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Upgrading to a new tank |
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By: Webman27 Date: September 9, 2015, 11:35 am |
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Hi everyone! |
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So I'm a couple of weeks away from upgrading my current 55 |
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gallon tank to 300 gallon tank (96"x24"x30") and I'm just a |
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little excited plus a lot of anxiety to go with it. I'm |
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planning on cycling the new tank using Seachem Stability and I |
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was thinking about getting a number of tiger barbs to help get |
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the cycle going? I'm reluctant to use any filter material from |
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my current tank because I unfortunately ended up with MTS in my |
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55 gallon and I don't want any part of them in my new tank. |
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Assuming that strategy is sound my next question has to do with |
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introducing my current cichlids to the new tank. I know as you |
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change the bioload you need to give the filter a chance to catch |
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up. Am I safe using Stability daily with the tiger barbs and |
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then do I want to slowly introduce the cichlids or do I pull out |
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the tiger barbs and introduce the cichlids all at once? If I do |
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stagger out the introduction do I move the oldest, largest fish |
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first since they are likely the most robust? My concern with |
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that is then introducing the smaller fish still growing out once |
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the big boys take hold of their territory (then again I have a |
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lot more real estate than I did in the past ;D) |
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Any advice from people that have made a big move like this |
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before would be greatly appreciated!! |
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Re: Upgrading to a new tank |
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By: PaulMartin61 Date: September 12, 2015, 12:15 am |
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If your using Stability, and you follow the directions on the |
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bottle, you won't need Tigerbarbs. |
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Congrats on the upgrade! |
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Paul |
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