I moved most of my fish and the filter from my 29g to by new 40; all that remains in the 29 are two gold pristella tetras. I have a dwarf cory, two ghost shrimp, and a honey gourami all in another tank and I would very much like to move them into the 29 with the tetras eventually.
the tank has been setup about three months with a deep bed of eco complete, and the fish I want to add wont be much in the way of bioload; I was thinking I would let the tank sit with the pristellas for a few days (have to do some big water changes to get salt out of the 29) to a week, then move the others over from my 10g.
will this cause the tank to re-cycle, or will there be enough beneficial bacteria in the gravel of the 29 that I wont have to worry?
I have some cycled or mostly cycled media in the 10 that I could move over, as well. I'm not 100% sure how cycled it is because the plants in that tank use up a lot of the ammonia, etc, I think. the plants will be moved over, as well, by the way.
the tank has been setup about three months with a deep bed of eco complete, and the fish I want to add wont be much in the way of bioload; I was thinking I would let the tank sit with the pristellas for a few days (have to do some big water changes to get salt out of the 29) to a week, then move the others over from my 10g.
will this cause the tank to re-cycle, or will there be enough beneficial bacteria in the gravel of the 29 that I wont have to worry?
I have some cycled or mostly cycled media in the 10 that I could move over, as well. I'm not 100% sure how cycled it is because the plants in that tank use up a lot of the ammonia, etc, I think. the plants will be moved over, as well, by the way.
