30 Gallon Cycle

[HumanBean]

Can I make my old 30 Gallon aquarium ready for fish in one night?

It's in the basement and 5 months ago it was inuse then I took it apart and its in basement totally dry.

I have a running canister filter so if I transfer half of the material containing the beneficial becteraj to new filter I will be running on 30 Gallon from my existing will it be OK to put some fish in ?

Normally I won't do this but due to an urgency I need to put this 30 Gallon in use.

Please advise ?

Thanks

 

[deeda]

You should be able to do that with no problems, just keep an eye on the water parameters for a week or so. This is assuming the new tank won't be over stocked.

 

[HumanBean]

Just one fish .

 

[tlindsey]

Make sure you have water conditioner such as prime on hand just in case you test parameters, and your nitrite or ammonia spikes.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Should be ok but for extra safe I would buy a small bottle BB and dose it.
I recently took some of Bio Media from my big tank and load it in filter for a brand new 20G and dose it with extra BB bottle, the tank instant cycled

 

[HumanBean]

Would marineland c220 do justice to 30 Gallon ?

 

[tlindsey]

They are rated for 30, 55 gallons. personally never used one.

 

[milkman407]

you'll be fine, i'd put a few gallons of old tank water in the new tank as well, just to be safe.