Aquarius's new 5g

[leafgirl115]

Aquarius just got his new 5 gallon today! His tank is set up and it looks nice!

What do you think:

2 live plants and 1 fake

How long should I wate to put him in? Curently hes in a 1 gallon tnak.

 

[chickadee]

It looks very nice and I am sure Aquarius will be very happy in there.  You will have to let us know how he likes to have the extra room to swim around in.  There is a nice balance of swim room and decoration and I love your plant.  He will love to sleep in it.  Thank you for thinking of him.  He will appreciate not having to swim so far at night when he needs to go to the surface to breathe.  Are you doing a fishless cycle? The fastest fishless cycle is the Bio-Spira where you can put him in immediately. The next fastest is the one with pure ammonia which can be done in a few days. The cycle done with fish flakes takes a few 4-5 weeks as I understand it, but I personally have never used that method. Maybe Gwenz could tell you as I believe that is the method she uses. I used the Bio=spira method and one time the Ammonia method. And one time a combination of the Bio-Spira and Ammonia method and it worked beautifully. (the fish was coming by mail and I wanted the tank completely ready 100%).

Rose

 

[Gwenz]

Yes I use the fish flake method to cycle my tanks. It takes about 4-5 weeks. It does take a while but I'd rather wait this time thatn put a fish in an uncycled tank. All you ahve to do is put a small pinch of flakes into the tank once a day. The flake will float around for a while and then sink to the bottom and they disintegrate and that helps the tank cycle. I'm not sure how that happens exactly though. My Q tank took 5 weeks to cycle, and I'm currently cycling another tank using this method.

Here is some more information about cycling with fish flakes (Look at Option 1 under "Starting the Cycle Fishless") :

https://www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm

Hope this helps

Gwenz

 

[leafgirl115]

Could I switch my filters? both filters are for 20 gallon so its fine....

I could put my 20 gallon filter in the 5 gallon and the 5 gallon filter in the 20g. Would this help as the filter holds the good bacteria??

I also used 25% of the water from my 20g....

I could do a fish cycle to as I'm over run with mollies in my 20 gallon tank. They are very tolerant of water conditions.... Pluse I have to get rid of them or cull.....

 

[leafgirl115]

I do not have Bio-Spira around me so I can't use that...

 

[chickadee]

Sorry I am not thinking well today.  I missed that you already had a cycled filter.  No you don't have to take your whole filter out of the 20 gallon.  Dino starts more tanks than I ever have and he tells how to start a new filter in the easiest way I have ever heard right here so just follow his instructions and all will be well.  It sounds like all you have to do is take the filter for the new tank and run it in the old tank for a week and then put it in the new tank and just don't overload it with fish for a while.  Just putting a few Mollies (2 or 3)  in would be great.  Be sure and read what he has to say.



Rose

 

[leafgirl115]

Thanks chickadee ill do that

 

[Boxermom]

I wonder how well that works when going to a bigger tank/filter. Such as using my 38 to seed the filter for my 55.

 

[chickadee]

Dino's tanks are used to house fish for resale and are huge so I am sure the tank size is not a factor, but if you are concerned I think you could PM him and he would let you know. I think the idea is just to have the filter that you have running as a second filter be big enough for the new tank and it will take care of seeding itself. You actually have both filters running at the same time in the cycled tank.

Rose

 

[gammerus]

oh it is a lovely betta tank. I love the natural look and I am am sure he will appreciate the nice pad.

 

[leafgirl115]

Thanks gammerus I like the tank to. Ill slowely add things to it after Aquarius is in it.

 

[gammerus]

Julian is jealous of those purdy plants.