55gal Q's

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Wolfdog

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Well i should be getting a 55gal pretty soon for free from this lady and i have a few questions before i get all into it.

How am i gonna cycle this baby? Ive got two ten gallons with (of course) cycled external filtres on them.

Could i stick both filters on the 55, add in all the fish from both tanks which are

*5 albino Cories
*8 Neon Tetras
*2 Male Guppies
Maybe a betta if i dont have anywhere else to out him at the time.

Would this work out for me? Maybe i could also bag up all the rock and put it into Nylons too and stick them into the tank? And keep up on the water changes pretty frequently?

Also i was wondering about stocking a 55. My largest tank so far is a 29gal. With teh fish listed above how much more can i put in? If prolly beef up the cory and neon numbers. And give the Gups to the LFS.

Anything else i should know about handling a big tank like this? Hints and Tricks?
All is appreciated!

Wolf
 
The last tank I cycled I put gravel from existing tanks and filter material from existing filters into the new filter. Didn't add fish straight away though. Added enough ammonia to bring the reading to 5.0 then tested for nitrites daily whilst adding ammonia daily at a rate of 6 drops per gallon. The nitrites spiked on the 3rd day(so I'm glad I didn't put any fish in). Then I reduced ammonia daily to 3 drops per gallon. Nitrites disappeared after 2 more days!! Did a 25% water change and put in fish. So far so good. No nitrites or ammonia and I've just done the first weekly water change.
 

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