60 Gallon set up to 125 Gallon set up

tomchitown · February 7th, 2009

hi e1, i was wondering how can i make this work ...... i need to move 60 g for 125 g tank .... i have 30 g tank also .... was thinking if i filled 30 g tank with water from 60g tank that the 30g water would help get water good for fish with the rocks gravel filter etc for 125g

MikeinNJ · February 7th, 2009

yes i would use all the water,even all the garbage in the gravel, im getting ready to do the same for my frontosas, get buckets for the other 30 gallons if you can, it will be easier on the fish, youll have to float them in a bag to get the aclimated since your parameters of your water will change

tomchitown · February 7th, 2009

i'll have 30g good water.... 95g new/tapwater is this good. will it hurt the fish ? 125g tank has used filters ..... and i'm keeping 60g used filter also .... going to add 60 more lbs rocks to 60lbs used rocks .... will this process work and not hurt my fish ... some1 pls respond ASAP ...... thx in advance

≈ D ≈ · February 7th, 2009

This is what I would do/have done in the past.

Keep all the decor from the 60g in the water that you saved from the 60g so the bacteria don't die. Using the filters and putting a heater in there will help to keep the temps and parameters stable. Put the fish in a seperate container (a big bucket) for the time being with a filter and heater also if possible.

Put your 125g in place and fill it with the 95g of water, treat it with declorinator (Prime would be best if you have it), bring it up to tempreture then add the water that you saved, followed by the decor. Lastly, add the fish.

Over the next few days, keep a close eye on the water parameters, rectifyling any that arise in the proper manner (water changes). Also, feed the fish every 2nd day for about 2 weeks.

Best of luck.

MikeinNJ · February 7th, 2009

yes i agree with D once the new water is set and prime is used add everything from the old tank even the substrate if your using the same, you might go thru a mini cycle again. if your ammonia goes up just add prime once a day until it goes to 0ppm. what kind of fish are you putting in.

tomchitown · February 7th, 2009

5 oscars

Angela_96 · February 7th, 2009

Your substrate and filter media hold 99% of the bacteria that you need for the nitrogen cycle to go. The water holds 1%.

Only substrate from one tank to another and/or filter media will help.

tomchitown · February 7th, 2009

yes, that's what i did used all the filert media from 125g tank ... just used 30g old water and rest new water ....... ammonia level 0 ...... thx alot for all the help.... still glad i joined maybe 1 day i'll be able to answer some questions

agabr123 · February 7th, 2009

did you use any of the old substrate in your new tank?

tomchitown · February 8th, 2009

yes, 60lbs gravel.... added 60lbs more

agabr123 · February 8th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomchitown

5 oscars

i don't think you'll have room for 5 oscars in a 125....generally the bare minimum for one is 55 gallons, and two is 125.

here's a link with more info on that and LOTS of info on oscars

http://www.oscarfishlover.com/index....ank-setup.html

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