Here's a little background. I recently bought a used 50 gallon aquarium. Thanks to advice from other members of the forum, I was able to have the HOB filter (aquaclear 200) moved to another tank while the one I bought was emptied. I also kept water in the HOB during the transport of the tank to my home, hoping to preserve the bacteria. Since I had to do some work on the stand, I setup the HOB in a 2.5 gallon bucket with 5 white clouds in it.
Well, the stand took a bit longer than I had hoped, I decided to test the water in the bucket to make sure everything was in check. This "bucket tank" has been running for 3 days, and I got the following readings from my AP test kit:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 25
Is three days long enough to have the ammonia show up, or was I successful in keeping the bacteria alive in the HOB?
I hope to get water in the 50 gallon tonight, and will transfer the HOB to it. (If I have time, I may put the media in the XP3 and get that going as well.) What should I expect to see when I do the transfer?
Thanks!
Well, the stand took a bit longer than I had hoped, I decided to test the water in the bucket to make sure everything was in check. This "bucket tank" has been running for 3 days, and I got the following readings from my AP test kit:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 25
Is three days long enough to have the ammonia show up, or was I successful in keeping the bacteria alive in the HOB?
I hope to get water in the 50 gallon tonight, and will transfer the HOB to it. (If I have time, I may put the media in the XP3 and get that going as well.) What should I expect to see when I do the transfer?
Thanks!