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OK i've been reading my brains out and can't quite find the answer; here's my situation, i moved my old tank from one side of the loungeroom to the other, my fish and anubas are in another tank until i can put them back(3 bristlenose catst the others i have traded i have a new guy on hold at my lfs) i also put new gravel in, i placed the old gravel in several bags made of stockings and put them in the new gravel i kept the water and only rinsed the sponges in my fluval 204.
So what i'm wondering is how long should i wait, what lenght of mini cycle should i expect should i worry about putting in cycling fish before i get my new fishhttp://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/featherfin.xml he's a good size and i dont want to risk anything with him.
thankyou in advance
Yvette

You didn't say if the tank had completed the cycle before you moved, and cleaned it.

Was it 100% cycled?

You do need something in that tank now tho. Without any fish or any source of ammonia your killing off what is left of the beneficial bacteria.

If it was cycled, then your mini cycle should be minimal seeing as you have the old gravel in there, and only rinsed the sponge.

If your BNs are full grown or are even sub adults then they will be able to handle a mini cycle with no problems.

I know there are a lot of ifs in my response. Sorry, it's the best I can do with what info you have provided.

It's impossible to put a solid time frame on how long it will take for the mini cycle to complete. Heck it might not even go through one.

Last edited by Shannen at 29-Jan-2005 21:22

Yes that was another thing i was thinking if it would even have one as the aim was to minimalise the chances for obvious reasons yes it was 100% cycled i had it set up for 2 years before moving it the bn are about 1year old not real big though about2-3 inches
thankyou
yvette

Last edited by Dannisyvette at 29-Jan-2005 21:36

WOW you must of gotten them as tiny babies. Good job! I've always found that keeping baby BNs alive a challenge, They tend to be sensitive to water quality.

At a yr old I would think they could deal with it. put them in there, and keep an eye on things.

Just dose the tank with Ammo-Lock to ease the stress caused by the ammonia.

Yep i was given them from a friend who breeds them they were so tiny and cute!!!! Ok thankyou so much thats a great help just gotta go get the ammo-lock stuff
i cant get a hold of it today if the ammonia is fine i'm checking it now should i put them in now or wait till tomorrow after i have the ammo-lock?
thanks again
yvette


Last edited by Dannisyvette at 29-Jan-2005 23:46

I would wait, if you are reading any Ammonia. If you see any then the tank is going through a cycle again.

If you don't see any then by all means get them in there.