Well I will be moving to a new apartment September 19th. The cichlids I had in my 55 gallon I gave to my brother to keep. I plan to make the 55 gallon a native tank. As iof right now the tank is half full with only a giant danio and my pleco my brother did not want. i took out the bio wheels and threw them in the water to keep wet. Wehn i re setup the tank. How long does it take to cycle with a seeded filter and gravel? and will i be ok to house 5 redbreasted sunfish?
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Posted 14 September 2009 - 12:03 AM
As long as the water is dechlorinated I would say it is cycled with the gravel and bio-wheel. You should be good with 5 sunfish.
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Posted 14 September 2009 - 01:22 AM
I think it has been amply demonstrated that moving the filter intact results in no detectable cycle. I've done it several times myself. By way of comparison, I would only expect cycle time to be about 4-6 days if you took an old filter pad, rubbed it on a new one, and stuck the new one in a brand new filter.
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Posted 14 September 2009 - 10:52 AM
I'd fill the tank up the rest of the way and keep the filter running until moving day. You won't have to re-cycle at all.
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Posted 14 September 2009 - 04:32 PM
sounds good. So on day of moving it will be safe to transfer the sunnies over to the bigger tank? man are they gonna love going from a 20L to a 55. btw what would be good tankmates with them? i'd like to add others if possible.
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Posted 14 September 2009 - 08:23 PM
I should add, don't want to assume, keep the filter media wet during the move. Put it in a bucket or something. If it dries out you will lose a lot of bacteria. Same with the gravel, although it isn't as important as the filter.
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Posted 15 September 2009 - 04:34 PM
I should add, don't want to assume, keep the filter media wet during the move. Put it in a bucket or something. If it dries out you will lose a lot of bacteria. Same with the gravel, although it isn't as important as the filter.
yeah that i knew about. the tank will be the last to load and first back in the apt to setup. im excited to get it going. so is there anything that can be housed with sunfish?
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Posted 15 September 2009 - 08:16 PM
yeah that i knew about. the tank will be the last to load and first back in the apt to setup. im excited to get it going. so is there anything that can be housed with sunfish?
Madtoms go well with sunfish. I have a grass pickerel and a stonecat with a longear sunfish right now, they all pretty much ignore each other. I'm sure other folks will have some more suggestions.
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Posted 29 September 2009 - 06:35 PM
Well. its been a week since the move! everything is going great. The fish love the new tank and I think its awesome. I invested the 'Python' and man should I have done that a long time ago! the only thing that sucks is no tv or internet until this saturday!. hope all is well with everyone!Madtoms go well with sunfish. I have a grass pickerel and a stonecat with a longear sunfish right now, they all pretty much ignore each other. I'm sure other folks will have some more suggestions.
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