Moving house-how long will my canister survive

[4D3]

I'm moving house on Tuesday, I have a seeded sponge and a moving bed that are going in my fish transporters.

How long would my canister bacteria last without flow?

I'm looking at out being off for 6 hours, it will be full of water when I transport it, it will be the last thing switched off before I move.

Any advice?

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[nossalucard]

Umm, I plan a move in a few months as well, but not sure I'd trust it after that many hours. 2 or 3hours maybe but 6, I dunno.

I'm merely moving 5 miles though, so I'm lucking out on that, 30 minutes to an hour TOPS. I will admit however that I have been fishless ammonia cycling 4 (out of the 8 I bought)ATI sponge filters with HEAVY doses of janitors ammonia(10 drops every 3 days in 5 gallon buckets) to make/keep them VERY bio-active and cycled. I've been cycling them in the 5 gallon buckets so I don't waste so much water when I do water changes on them for the SUPER HIGH nitrates they generate. I figure they will make GREAT insurance in case my canister crashes, plus I will be setting up 6 more tanks after the move.

On another topic(not to hijack), does anone know if SUPER HIGH nitrates can KILL/retard the growth of beneficial bacteria, and if so, at what level?

 

[jaws7777]

Not sure hopefully someone else will chime in but as a back up you could keep a few bottles of safestart on hand

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[jwh]

You should be fine for 6 hours, i have had my canister off for 16 hours once with no ill effects. I would keep them wet, but not fully submerged, in this way there will be oxygen available to the bacteria

 

[4D3]

You should be fine for 6 hours, i have had my canister off for 16 hours once with no ill effects. I would keep them wet, but not fully submerged, in this way there will be oxygen available to the bacteria

My plan was to remove the canister full, then drain about 4l out of the 18l total then leave the top taps open for air

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[bradleyagregg]

Keep it wet and you should be fine. I just moved, I put all my media from various filters in a rubber maid bin, hooked up the sponge filters to a pump for oxygenation and some flow. It might take a few days/weeks for the bacteria to get back to 100% so feed light for a little while.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I just have an power outage recently cause maintenance of electrical company for 8 hours during my works day time and seem no effect to my BB colony.

 

[mudbuttjones]

You're fine for 6 hours. Keep it wet and relatively warm and you'll be fine.



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[HarleyK]

A dirty canister well die much faster. Clean it a week before you leave and it should be okay. Still, the first few gallons after you hook it back up should no go into your tank...
Good luck


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[strollo22]

Clean the filter a week before you leave and add a teaspoon of ammonia and seal the canister. Hook it up with no fish and let it run until all ammonia is out of the water, 80-90% water change then add fish


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