Joey P
Aquarium Advice Activist
Yesterday morning I found my favorite fish dead, my BN Pleco. I'm not sure what happened, my levels were perfect, I do a weekly 30-50% water change. I kind of wonder if it wasn't finding enough food. The tank was immaculate and over the past few months it was coming out more and more during the day. Or maybe it was just a fluke.
Anyways, between that and a few other other deaths over the last year, it's time to restock. I pulled out my QT tank, but it's been a while since I've used it. I filled it up, tossed in some conditioner and it's up to temp, but that's all I have to do, right? When I get the fish, I can, then move some media from my regular tank over to this one and turn on the filter.
I have two filters on my regular tank and I purposely keep extra bio media in them just for moving it over to QTs. I just want to make sure that I don't have to wait any certain amount of time. From cycling the tank when I first got it, I want to say if I waited more then a few days, all the bacteria would die off if I didn't feed it, so it would make sense to move the media into the QT tank right when the fish.
Also, should I have any kind of floss/debris filter in there? It's a small Aqueon HOB. I suppose since the tank is bare bottom, there ought to be something to catch stuff...or is loading that up with bio media enough?
Anyways, between that and a few other other deaths over the last year, it's time to restock. I pulled out my QT tank, but it's been a while since I've used it. I filled it up, tossed in some conditioner and it's up to temp, but that's all I have to do, right? When I get the fish, I can, then move some media from my regular tank over to this one and turn on the filter.
I have two filters on my regular tank and I purposely keep extra bio media in them just for moving it over to QTs. I just want to make sure that I don't have to wait any certain amount of time. From cycling the tank when I first got it, I want to say if I waited more then a few days, all the bacteria would die off if I didn't feed it, so it would make sense to move the media into the QT tank right when the fish.
Also, should I have any kind of floss/debris filter in there? It's a small Aqueon HOB. I suppose since the tank is bare bottom, there ought to be something to catch stuff...or is loading that up with bio media enough?