So I recently bought a juvenile green terror from my LFS so I didn't have a tank running to support him. I'm cycling a 20 long for a grow out. While that's cycling could I put him in my 40 gallon community tank. Stocking list is 8 platys (4 normal gold) (4 wag tail sunset), 12 neon Tetras, 2 blood red swordtails, 4 kuli loachs, one common pleco? Any advice is appreciated!
Juvenile green terror help
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You could jump start the cycle of the new tank, by taking a few handfuls of substrate from the established tank and put it in the new one, and maybe some substrate in a filter (if the filter allows), and even taking a rock or some other ornament from the established tank into the new tank.
If the Andinoacara is small, that might be all you need to add it to the new tank right away.
If the Andinoacara is small, that might be all you need to add it to the new tank right away.
+1 to duanes' comment. I haven't cycled a tank "the long way" in years. I just take some of the filter media from an established tank and put it in the new tank's filter, along with a little bit of gravel. That should allow you to bypass the cycle completely.
