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#1 don212

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 08:53 AM

i had to move my tanks with no chance to reycle, any advice to avoid the probable impending disaster?

 



#2 littlen

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 09:11 AM

Were you unable to save any mature filter-media?....Sponge from canister/H.o.B.....gravel?  Driftwood?  Anything that was established in your tanks before the move will help in some capacity from having a crash when setting up a new tank from scratch.  There are some products available at the pet store that are supposed to instantly cycle a tank.  I've never used any.  A last ditch effort would be to load the tank with some live plants.


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#3 gerald

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 01:44 PM

I would consider "live plants" the FIRST choice, rather than a "last ditch effort".


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#4 don212

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Posted 26 December 2016 - 08:13 PM

well , i did replace the original substrate, and plants



#5 harryknaub

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Posted 27 December 2016 - 07:35 PM

When I moved from PA to Myrtle Beach about 5 years ago, I bagged the fish and the filter media. Then I lowered the water level to about a half inch above the gravel and placed the bags in the tank. I packed the tanks in the back of my van and brought them down here about three or four tanks at a time. I know that logistically, this is not very convenient for most people but it was very simple. When I got down here I filled the tanks and started the filtration right up. I lost a few fish but not many.

 

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#6 Doug_Dame

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Posted 27 December 2016 - 08:19 PM

I used SeaChem Stability ... one of the "biofliter starter" products ... with fine success a while ago when I wanted to set up a 75g in a hurry. I think getting it from Amazon rather than a local fish store is advantageous because it's likely to be fresher. 

 

That said, a few cups of substrate from the old tank (kept wet, ala Harry's advice), and/or a collection of plants, should be enough to re-build a nitrogen cycle in a tank quickly enough. Doing a few more water changes than normal doesn't hurt either, since almost all of the beneficial bacteria grow on surfaces.


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#7 Matt DeLaVega

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Posted 27 December 2016 - 09:18 PM

I used SeaChem Stability ... one of the "biofliter starter" products ... with fine success a while ago when I wanted to set up a 75g in a hurry. I think getting it from Amazon rather than a local fish store is advantageous because it's likely to be fresher. 

 

That said, a few cups of substrate from the old tank (kept wet, ala Harry's advice), and/or a collection of plants, should be enough to re-build a nitrogen cycle in a tank quickly enough. Doing a few more water changes than normal doesn't hurt either, since almost all of the beneficial bacteria grow on surfaces.

I would like to hear more stories about success and failures with bacteria in a bottle. Most people say it is junk. Shelf life probably plays a big part. But if you already have media, why bother? Seems great for a persons first tank if it works as described, but a second tank is a cinch having media to transfer, or move a sponge filter. I am a Skeptic. But I would love to believe it can be so simple.


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