Hello everyone, I've been reading this forum for about a year now and this will be my first post. I have been maintaining a 30 gallon tank for a year now with no problems and decided to finally start up my 150 gallon tank for a pair of tiger oscars and a small school of silver dollars.
I'm writing this to ask if anyone sees anything that I'm missing or that may be a problem. I have a 150 gallon (48x24x30) that is going to be filtered by two sunsun 304b canister filters (rated at 525 gph). I have had one running on my thirty gallon tank for the last month which I primed with my bio filters from a hob filter that had been running for the last year (regular filter changes of course). I will be using a 300 watt titanium heater and want to add two filtered submersible pumps for circulation but have found conflicting information on what size would be adequate for my setup...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My 30 gallon is constantly overstocked because my wife always thinks it looks too empty and randomly buys more community fish so I have become quite accustomed to twice weekly water changes of about 40% and weekly testing of my water parameters. My last question is what would be my best way of getting the 150 properly cycled. My plan is to fill my 150 about 3/4 and then move my already primed canister filter to the large tank and top the tank off with water removed from the 30 gallon. While the 150 is cycling I plan to put my new canister on my 30 gallon (it has two hob filters running also) and allow it to get a good biological filter established before moving it to the 150 as well. My question is with having a jump start on the bio filter, should I use any live fish to help the cycle? I understand that the biological filter needs the ammonia to stay alive and this is where I become unsure, I don't want to harm any fish...even goldfish while getting the 150 properly cycled. Any suggestions and advice would be appreciated. Thanks guys.
(One last question, do you think 2 tiger oscars and 5 silver dollars is a good stock for this tank? I know my wife is going to want to add more but I want my fish to be happy and healthy. If there is room for a couple more...any suggestions, maybe 2 jd or 2 convicts?) Thanks again.
I'm writing this to ask if anyone sees anything that I'm missing or that may be a problem. I have a 150 gallon (48x24x30) that is going to be filtered by two sunsun 304b canister filters (rated at 525 gph). I have had one running on my thirty gallon tank for the last month which I primed with my bio filters from a hob filter that had been running for the last year (regular filter changes of course). I will be using a 300 watt titanium heater and want to add two filtered submersible pumps for circulation but have found conflicting information on what size would be adequate for my setup...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My 30 gallon is constantly overstocked because my wife always thinks it looks too empty and randomly buys more community fish so I have become quite accustomed to twice weekly water changes of about 40% and weekly testing of my water parameters. My last question is what would be my best way of getting the 150 properly cycled. My plan is to fill my 150 about 3/4 and then move my already primed canister filter to the large tank and top the tank off with water removed from the 30 gallon. While the 150 is cycling I plan to put my new canister on my 30 gallon (it has two hob filters running also) and allow it to get a good biological filter established before moving it to the 150 as well. My question is with having a jump start on the bio filter, should I use any live fish to help the cycle? I understand that the biological filter needs the ammonia to stay alive and this is where I become unsure, I don't want to harm any fish...even goldfish while getting the 150 properly cycled. Any suggestions and advice would be appreciated. Thanks guys.
(One last question, do you think 2 tiger oscars and 5 silver dollars is a good stock for this tank? I know my wife is going to want to add more but I want my fish to be happy and healthy. If there is room for a couple more...any suggestions, maybe 2 jd or 2 convicts?) Thanks again.
