20 gal long

[Twinbot]

I've got the tank set-up with a Penguin 170, 23" bubble wand under the gravel, half of the water is from a transplanted 10 gal so the bio-filter is pretty-well established. Within are housed a 2.5" red-tailed shark (to be moved to a 75 next year), 3 1" albino cories, 3 2" green cories, 5 1" serpae tetras and 3 dwarf frogs. Seeing as how I have greater surface area (comparable to my 30 gal), can I get away with stocking a few more, and if so how many?

 

[Colisa lalia]

Normally I would say of course, but here I'm hesitant because of the frogs. Frogs produce tons more waste than fish. So I would say you can add a few more fish but not as many as you may have thought before.

 

[geoff]

Putting old water in the tank doesn't mean that the tank is cycled. The bacteria grow on the surface of solid materials, and only become free floating when there is a lack of their food supply.

If you want to "plant" bacteria in your tank, you need to use gravel or other decorations from an established tank.

 

[Twinbot]

I miss-typed. The entire 10 gal is being moved to the 20, gravel and all.

 

[geoffgarcia2]

geoff-exactly!!!!!!!
one of my friends just moved old water into his "new tank" what a mess!!!!! talk about nasty cycle from hell!