TankBoss
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I set-up a 10 gallon, using sand, rock, water, and filter media from my established 55 gal. How long should I wait before adding fish? How soon can I get reliable test results from the water?
Koikid88 said:If you brought in seeded filter media and water from the 55g you can add right away. As long as the 55g was fully cycled.
BHead707 said:if it were me i would still add ammonia of some sort and test the next day to see if it ate through it
BHead707 said:ya possibly but assuming that that tank is cycled the water should have 0ppm of ammonia thus none in the water, if you dont have a source of ammonia its no big deal,
your probably safe to add the fish but just make sure to test the next few days to make sure
cmor1701d said:Assuming everything has calmed down in the tank and the 55 was fully cycled, you have a cycled 10G ready to go.
I would test now for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates. Do a pH and SG check, then add livestock.
The old tank water contains nothing useful, so you should prepare a few 20%-30% PWCs for the next few days to get prisitine conditions in the 10G.