i am gonna get a lot of fish and my qt tank is very dirty and was thinking about emptying out my 10 gallon qt tank and filling it up with water from the main tank but i will also change the gravel out.will the fish be okay if i take out all the gravel and empty the tanks water and then fill it up with the main tanks water?just so everyone knows i will NOT mess with the filter i NEVER mess with filters unless i am doing a 10 gallon water change the normal water change amount.we may be getting about a dozen or more fish over the weekend so please reply...
qt tank emptying?
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I don't think transferring the water from the main tank is going to do much unless you are thinking it will make the transition into the tank smoother in the future?
My bigger concern is that unless there have been fish or some other bioload in your tank than it will probably not be cycled anymore.
My bigger concern is that unless there have been fish or some other bioload in your tank than it will probably not be cycled anymore.
well it did have 10 fish in it 3 black neons and 6 neons and and a betta? in it could the good bac have died because i have not had any fish in it for a while?
aww man!...it was a few weeks wait could i add a few fish a day 1 or 2 could that make it better?and then the good bac comes back?
but it did have a shrimp in it until a few days ago not that it makes much of a bioload though...
if the main tank is almost empty or empty.... move the filter from the qt over with the fish thats in there. after about a week or so get a few new fish and move the filter back on the qt. dont need to take water from any tanks and move it around.
both of my main tanks are not anywhere empty but i had an idea what if i took some gravel from the 2 main tanks that must have some good bac right?
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