Would my tank still be cycled after the move?
I’ll be moving in two weeks and I want to know if my tank will still be "cycled" after the move.
Here’s a couple of things that I’m doing,
- I’m going to have all of my biological filtration media in a bucket (along with my live plants) filled with the tank water.
- I have two filters both have been running in the tank for about a year.
- The tank is well-established and I haven’t had any ammonia or nitrite problems since I first started cycling it.
-I’ll be taking about half of the water already in the tank to the new house for the fish.
-The gravel in the tank is also going and I know not much beneficial bacteria live in the gravel, but it should still be damp because its going in a bucket and I’m not really going to wash it off or let it dry.
Is that alright? Is that wrong? Will my tank have an ammonia/nitrite spike?
Help?
Thanks! =]
Sunshine: Sorry it took me long to get back to my question, but no I’m not moving far. I’m moving to another nearby town, just 30 or so minutes away.
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Keep the gravel and your filter media wet at all times, in a bucket with the plants is fine.
That way most of your cycle bacteria will survive.
Dont worry too much about the water, that has zero effect on the cycle. You can refill the tank with 100% new water, add your cycled filter and gravel, and carry on.
Keep a close eye on your water quality for the first week or 2, but you should have no big spike of ammonia as you moved your cycle as well as the fish.
Ian
most of your beneficial bac are in the gravel if you can use more than one bucket for gravel and keep it coved by tank water it should be fine for a period of time but bacteria are living things so too long will kill it but keep your bio filters in water is good
no thats right, take as much water as you can. when you set it up it will be just like your doing a 50% water change. the only things that will be affected is the chlorine from the tap water which will evaporate in 24 hours anyways or be removed by the carbon filter, whichever comes first. if you can try to take a little more water if you can. a 50% water change is alot. just remember to add the water back in slowly so the temp has time to adjust for the feeshes
just use the same media in your filter, dont change it to new. youll be fine.
you shouldnt have any spikes, it should run just like it was never moved.
Everything will be the same as long as you keep everything wet and don’t let it dry. Once you let the filter and rocks dry the bacteria will die. I would keep some tank water in the rocks to make sure they still have living bacteria, along with the filters etc…
I would set up the tank first thing and get it up and running 24 hours so the temp is perfect and everything is settled then add your fish. I don’t think you will have any problems. Are you moving far?