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[Craig89]

if i move as much filter media in to my new filter as i can and then let it run in my new tank for a day or two will the bacteria die out?

 

[Haych]

no, you will have given the cycle a good start

alot of people reccommend this

 

[Craig89]

another question then i filled the tank up last night at its gone cloudy will this clear when the filter is added

 

[indir-emir]

You will need a source of ammonia to keep bacteria alive. And filter will help uncloud the tank too

Regards,
Indir

 

[Haych]

yes it will clear with the filter.

are you adding fish as its already cycled? they'll be your source of ammonia

 

[Craig89]

ive upgraded to a 125l tank so i will be transfering my fish across

 

[Craig89]

all should be ok ive been told to wash the old media in the new tank as well just to give it that bit more of a head start

 

[waterdrop]

Craig, Will you be cleaning out the old filter in the new tank -while- you are fishless cycling (adding ammonia, testing, etc.) the new tank? Normally that is what you'd have going on. The addition of 1/3 of the mature media from the old filter and the cleaning out of that filter should both help to quickly cycle the new filter, perhaps in only a week, but you'd still want to test and confirm this, unless I'm misunderstanding your situation. The test would be whether the filter would then begin reducing 5ppm of ammonia to zero ppm ammonia and zero ppm nitrite(NO2) within 12 hours or less after the 5ppm of ammonia was added.. and repeat this for quite a number of days, to be sure.

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[Craig89]

well i need to get the fish in there asap so i was told if i move all the mature media over into the new filter as well as washing it in the new tank and adding most of the water from the old tank i should be able 2 move the fish over right away

 

[waterdrop]

Oh, sorry, I remember now. Yes, both those actions should give the best shot at either ending up fully cycled or minimizing how many fish-in-style water changes you'd have to do later. Good luck!

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[Craig89]

Waterdrop i filled the tank up on saturday the water has gone a greeny colour sould i drain all this then add my old tank water then top the tank up with fresh water?

 

[waterdrop]

Sounds like a plan.. can't see anything particularly wrong with that. Have you got sunlight hitting the tank or something that might cause "green water" ??

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[Craig89]

no more sunlight than normal no

 

[waterdrop]

Sorry, what does normal mean for you? Tanks with direct sunlight, even during part of the day, can suffer from excessive algae, unless they happen to be heavily planted tanks with soil substrates or something...

Also, about the cloudiness in the new 125 up there, that is probably the heterotrophic bacteria (not the autotrophic ones in the filter) having a field day eating stuff from the new silicone that holds the tank together. It goes away after a while and is harmless.

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[Craig89]

well my old tank always caught some sunlight and the new tanks is in the same place so its no more than usual