Changing filters

[jc102]

Hey guys,

I have 3 aquariums, two 5 gallon thanks with a betta in each and one 10 gallon with glo-fish. One of the 5 gallon tanks' filter died on me, so I went shopping for a new one.

I ended up buying an Aqua-Tech 3 stage filter for a 10 gallon tank. That's all they had. So, I thought I could take the whisper filter that is currently on my 10 gallon tank (it's made for 5-10g aquariums) and put it on the 5 gallon tank, and use the new filter on the 10 gallon tank since it is more powerful.

How can I do this without massively disrupting the nitrogen cycle? I know my betta tank needs a filter soon, as it has been 2 days since the old filter died. I've been doing daily water changes since then. If I move the whisper filter from the 10 gallon to the 5 gallon and install the new Aqua-Tech filter on the 10 gallon, will I be able to prevent a total restart of the cycle by putting the bio grid off of the old (dead) filter in with it?

 

[earhtmother]

As long as the media is still wet I believe you should be fine

 

[jc102]

Unfortunately, the filter had died sometime while I was at work. By the time I realized it, the media had dried.

Yesterday, I went ahead and installed the Aqua-Tech filter alongside the Whisper filter on my 10 gallon tank. I'm going to let them run side-by-side for a while before moving the Whisper filter over to the betta tank. In the meantime, I guess I'm just going to do a lot of PWCs on the betta tank until the filter can be moved over.