oO SKIPPY Oo Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Hi people After a lot of tooing and froinf i've decided to setup my new 4 foot tank next week with a canister filter and want to know the best option for setting up the new tank and moving some of my fish about - my severums and chocolate cichlids are on the move into this new tank and the old 3 footer will be small community fish only. the main issue i have is that im moving the 3 foot tank at the same time so things become a little more complicated these are the options i was thinking but want to limit the amount of stress on my fishies so want to know what the wise people on this site would do * cycle the new canister in the current tank for about a week or so to start the bacteria colony up * put all the fish into chilly bin * drain the 128L tank and keep about 100L of the current water * move the 3 foot tank to its new home * move the 4 foot tank to where the 3 foot was * use 50% of the water saved above for each of the tanks * put the chocs and sevs into the 4 footer and the community fish into the 3 footer * done or * cycle the new canister in the current tank for about a week or so to start the bacteria colony up * put my fish into chilly bin * drain the 128L tank and keep about 100L * move the 3 foot tank to its new home * refill the tank with about 60-70% of the water i kept and do a water change at the same time * replace all the fish * move the 4 footer to its home * fill the tank with the remaining 30-40% of old water and continuing cycling the tank with 1 or 2 little fish for a week or two * move the chocs and sevs to the new tank * done your thoughts are appreciated :bounce: :bounce: Cheers Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deno Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 option A is the way I would do it and have done it in the past. No problemo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 if you are already running a canister on your current tank 1/2 the media between the 2 and run on current tank then go A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 thanks, thought the first option would be the better of the 2 evils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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