My once tiny angelfish and silver dollars have outgrown their 29 gallon home, so I'm looking into a nice, big 75 gallon tank for them. I'm just trying to figure out the easiest way to go about doing it all. I won't be ready to buy the new tank for about a month, so I've got some preparation time.
When I decided to set up my 10 gallon, I bought a filter for it and let it run in the 29 gallon tank for about 2 or 3 weeks and then when I set up the 10 gallon, the filter was all cycled and ready to go. Is there a reasonable way to do this when moving up to a larger tank? I had the thought that maybe I could move the 29 gallon tank's filter over to the 75 gallon and run that while the new canister filter is cycling, but I don't know if it would be enough. I'd imagine I probably wouldn't want to run that big a filter on the 29 gallon, right?
When I decided to set up my 10 gallon, I bought a filter for it and let it run in the 29 gallon tank for about 2 or 3 weeks and then when I set up the 10 gallon, the filter was all cycled and ready to go. Is there a reasonable way to do this when moving up to a larger tank? I had the thought that maybe I could move the 29 gallon tank's filter over to the 75 gallon and run that while the new canister filter is cycling, but I don't know if it would be enough. I'd imagine I probably wouldn't want to run that big a filter on the 29 gallon, right?
