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ninjastar Member

Posts: 124
Age: 20 Location: Carson,CA Favorite Fish: Oscar,Jack dempsey
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:58 pm | |
| Alright. I was wondering since Im going tom to pick up a 100 gal tank and already have a tank set up. Is their a quicker way to speed up the process of having an established tank. Heres what Im going to doing day by day and tell me what you guys think Sunday 1-Clean tank with water and scrub 2-pour in 25-30% of my established tank water into the new tank. 3-pour in 25-30% water from the tap. 4-clean all the old decor and gravel and place it in the new tank. 5-pour in the rest of the water. 6-setup filter and let it run 7-get a handful of gravel from my old tank and put it in a net and place it in the new tank. 8-let it run and watch it Monday 1-Test the water 2-if okay put the fish in??(Im assuming thats a not right if the tank only ran for about a day) Tuesday 1-test the water 2-If okay put the oscar in the tank?? And go buy another oscar hopinh the one I have is a female and the other one Im buyin is a male..................and then also get some more other fish  |
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Celticwraith FWM Graphic Designer

Posts: 555
Age: 44 Location: Ontario, Canada Humor: Some times! Favorite Fish: All the ones I have.
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ninjastar Member

Posts: 124
Age: 20 Location: Carson,CA Favorite Fish: Oscar,Jack dempsey
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:07 am | |
| Is their any way to speed it up by using things from my other tank? |
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dirtydawg10 Global Moderator

Posts: 2950
Age: 39 Location: Connecticut Favorite Fish: Severum
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:30 am | |
| Your step #2 won't do anything to speed up the cycling process. You will just be adding slightly dirty tank water to your new tank. Beneficial bacteria is mostly found in the substrate and filter media. You should take some of each from your established tank to help seed the new tank.
You will also need a source of ammonia to help establish the new tank. As CW has pointed out a few hardy fish could do the trick it is also possible to do a fishless cycle on a tank using just ordinary ammonia. One key benefit to this is that there will be no fish present in the tank if an ammonia or nitrite spike happens and fewer water changes. The downside is there are no fish in your tank while it is cycling. |
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ninjastar Member

Posts: 124
Age: 20 Location: Carson,CA Favorite Fish: Oscar,Jack dempsey
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:27 am | |
| I was wondering what am I going to do with the fish after the tank is settled? Also how long do I wait till Im able to put in the oscar or should I say how soon. |
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Mostlycichlids Cichlid Specialist

Posts: 4507
Age: 32 Location: New Mexico USA Favorite Fish: Jaguar Cichlid
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:44 am | |
| If you put a new filter on the other tank and move an established filter to the new tank along with some gravel from the other tank you can just fill with water, of course use a dechlorinator and add fish once temp is steady and filters are running. Another thing you can do is squeeze out some filter sponges into the new tank to get the bacteria in there. I would say 24 hours, make sure the heater is working, your temps are where you want them and that your filters are running and whatnot. _________________ "There he goes - one of God's own prototypes - a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die".
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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ninjastar Member

Posts: 124
Age: 20 Location: Carson,CA Favorite Fish: Oscar,Jack dempsey
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:03 pm | |
| I was wondering what kind of canisters filter do ou guys recommend? Because I cant put an hob filter because their is a light casing but then their are also these stuff right next to the lights, looks like it helps with the water filter. I will post pics in a bit. |
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ninjastar Member

Posts: 124
Age: 20 Location: Carson,CA Favorite Fish: Oscar,Jack dempsey
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:10 pm | |
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ninjastar Member

Posts: 124
Age: 20 Location: Carson,CA Favorite Fish: Oscar,Jack dempsey
 | Subject: Re: Oscar Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:41 am | |
| ohhh tanks dimension are 61x12.5x26 and it says ecplise on the light housing. Also is would it be okay if I add this in my tank along with the 2 oscar? Bala shark, silver dollors, and or fish of the sort?(Any recomendations if I add them? I know you guys said dont add anything else but is it okay if I add these which are not aggressive. |
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