I need to move a Juvi Oscar into a larger tank. I also am in the middle of moving. The new 75G tank is setup and running at my new address with two brand new Emperor 400's on it. The sand substrate is also brand new.
On day #2, i proceeded to move in some old rocks and plants from the old aquarium, as well as suspend about 2 pounds of old subtrate in netting in the 75G. To help cycle the tank, i moved in 4 danios and a handful of Trumpet Snails (oscar likes to eat the larger ones) at the same time. Tanks been running 2 weeks with no issues so far.
I thought I'd have 2 months to get the new tank up and running, but i might have to cut short at 3 weeks.
What should I do here? I was thinking of taking the old cartridge from the filter and stuffing it into one of my emperor 400's. The heater will also be transferring over. i also have some peices of old, established driftwood from the old tank with a ton of Java fern i'd like to move over. As soon as the oscar is moved over, the old tank will be taken down for good.
Thoughts?
On day #2, i proceeded to move in some old rocks and plants from the old aquarium, as well as suspend about 2 pounds of old subtrate in netting in the 75G. To help cycle the tank, i moved in 4 danios and a handful of Trumpet Snails (oscar likes to eat the larger ones) at the same time. Tanks been running 2 weeks with no issues so far.
I thought I'd have 2 months to get the new tank up and running, but i might have to cut short at 3 weeks.
What should I do here? I was thinking of taking the old cartridge from the filter and stuffing it into one of my emperor 400's. The heater will also be transferring over. i also have some peices of old, established driftwood from the old tank with a ton of Java fern i'd like to move over. As soon as the oscar is moved over, the old tank will be taken down for good.
Thoughts?
