Betta transfer

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Cher

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Oct 22, 2002
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Well, here I am again for a third time in 2 days with yet another question..   ::)   You all have been so helpful, tho..

The thing is, I decided to get my new Betta (still trying to think of a good name for him) an Eclipse Explorer since the filtration system is so much quieter than the UFG tank..  My question is this:  after I've run the Explorer for 24 hours and I've gotten the temperature the same as the UGF tank, do you think I can just transfer the Betta right over to the Explorer tank? I'm not sure if I need to put him thru another acclimation process or not..  Oh yes, and we can't forget the little Cory - same question goes for him..

Any thoughts?

~Cher   *twirlysmiley*
 

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Cher

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Oct 22, 2002
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This is just an update about transferring my new Betta from the 2 gal UGF tank to the @ gal Eclipse Explorer.  I made the transfer today and all seems well so far..  He seems much more comfortable with the lesser turbulence caused by the bio-wheel.  I've noticed that he sometimes goes right up to where the water is coming back in the tank and sort of just hangs there while the current ripples his fins..   :D

By the way, my littly Cory made the transition just fine too.

Thanks everyone for your input to (all) my posts about this worrisome (to me) experience.  It turned out fine and I learned some things along the way.  That's always a good thing!!!   *thumbsupsmiley*

~Cher   *twirlysmiley*
 

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ronrca

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I have the same question Charlie. Please refer to the articles page especially the one about the nitrogen cycle and fishless cycling. Good luck!  *thumbsupsmiley*
 

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colesea

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Oct 22, 2002
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I wouldn't worry to much about the Eclipse being cycled or not, a betta and a very small cory might not pose too much of an ammonia spike, and if you keep your carbon media fresh (I would change it at the end of the 1st week just to play it safe), it will absorb the spike. You'd want low-level ammonia to help culture the bacteria on the biowheel.

Sometimes a fishless cycle is pretty much impossible, and I think people will forget that.

One of the ways you could've off-set an ammonia spike would've been to use the water from the UGF tank in the Eclipse, but I'm going to assume that you've discarded that water already.

From personal experience, I have never had ammonia spike issues when doing full water changes on betta tanks without cycled water unless there was lots of uneaten, rotting, spoiled food on the bottom and the tank hadn't been cleaned in who-knows-how-long.  Then the shock comes not from having uncycled water, but from the fish having been slowly acclimated to a posionous condition and then being shocked from the new, fresher water conditions.

If these folk here drive you into total anxiety about the ammonia spike and tank being cycled, do a 1/2 gallon water change at the end of one week. I usually reeccomend doing a 1 gallon change every week, and siphoning out any uneaten food and rotting stuff on the bottom.
~~Colesea
 

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