Noviceafter2yea
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Starting new 14 gallon, use changed water from 20
I was supposed to start cycling a second tank a few weeks ago, but didn't.
I am about to vacuum the gravel from my 20 gallon. Can I use the removed water to start a cycle in the 14 gallon. I will only add fish to the new tank once it is cycled. The water readings from the 20 gallon are 0 Ammonia 0 N2, 20 N3, PH 7.9. I do vacuum gravels more than I have read are necessary, but when I do, there seems to be a fair amount of waste removed.
I have 10, 7 week old platy fry that are currently in my QT tank which I would like go back to using as a QT. I also got suggestions from people for bright, colorful, "glowy" fish that I would like to add to my collection. I am hoping I can give away some of my platies, but am preparing to accept I am not going to get takers. Not to mention, I now have a batch of 12 newborn platies currently housed in a 1 gallon, makeshift with bubbler. I may have to move them to the 5 gallon QT. Argh!
I am also worried the fry are going to mate with each other and we all know how not good interbreeding is!
Back to my original - if I were to add vacuumed water from the 20 gallon to the 14 along with pretreated prime water, will it be okay bio-load-wise?
I was supposed to start cycling a second tank a few weeks ago, but didn't.
I am about to vacuum the gravel from my 20 gallon. Can I use the removed water to start a cycle in the 14 gallon. I will only add fish to the new tank once it is cycled. The water readings from the 20 gallon are 0 Ammonia 0 N2, 20 N3, PH 7.9. I do vacuum gravels more than I have read are necessary, but when I do, there seems to be a fair amount of waste removed.
I have 10, 7 week old platy fry that are currently in my QT tank which I would like go back to using as a QT. I also got suggestions from people for bright, colorful, "glowy" fish that I would like to add to my collection. I am hoping I can give away some of my platies, but am preparing to accept I am not going to get takers. Not to mention, I now have a batch of 12 newborn platies currently housed in a 1 gallon, makeshift with bubbler. I may have to move them to the 5 gallon QT. Argh!
I am also worried the fry are going to mate with each other and we all know how not good interbreeding is!
Back to my original - if I were to add vacuumed water from the 20 gallon to the 14 along with pretreated prime water, will it be okay bio-load-wise?