Sal Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) In the planning stage of transitioning my 55 community over to my 120 after all is ready. I have seen plenty on youtube about setting up a new cycled tank with existing media etc, but I've never done it before, so just want to make sure I am doing it right. How would you go about setting up a new tank? We are using a different filter on the new tank, but I do have some filter media I can move over to the new tank (not sure if it's enough?) I also plan to reuse 3 large pieces of manzanita that have been in my 55 for about a year - so I know that will carry some of the bacteria as well. Will this be enough to get it up and running? Or do we need to let it go through an actual cycle before moving the fish? Edited March 7, 2021 by Sal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 It sounds like you should be fine. Make sure you use a good amount of old filter media, like fist sized. Don't feed for a day or two when the fish are in the new tank and then slowly ramp it up while monitoring the water quality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Thank you H.K. Will definitely be watching parameters closely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 When I have done this sponge filters from established tanks and as much cycled media as I could transfer over always did the trick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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