Hi,
I am about to set up my new 30 gallon for 1 GSP and bought a new filter, Marineland C360. I currently have a Fluval 405 running on a FW 75 gallon tropical tank. Would it make sense and speed up the cycling process to take the 405 to the new tank? I have space concerns with the C360 and the 405 is half the size. Both have the same flow rate/filtration rate, I'm just worried about the bacteria need.
Thanks
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Re: New set up
If you start the tank at FW or nearly freshwater, and put the new filter on the freshwater tank while simultaneously putting the fluval 405 on the puffer tank, it should be cycled from the start.
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Re: New set up
Keep both filters on the tank for 2 months & then remove the old one or try getting the filter material form the established filter into the new one.
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Re: New set up
Definitely the quickest way to start would be to swap SOME of the matured media from the 405 in to the C360 and start the tank fresh water
Then get kitted up with your salt and a hydrometer/refractometer and up the SG by no more than 0.002 per week so you don't kill the bacteria
Most GSPs are either in fresh water or in 1.005 in the stores, so make sure you find out what he's in.
If he's in fresh water, in the store, then go get the little fellow and make the transition up to brackish with him in the tank.
If he's in brackish water, in the store, raise your salinity over a couple or three weeks and then get him.
little addition, you could actually start at an SG of 1.002 in both cases.
Then get kitted up with your salt and a hydrometer/refractometer and up the SG by no more than 0.002 per week so you don't kill the bacteria
Most GSPs are either in fresh water or in 1.005 in the stores, so make sure you find out what he's in.
If he's in fresh water, in the store, then go get the little fellow and make the transition up to brackish with him in the tank.
If he's in brackish water, in the store, raise your salinity over a couple or three weeks and then get him.
little addition, you could actually start at an SG of 1.002 in both cases.