New Tank Help Needed

[daz_st170]

i have a new tank, cycling it for 4weeks and i want to take all of my existing gravel and decor out of my current tank and use in the new tank can i remove everything from current tank and leave just the fish in there for a night or two (obvioulsy) with heater and filter or is this just wrong thanks

 

[gaz gun man]

You'd stir up quite alot of debris from the gravel, which might stress the fish/cause an ammonia spike.

Can you not use brand new gravel in the new tank, then just switch over the decor?

Then just acclimatise the fish the same way you would if you'd just bought them?

 

[OldMan47]

Do a thorough gravel vac first to get that gravel cleaned out and you should be able to move everything over at once. Digging out the gravel from your existing tank without cleaning it will put lots of organic matter into the water to decay and cause ammonia problems so it needs to be cleaned first.