q's on setting up new tank with seeded filter.

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I am going to start setting up m new 210 gallon this week, but i have some questions.

Currently on my old (3 years) tank I have 3 ac110 filters.
On my new tank I am going to have a wd sump.

My question is can I use 1 or 2 of the "seeded filters" ac 110's I currently have cycled and use them and my new wd/ and will this will be safe to add fish without more cycling?? I can also use about 50 gallons of my old water too.

I do not want to risk any problems because I have a young motoro I just bought a month ago and do not want to have any spikes in amonia or nitite.

Let me know your thoughts.
 
keepinfish;1011697; said:
I am going to start setting up m new 210 gallon this week, but i have some questions.

Currently on my old (3 years) tank I have 3 ac110 filters.
On my new tank I am going to have a wd sump.

My question is can I use 1 or 2 of the "seeded filters" ac 110's I currently have cycled and use them and my new wd/ and will this will be safe to add fish without more cycling?? I can also use about 50 gallons of my old water too.

I do not want to risk any problems because I have a young motoro I just bought a month ago and do not want to have any spikes in amonia or nitite.

Let me know your thoughts.
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anybody?
 
if it were me i would use all 3 AC's at one time and try to use as much water as possible from my 0ld tank , get the new tank as stable as possible then introduce the sump after a Few days.
are you in the position to use all 3 filters and all water from old tank ?
after you filled up the new tank as much as possible with old water
dont top it off unless you pretreat the rest of the water, ( amquill & novaqua ,or some other dependable water treatment that you have been already using )
 
Using the water from the old tank will have little to no effect on culturing the biomedia, though it will help start off the water in the new tank as close to the parameters of the old tank as possible. There is little-no bacteria free floating in your water column, the majority of it is on your media and the surfaces of your tank.

If it were me I would just add the media from the old filters to the media in your W/D. That way the bacteria from your old media will be in close contact with the new media and allow it to culture quickly. If you just have the filters hanging in your sump the bacteria in your old media won't really help your new media colonize, though ammonia/nitrites in the water going through your filters will be converted.
 
ShadowBass;1012447; said:
Using the water from the old tank will have little to no effect on culturing the biomedia, though it will help start off the water in the new tank as close to the parameters of the old tank as possible. There is little-no bacteria free floating in your water column, the majority of it is on your media and the surfaces of your tank.

If it were me I would just add the media from the old filters to the media in your W/D. That way the bacteria from your old media will be in close contact with the new media and allow it to culture quickly. If you just have the filters hanging in your sump the bacteria in your old media won't really help your new media colonize, though ammonia/nitrites in the water going through your filters will be converted.
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so instead of running my old filters I should just take the media out and put them in the wed dry media?
 
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