Hello all happy holidays! It's been a while since I have posted a question but I have one regarding filtration for my 10 gallon QT. I have a 36 gallon tank which has 2 fish in it two bleeding heart tetras who seem to be doing fine. I lost some fish in the past and now I have to restock the tank. I have been putting it off but realize I had to get going with it so I finally set up my QT today. I have a sponge filter that has been in my 36 gallon filter container for a while now so it's filled with biological media to kick off the cycle for the QT. There is also an existing sponge filter specifically for the 36 gallon inside the filter container and is a 200 marineland penquin filtration system. I am planning on doing a fishy cycle with striped danios have to cycle the QT before I can start adding the fish I want to quarantine to the 10 gallon before I add them to the 36 gallon. My question is since I did a wc today on the 36 gallon & I am going to be removing the sponge filter from that tank's filter container and it is going to be used in the 10 QT should I wait atleast 24 hrs before doing so to let the biological flora build up in the 36 gallon since I did a wc today? I realize that I have to add fish slowly once they are quarantined to avoid throwing the 36 gallon into a mini cycle. Is going to take atleast two or three months before I will start adding the fish anyway. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks!
