I should be getting 3 new bettas around June 1st or so, that I'm going to put in the 10 gallon divided tank. Two or three weeks later we are getting new carpet and so the tank would have to be moved to the bathroom for the day until the carpeting is done.
I was planning on using bio-spira to cycle the tank when I get the bettas. How can I go about not screwing up the cycle and moving the tank that day? Or will it get screwed up no matter what? Let me know if this works:
1. Drain out most of the water into a couple buckets until there's just enough left in the tank for the fish to swim around in.
2. Put silk plants in one of the buckets so they stay wet. It's going to be a bare-bottom tank so no substrate.
3. I have a penguin 100 bio-wheel filter for the tank. Take out the filter cartridge and biowheel, place them in one of the buckets.
4. Carry the tank with the left over water and bettas into the bathroom where I could leave the tank while being recarpted. Place buckets of water in there too.
5. Take the fishies out of tank and put them in tupperware before refilling so they don't get splashed around. Fill the tank back up with the buckets of water and replace everything - reheat the water in microwave prior to filling it.
Now, question is, keeping the bettas warm in the bit of water - would the 50 watt heater still work okay? I'm worried about leaving too much water in and the tank breaking during transport. Also, would the buckets of water need to be kept warm for the bacteria to survive?
Would this keep all necessary bacteria alive and the tank would stay cycled the same before and after all of this? Should I just forget using the bio-spira/cycling and wait until all of this is completed, and just do daily water changes until then?
Any other suggestions?
I was planning on using bio-spira to cycle the tank when I get the bettas. How can I go about not screwing up the cycle and moving the tank that day? Or will it get screwed up no matter what? Let me know if this works:
1. Drain out most of the water into a couple buckets until there's just enough left in the tank for the fish to swim around in.
2. Put silk plants in one of the buckets so they stay wet. It's going to be a bare-bottom tank so no substrate.
3. I have a penguin 100 bio-wheel filter for the tank. Take out the filter cartridge and biowheel, place them in one of the buckets.
4. Carry the tank with the left over water and bettas into the bathroom where I could leave the tank while being recarpted. Place buckets of water in there too.
5. Take the fishies out of tank and put them in tupperware before refilling so they don't get splashed around. Fill the tank back up with the buckets of water and replace everything - reheat the water in microwave prior to filling it.
Now, question is, keeping the bettas warm in the bit of water - would the 50 watt heater still work okay? I'm worried about leaving too much water in and the tank breaking during transport. Also, would the buckets of water need to be kept warm for the bacteria to survive?
Would this keep all necessary bacteria alive and the tank would stay cycled the same before and after all of this? Should I just forget using the bio-spira/cycling and wait until all of this is completed, and just do daily water changes until then?
Any other suggestions?
