When to put fish in new tank?

Question

hi, I have a 55 gallon fishtank that I have had for over a year now. And Yesteday I got a six gallon fishtank to put my baby guppies in! I cleaned the gravel, plants, ornaments, filter, tank with warm water really well, I than set up my filter, fluroesecnt light. I added some liquid drops that were for getting rid of the chloring in tap water, And It has been running for 24 hours. I was just wondering if there is anything else I can do, should I Take a plant or ornament from my 55 gallon tank into my 6 gallon tank to get good bacteria going? I did set up my 55 gallon tank but I am not sure if baby guppies are as hardy as older fish! Thankyou and I would love to get all of the informationg that I could :)

Answer 1

You are very right to think of all of this. The baby guppies are not as hardy as the adults. If you don't need to hurry to move them, I would suggest you do a fishless cycle on the new tank. If you do need to hurry, moving some stuff from the 55 would be a good idea, but it won't help too much unless you get a lot of bacteria over there. Rinsing out the filter pad from the filter on the 55 into the 6 gallon would be a way to move quite a bit of bacteria quickly. Just make sure the temperatures are pretty close before you do it so the bacteria will live. Just rinse it in the tank really well and then wait until your filter on the 6 gallon picks up most of the stuff from the water and move the babies over. A plant or an ornament won't have much bacteria on it, but it can't hurt either.

Best of luck with it and if I can help just drop me an email.

MM

Answer 2

Baby guppys can live in whatever water quality the parents were living in. If they were in the 55 gallon tank and have not been eaten in the 24 hours I would say they are fine where they are.

But to answer your question about the 6 gallon tank. Take some gravel from your year old 55 gallon and maby some filter floss from it also and place the gravle in your 6 gallon, and the filter floss in your 6 gallon's filter.

That will quickly get your cycle working. As far as how much time till you can add the babys. You can add a few right away. Maby 6 or 7 little ones. Just keep watch on the ammonia and nitrates. And change maby a cupfull of water every 3 or so days for awhile if anything starts to peak to far.

Answer 3

The 6 gallon tank will take 5 or 6 weeks to completely cycle. You can hurry up the process a little by adding some gravel from the 55. The water quality in the small tank will be more difficult to maintain than the larger one,careful testing of the ammonia levels as well as nitrite and nitrate will be necessary for a couple of months until you learn how to manage it. Good luck.----PeeTee

Answer 4

Put a good amount of the old water in the new tank (I would say actually use all of th water they are used to seeing as it is a very small amount and would be like a water change in the old one)

Also if you have new water mainly try using a product called Cycle. It helps the bacteria grow and will level out the nitrate cycle. (use the instructions on the bottle for a new tank)

And baby fish are usually not as hardy as older ones (in fact most babies are more fragile then other animals of any kind) so be very careful not to stress them.

MAKE SURE to check the ammonia and pH levels in the tank before putting the babies in it.

Answer 5

Your new tank is not cycled. What you need to do is take filter media from your established tank and put it in your new tank. It does not have to be in the filter itself, but you can leave it just sitting on the bottom of the tank. If you throw those baby guppies in there right now, they will surely die from ammonia or nitrite poisoning.

Leave your established filter media in the new tank for a week before adding new fish. Even after that, it can take months to cycle a new tank so watch your parameters close.

Answer 6

pay attention to Lisa till you opt for to have fishy funerals. as quickly as your tank is cycled then a male betta is a ideal addition and get him some adorns and a plant etc. A small tank demands widespread water transformations to maintain the parameters sturdy. we've a 12 gallon tank with clear out and heater and carry out 15% water transformations a week. We use a gravel vac to syphon out each and all of the debris as much as fifteen% and then we dechlorinate the recent water and upload it to the tank and the best temperature. 2 days after each and each water replace I do a water attempt to examine the PH ammonia and nitrate levels are best. in no way pass away uneaten nutrition on your tank as this makes the water visit pot too quickly. We feed and then after 3-5 minutes we scoop out what has not been eaten with a small internet. better of luck.

Answer 7

maybe put some of the other tanks water in it, or a handful of the gravel in it to get the bacterias going.... after you do this i would say give it another day or so to run through the filter and process..... just to be safe you should also check ammonia levels too just to make sure they arent too high (since it is a new tank set up..).

Answer 8

put the bag in the wter for about 1o mins and then slowly put some of the water from the bag into the tank and some from the tank into the bag.wait 5 mins.put somemore water in.after a couple of mins tip the fish slowly into the water or let them swim out.

Answer 9

You should wait till your new tank is cycled. By a breeding net and keep the babies in the tank that is already cycled. Dont put them in the new tank or they will die.

Answer 10

get a room temptutered water and before wash rock and other stuff including tank.then dump water in and get a fish net (small one)and get it in the net then put it in the fish tank.