So... me and my hubby purchased our first home and are in the process of renovating it and getting it livable. We moved from our duplex into my parents home on Aug 31st. Had to tear 2 of my 3 tanks down and reset only my 55g up with all the fish together. They aren't happy, but are healthy and doing well under the circumstances.
We should be able to start moving into the home within a month or so and my thinking is this- when we get the paint on the walls and the flooring down where we can start moving things in, I am going to set my 10g and 29g up to fully cycle and when they are cycled, put the respective fish in each tank. The q comes with the 55g. Since I've already had to tear it down at the end of Aug, I am afraid of tearing it down again to set it up and causing it to cycle. Somehow I did everything right and the worse thing that happened when I set the tank back up at my parents was that the amonia spiked to 2.0 and then everything leveled back off.
Okay, so here's the question (becuase you know I like to ramble...)- should I attempt to cram my what- like 21 fish between the 10 and 29g and let the 55g fully cycle as well, or should I risk it again, and set the 55g up and within 30 or mins throw the fish back in (and by throw I mean drip acclimate, yaddi yaddi yah...)like I had to do when we moved the first time??
To all those I didn't confuse, I look foward to your replies!
We should be able to start moving into the home within a month or so and my thinking is this- when we get the paint on the walls and the flooring down where we can start moving things in, I am going to set my 10g and 29g up to fully cycle and when they are cycled, put the respective fish in each tank. The q comes with the 55g. Since I've already had to tear it down at the end of Aug, I am afraid of tearing it down again to set it up and causing it to cycle. Somehow I did everything right and the worse thing that happened when I set the tank back up at my parents was that the amonia spiked to 2.0 and then everything leveled back off.
Okay, so here's the question (becuase you know I like to ramble...)- should I attempt to cram my what- like 21 fish between the 10 and 29g and let the 55g fully cycle as well, or should I risk it again, and set the 55g up and within 30 or mins throw the fish back in (and by throw I mean drip acclimate, yaddi yaddi yah...)like I had to do when we moved the first time??
To all those I didn't confuse, I look foward to your replies!
