Swtiching tanks

[Bearchumjs]

Hey guys. I have a 55 gallon tank. It's a planted community tank and it's been running for a year (wow! A year already!) I recently acquired a fully equipped 35 gallon hex tank off Craigslist- it's fully set up and cycled. I want to have some larger fish. Cichlids maybe. So I need to move my community fish into my 35 and then figure out what I want to put in the 55.

Going into the 35 will be :
2 rummynose tetras
5 neon tetras
1 male swordtail
3 long fin leopard danios
2 zebra nerite snails
Some Malaysian trumpet snails
5-8 ghost shrimp.

I will be adding about 5 more rummy nose tetras once I trade my platies at the LFS. I will be leaving 8 platies in the 55 while I wait to trade them in. Then I can figure out what fish to get for my 55 without worrying that my BB will die.

I need to know the best way to move my plants. I have argentine swords, wisteria, a crypt, and lemon Bacopa that I want to transfer to the smaller tank. They have a good root system under the sand. So just pull them up as gently as I can and try to keep the roots intact?

Obviously I will have to keep an eye on the 55 for spikes since I know I'll be stirring up the sand.

Anyway, is there any thing to look out for or anything you have found to make this process easier?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Most plant may be all plants ( not sure) the root system can be trimmed back. That will make things a little easier on you when putting them in the new tank.