Hello, I plan on starting up this tank tomorrow and letting in naturally cycle for a month. I'm just going to fill halfway with treated spring water and letting that cycle. I have leftover life rock, and purchased 20 lbs of live sand.
My old 10 gallon is about 6 weeks old with two turbo snails, 2 damsels, and an emerald crab with some chaeto as I think my inverts didn't have enough to eat.
My plan is to set it up, then daily put a cup of sand from the old tank, to the new one for a week to mix it up with my old sand. On the day, my new tank is cycled, I plan on adding my livestock, transferring my old rock in my ten gallon and then siphoning out the 10 gallon to complete the fill for my 20 gallon tank.
I wanted to ask would this be too much shock for the fish if I put them in the newly cycled tank, then add the remaining 10 gallon water from my old tank? I'm in no rush to transfer my old tank and I want to do it naturally with no additives.
I just wanted to know if I need a protein skimmer for a 20 gallon tank. I already purchased an Aqueon QuitePro50 HOB and I plan on putting in a wavemaker.
I hope this makes sense and Thanks for any advice.
My old 10 gallon is about 6 weeks old with two turbo snails, 2 damsels, and an emerald crab with some chaeto as I think my inverts didn't have enough to eat.
My plan is to set it up, then daily put a cup of sand from the old tank, to the new one for a week to mix it up with my old sand. On the day, my new tank is cycled, I plan on adding my livestock, transferring my old rock in my ten gallon and then siphoning out the 10 gallon to complete the fill for my 20 gallon tank.
I wanted to ask would this be too much shock for the fish if I put them in the newly cycled tank, then add the remaining 10 gallon water from my old tank? I'm in no rush to transfer my old tank and I want to do it naturally with no additives.
I just wanted to know if I need a protein skimmer for a 20 gallon tank. I already purchased an Aqueon QuitePro50 HOB and I plan on putting in a wavemaker.
I hope this makes sense and Thanks for any advice.