Problems cycling 25gal Aquarium

[Hholly]

im worried my paradise fish going to eat all my little guppies

Is it trying to?

 

[Snype2live]

yea some of the smaller ones it is

 

[Snype2live]

and how long should i wait to remove my two other filters from the tank before my biowheel has enough bacteria to told its own

 

[Hholly]

You're going to have 2 tanks going now? Might be a good idea to separate him.

 

[Hholly]

Are you running your cycled filter in your new tank trying to get it going?

 

[Snype2live]

no i had to take the other down as my house i cant have to many tanks in it so i have no where to put him but i can put my little guys in my mom's glo fish tank its also a 29 gallon tank but he seems to leave my starbis corys alone

 

[Snype2live]

yea i running 2 cycled filters in it

 

[Hholly]

I would give the new filter at least 2 weeks. But if you're only running the one tank, you can leave them both running on it if you want. That's cool that you can move some fish. I guess those paradise fish can be pretty aggressive to other fish with flowing fins, like Bettas.

 

[Snype2live]

yea so i might move them in the morning if i see one missing or something i already lost one (i accidently killed him when i tried to catch him and the net kinda crushed his head) but im hoping that he will come down establish a territory and the guppies sstay out of his way

 

[Snype2live]

and i would leave the other two filters running if i could put them in there right but the way the marineland bio wheel things are made the hood wont work with my filters right now i just got the two in there hanging on the wall with suction cups looks kinda bad taht way

 

[Hholly]

and i would leave the other two filters running if i could put them in there right but the way the marineland bio wheel things are made the hood wont work with my filters right now i just got the two in there hanging on the wall with suction cups looks kinda bad taht way

Can you just take the media out of the old one and stick it in the new one?

 

[Snype2live]

i tried that and it didnt really work it was all crammed together or would that work

 

[Hholly]

I think it would work as long as the water is flowing through. The Marineland has a spot for extra media behind the filter pad doesnt it? If you stuff your old filter cartridge in there it will seed the new one and cycle it quick.

 

[Snype2live]

okay ill do that tommorow but should i put my bio sponge in there or the carbon one

 

[Hholly]

okay ill do that tommorow but should i put my bio sponge in there or the carbon one

I'm betting the bio sponge has more bacteria, don't you think? Put which ever part looks like it would have more bacteria in it.

 

[Snype2live]

well the carbon one had brown gunk all over it but the other filter looks like it has almost nothing on it

 

[Hholly]

Go with that one then.

 

[Snype2live]

okay or should i just stick it out and let it run with both filters in in for 2 weeks

 

[Hholly]

It's up to you. But I would just move that filter cartridge over and dump any gunk from the bottom of the old filter into the new one and call it good.

 

[Snype2live]

so your saying as long as i squeeze out any gunk from my old filters ill be good ?? and not have to worry about keeping the other filters or filter cartriges in there??