter
Visi-therm 200W Heater
Bubble wand
FISH
2 Marble Angels
3 White Tip Tetras
6 Silver Tip Tetras
5 Neons

55 gal tank
Aqua-Clear 500 filter
301 Power head + large cannister filter
Visi-Therm 200W Heater
FISH
2 fan tail goldies
1 Black Moor
1 Colita Pearl Scale
1 Red Cap
1 Orange and Black Fan tail

I was expecting a small ammo peak or even a bit of nitrites. Nothing. Water is perfect. Please don't ask me for my Nitrates, I don't test it and never will. Waste of time and money. ( Don't shoot me, I know you guys love to test your Nitrates and find it of the uttmost importance to do so. I don't )

So I just wanted to share a successful, very time consumming proceedure that was worth the efforts.

Happy Fishy times to all !

SB :dance
 
That is pretty standard way of moving tank. There should be plenty of bacteria moved over, though you really don't need to move the old water as there is very little if any free floating bacteria in the tank and you are really just moving old dirty water.
 
TKOS said:
That is pretty standard way of moving tank. There should be plenty of bacteria moved over, though you really don't need to move the old water as there is very little if any free floating bacteria in the tank and you are really just moving old dirty water.
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Not that I want to argue but consider the following :

If water in the tank contains no or extremely low amounts of bacteria, how does your filter media get "colonised" with them ?

I rest my case.

SB
 
The water does contain nitrifying bacteria...they just aren't doing any 'nitrifying' while free floating. The amount of free-floating nitrifying bacteria is very small, as mentioned. Your filters are colonized when a few of these bacteria begin to attach themselves to surfaces within the filter and multiply, multiply, muliply. When switching over your tanks, as you did, you already had all the bacteria needed within the filters and gravel. The old water itself was not a major player in the recolonization of bacteria within the new tank.
 
No need to yell. I wasn't trying to be rude, just passing on some info.

Thanks Slappy for filling in the blanks.
 
TKOS said:
No need to yell. I wasn't trying to be rude, just passing on some info.

Thanks Slappy for filling in the blanks.
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My gawd, are all you guys sensitive to that extent ?

I'll make sure to put white gloves when I post from now on.

Do you need a tissue or a hug ?

The above is a joke... gawd, I feel like I have to explain everything just to cover my a$$.

SB
 
Sponge Bob said:
My gawd, are all you guys sensitive to that extent ?
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Why yes we are. We sit awake at night crying our eyes out.

I'll make sure to put white gloves when I post from now on.
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make sure they're clean...wouldn't want you to dirty up our forum.

Do you need a tissue or a hug ?
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how about a tissue AND a hug?

The above is a joke... gawd, I feel like I have to explain everything just to cover my a$$.
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We sympathise with you. Care to share a tissue?
 
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