You shouldn't have to worry about the bacterial bloom then since a majority of the heterotrophic bacteria is in your filter, media, and filter connections.
Uncycled aquarium?
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"Old" Water alone doesn't carry any significant amount of beneficial bacteria, beneficial bacteria are sessile meaning they live on surfaces like bio-media, tank decor, glass, and substrate.
If you have enough filter media, and keep it wet during the change over you shouldn't have a problem, although substrate tends to carry a significant amount, so a bare bottom may not be quite as resilient.
If you allow the tank to dry out, and sit for too long there may be a problem.
If you have enough filter media, and keep it wet during the change over you shouldn't have a problem, although substrate tends to carry a significant amount, so a bare bottom may not be quite as resilient.
If you allow the tank to dry out, and sit for too long there may be a problem.
That's fine, yeah there are extremely slight traces of beneficial bacteria in the water column.
but its so small it doesn't effect the tank at all, i did a 98% water change while i had to move a 40 gal on a racking system in my fishroom
BB grows and is attached to something its not free floating like ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. i hope this helps as i know how you feel its abit scary when your tank is empty for the 1st time in years
but its so small it doesn't effect the tank at all, i did a 98% water change while i had to move a 40 gal on a racking system in my fishroom
BB grows and is attached to something its not free floating like ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. i hope this helps as i know how you feel its abit scary when your tank is empty for the 1st time in years
If you have alot of media in another aquarium then transfer some of that when you set your tank back up... it will help boost the immunity of your aquarium to an ammonia spike.
Thanks for everyone’s responses! My initial worries are gone now. I do have quite a lot of bio media from my sump. Don’t mind the extremely dirty cotton wool, I forgot to change it due to my national exams ?
Yup! It is going to be covered by a huge canvas sheet. I will be going to check on my fishes once a week for the next 4-5 months, could be an issue cause I can’t check up on my fish often (they may jump out)
Awesome, I’m glad you didn’t ignore this and will be covering tree tank.
I wouldn’t worry too much about them jumping out. You should be fine.
Sigh. Now that my tank has been moved and I have moved out of my home for the renovation to start, I am unable to check up on my fish regularly. I am only able to check up once a week to feed them. My next water change would be in a long one months time due to waterworks being changed for renovation ( I can’t do anything about it). I also cannot check for uneaten foods. I will be expecting casualties from this, but i will still be unable to do anything.
