Changing To A New Tank !

[little nipper]

hi, i am getting a new tank 2moz its a "AQUA ONE" (100cmx40x70) it comes with stand,hood,lights & heater ,the shop is closing down & sold it to me for £400 ,is that cheap ??

im thinking that if i put the fish into a transport box ,then take water from exsisting tank & transfer it to new tank along with all gravel,rock ect including filter ,can i then put fish straight into the new tank or not ??

any advice would be greatly accepted as i need to get this sorted or the wife is threatning to dump the lot outside !!!!

 

[AdAndrews]

if you are using mature filter media and mature water then yes, but im not sure if £400 squid is cheap, doesnt sound it really, make sure tank temp is up before you add fish

 

[Miah002]

It's best do do the fishless cycle and not transport any old water from your other tank.

 

[foley69]

as long as the filter in your older tank is fully matured you should be fine i would put 50%fresh water in and 50% tank water in that way its just gives the fish a bit of fresh water in their new environment how many LPH is your current filter

 

[little nipper]

as long as the filter in your older tank is fully matured you should be fine i would put 50%fresh water in and 50% tank water in that way its just gives the fish a bit of fresh water in their new environment how many LPH is your current filter

the filter is a fluval4 plus + i have a 300 watt heater ,only had the current tank running about 10 days but had to have it as my brother was going to dump the tank & give fish away due to becoming homeless, i only really wanted his large plec !!

 

[foley69]

then you should be fine then as it will be already cycled you might come across a mini-cycle but just do frequent water changes of about 25% then should sort itself out in no time

what fish do you have ?

 

[Miah002]

How big is the tank?

 

[little nipper]

my current tank is a standard 4ft set up the new one is 100cmx40x70 current fish are as follows
1xlarge plec 16"
1xlarge angel
1xgolden gourami
1xneon
3xcory's
1xgolden sucking loach
2xsilver tetra's

 

[foley69]

yea you should be fine with the filter you have in the tank personally i would get a smaller filter maybe a fluval 2 or something just to give it that extra filtration i run a fluval 4 and a fluval 205 on my 55gal tank

 

[little nipper]

i also have a whisper 600 which has an airstone on the end of the pipe i have not used this but my brother ran this along side the fluval ,is this a good idea or not ??

 

[foley69]

yea all it will do is add more filtration to the tank which will (when cycled) break down nitrites and ammonia faster i run 2 filters on my tank which sorts things out and all i have to do is change 10-20% of water a week