Hi all,
I'm setting up a new 90 gallon Lake Malawi Mbuna tank. I'll be filtering this tank with two Rena XP3 and a Marineland c160 canister filters. LOTS of filtration for this tank. I have all three filters currently running on my 300 gallon central and south American cichlid tank that has about 19 fish. It's a very established tank that's been running for several years. The filters will be on the tank about five weeks before I'm able to stock the Mbuna tank. Do you think the filters will be established enough to handle stocking the Mbuna tank completely from the start?
Lastly, can I shock the bacteria by switching the filters from a tank running with a PH of 7.2 to a PH of 8.2? I have a filter running with crushed coral on the to be Mbuna tank already. That won't kill the bacteria will it? The switch in temperature shouldn't be any more than a couple degrees warmer on the Mbuna tank.
Thanks!
I've attached a pic of the tank!
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I'm setting up a new 90 gallon Lake Malawi Mbuna tank. I'll be filtering this tank with two Rena XP3 and a Marineland c160 canister filters. LOTS of filtration for this tank. I have all three filters currently running on my 300 gallon central and south American cichlid tank that has about 19 fish. It's a very established tank that's been running for several years. The filters will be on the tank about five weeks before I'm able to stock the Mbuna tank. Do you think the filters will be established enough to handle stocking the Mbuna tank completely from the start?
Lastly, can I shock the bacteria by switching the filters from a tank running with a PH of 7.2 to a PH of 8.2? I have a filter running with crushed coral on the to be Mbuna tank already. That won't kill the bacteria will it? The switch in temperature shouldn't be any more than a couple degrees warmer on the Mbuna tank.
Thanks!
I've attached a pic of the tank!
Sent from my iPad using MonsterAquariaNetwork app