HI, Havent been on in a while, and i got a notice that i should post so here it goes. 
About 6 months ago i started a 10 gallon tank and stocked it with fancy guppies. I started with 3, lost 1 in the cycling process so i bought 2 more females and another male from a different pet store. I now have 50+ that are at least 1" and several dozen more small fry.
(with good varying genetics)
Its time to move to a bigger tank! Im setting up a newly aquired 55 gallon. I put about 6 1" in the new tank, and here comes the question:
Should i add the water from a water change out of the 10 gallon tank into the new bigger tank? Would this help cycling? I dont want to take filter material off the smaller tank as I plan on keeping it up as well.
I could add about 5 gallons to the 55 gallon tank.
What do you guys think? I know not exactly a monster setup yet. The guppies were eventually supposed to end up as feeders for a school of piranah, but the wife is trying to talk me into the 55 as a community tank. I was thinking of starting off some piranahs in there... which would of course.. eventually force me into a bigger tank!
About 6 months ago i started a 10 gallon tank and stocked it with fancy guppies. I started with 3, lost 1 in the cycling process so i bought 2 more females and another male from a different pet store. I now have 50+ that are at least 1" and several dozen more small fry.
(with good varying genetics)
Its time to move to a bigger tank! Im setting up a newly aquired 55 gallon. I put about 6 1" in the new tank, and here comes the question:
Should i add the water from a water change out of the 10 gallon tank into the new bigger tank? Would this help cycling? I dont want to take filter material off the smaller tank as I plan on keeping it up as well.
I could add about 5 gallons to the 55 gallon tank.
What do you guys think? I know not exactly a monster setup yet. The guppies were eventually supposed to end up as feeders for a school of piranah, but the wife is trying to talk me into the 55 as a community tank. I was thinking of starting off some piranahs in there... which would of course.. eventually force me into a bigger tank!
