Moving Tank

[Phage]

Well I moved my tank so I had to dump most of the water out since it is quite big. I filled it most of the way with hose water and used decholrinator. Anyway, my fish are in a 12 gallon bin with old water and I was wondering if I can put the old filters in and old tank water without worrying about my tank recycling.

It's 55 gallons and has about 45 gallons of new water.
And I can't find the link someone posted about moving tanks so this I why I am asking

 

[kewskills]

Should be fine as you have used a declorinator.

Well I moved my tank so I had to dump most of the water out since it is quite big. I filled it most of the way with hose water and used decholrinator. Anyway, my fish are in a 12 gallon bin with old water and I was wondering if I can put the old filters in and old tank water without worrying about my tank recycling.

It's 55 gallons and has about 45 gallons of new water.
And I can't find the link someone posted about moving tanks so this I why I am asking

 

[Tolak]

Here's the topic you were looking for; http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=129060

As long as you kept your filter media wet you should have no problem. This is really no different than doing a large water change with some rearranging or other tank work, where the filter is turned off for a couple of hours.

 

[S6TGP]

yh it should be fine long has the fitler media stays in the old water so the decent bacteria does not die off it should be good

 

[Phage]

Yes that was the link I was looking for. I know I've read it before but couldn't remember where it was. Thanks.
I let the filter run with just a new filter pad and warmed the water to about 75F then added the old filter media before I went to bed.

I was washing new gravel for about 3 hours and it still was a little murky after I added it. That was the worst part. Moving my angels was a little challenging. I don't have a large enough net for them so I was trying to coax them into a large plastic bag.

Before. I wanted to have my desk back and have a proper stand. Mostly empty so I could move it.

Filling it

After a couple hours before bed

My 20 gallon

Question, how long should I leave the filter media in the large tank before moving it to the small tank? The large tank has 2 pads while the smaller has one so one will be left in the large.


Thanks guys