ok so i had a 29 gallon tank.. i know purchased a 60 gallon ...i took the gravel (about 30 pounds) lava rock (5 large rocks) plants (2 fakeplants) and 10 gallons of water from my already cycled 29 gallon andthrew it into my 60 gallon ...i also added 30 more pound of new gravel .... i added 20 feeder guppies so i can start cycling it... so now my question is how long do you guys think its gonna take and are the guppies good fish to start cycling (because now i thing i need bigger fish ) orshould i get some goldfish med size ????
cycling my 60 gallon question
- Thread starter gimmiks
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It shouldn't take long at all. If you want it to go quicker, just take your media out of your old filter and put it into the new filter.
Guppies will work, but most of them will probably die.
Guppies will work, but most of them will probably die.
mriversinco;2761592; said:
I agree. Use the old filter media along with the new filter and media and it should cycle with in a week if your lucky. I did the same thing when I went from a 20 gallon to a 55 gallon. The only difference was that i put my new filter onto the twenty gallon at a lower flow rate for about a week, then transferred both filters over to the new aquarium. After about a week I got rid of the old filter. Worked great. No ammonia or nitrites.
Ammonia 0
NitrIte 0
NitrAte 40 or under
It should take like a week. Just try and test it to be sure. If you add old media to the new filters it will speed up more and be more stable.
NitrIte 0
NitrAte 40 or under
It should take like a week. Just try and test it to be sure. If you add old media to the new filters it will speed up more and be more stable.