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fishymama Hobbyist Posts: 124 Kudos: 102 Votes: 4 Registered: 27-Mar-2005	Hello I recently completed Operation Fish Move - moving my fish tank to a new appartment. All went according to plan and now the fishes are happily swimming away in their renovated home. The tank is 24g. I have no recent readings but the tank was cycled. I have sort of being running the tanks down in preparation for the move and I have merged two tanks into one so the tank mates might be a little odd: 2 BNS 1 Otto (last surviver of batch!) 6 cardinals 3 cherry barbs 1 black widow tetra (last survivor) 1 platy I managed to transport approx 30% of the current tank water. The tank was dismantled for approximately one and a half hours. The filter was switched off and without water during this time. The filter and gravel were not completely dry at any point. Could anyone tell me in their opinion whether I will be back to square one ('ish) on the cycle. Plus any advice on what to do with the tank. Carry on as normal or any special treatment etc. Tanks a lot!
Posted 01-Jun-2006 07:16
JQW Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003	Ok.....well, cycled (not really cause it doesn't go in cirlces). So let's call it established. The establishment of your moved tank. Life in your aquarium depends on nitrifying bacteria what converts ammonia produced by the fish into nitrite and the into nitrate. They are aerobic bacteria and will be present on surfaces with water flow, ie your filter media. If the media is never dried out, you will have a good chance of some bacteria surviving. Also, other surfaces for eg the gravel had water on it all the time, so your total benificial bacteria population should not be wiped out. So you won't be back to square one. But keep an eye on the ammonia level, since you have doubled the load, it takes time for bacteria population to grow and substain conversion of ammonia into nitrite and then nitrate. Do more little water changes if necessary. Also, Otto and BW tetra are schooling fish, in my experience, sole surviver from a batch will stay alive for a while but not as long as it wound in a school. Better to give it away or something. Reduces your population load and makes the little fish happier with own friends. Good luck
Posted 01-Jun-2006 16:27
fishymama Hobbyist Posts: 124 Kudos: 102 Votes: 4 Registered: 27-Mar-2005	Thanks for your time JQW. That's great.
Posted 02-Jun-2006 01:14
GirlieGirl8519 Fish Master Malawi Planter Posts: 1468 Kudos: 1029 Votes: 35 Registered: 25-Mar-2005	Glad to know it went well. I dread the thought of moving all my tanks (3 atm) when I move out of my parents house. I will probably have about 5 tanks by then...but I have a couple years before the move./:' *Kristin*
Posted 02-Jun-2006 15:54


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