kat and james
Fishaholic
ok so we have our rena classic 200, and have our old tank also. we need to move house before we set up the new tank, as it will be too heavy for the second floor flat floor.
the old tank has a UGF with quite a bit of gravel, and because of how the hood is, we can't set up our new rena xp3 filter to begin the bacteria cultivating in the filter (have to wait till we can set it up in the new tank)
so my question is, when we move house, if we take ALL the water from the old tank, and ALL the old gravel (keeping the old gravel in the tank water) and transfer it all to the new tank in the new house, and then topping up with treated tap water, will we still have to cycle the tank.. all our water stats are fine, and we do'nt have a problem with fluctuations.
we don't really want to have two tanks set up and running at the same time.. not only will space be a bit tight, but it will also be a pain having to move the two tanks, hopefully we can give the old tank to the ppl who are buying it from us, and avoid having to transport it to our new house..
sorry this is sooooo long winded.. but just wanted to find out what everyone else thought was best to do!
thanks!
the old tank has a UGF with quite a bit of gravel, and because of how the hood is, we can't set up our new rena xp3 filter to begin the bacteria cultivating in the filter (have to wait till we can set it up in the new tank)
so my question is, when we move house, if we take ALL the water from the old tank, and ALL the old gravel (keeping the old gravel in the tank water) and transfer it all to the new tank in the new house, and then topping up with treated tap water, will we still have to cycle the tank.. all our water stats are fine, and we do'nt have a problem with fluctuations.
we don't really want to have two tanks set up and running at the same time.. not only will space be a bit tight, but it will also be a pain having to move the two tanks, hopefully we can give the old tank to the ppl who are buying it from us, and avoid having to transport it to our new house..
sorry this is sooooo long winded.. but just wanted to find out what everyone else thought was best to do!
thanks!