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03-10-2007, 12:02 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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transfering from a small tank to a bigger one
I have a 3 gal eclipse that doesn't work well for even the few critters I have -micro stars and tiny feather dusters plus an anemone that is supposed to be a pest but i like him.It also has a ball of macro algae and live rock that has the good purple stuff on it
I am going to buy an 8 or 12 gal bio cube. Can I transfer the water from the little tank and then add more a little bit at a time to fill it and avoid having to cycle it for a long time so I can move the occupants right away
The light has burned out on my current tank and I need to do something pretty quick
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03-10-2007, 12:59 PM
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Crab Rights Activist!
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: North Texas
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As far as I know, there would still be some kind of "cycling" period but with the live rock and water with bacteria in it, I think it would be ok (especially considering that you only have stars, etc). Do you have live sand? - that might help the cycle too.
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03-10-2007, 01:07 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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I have sand in the bottom of the current tank
The light switch burned out on the cover so it's not just a matter of repalcing the bulb . Salt sprayed up into and shorted it and this happened 2 weeks ago As I was leaving on a trip
I know the little things I have aren't terribly valuable but I want to be a good caregiver for even the tiny things
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Plus I want to be able to have at least one fish.
Do you Think if I put some water in the tank and ran it a day or soo and then transfered everything else it might work?
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03-10-2007, 01:11 PM
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The Bitter Mod
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Atlanta
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Water doesn't cause a cycle. You should be fine transfering everything over to the new tank. This is assuming that you don't have a dsb in that little tank.
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03-10-2007, 01:13 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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What's a dsb?
And this tank has been up and running since Aug
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03-10-2007, 01:16 PM
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The Bitter Mod
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03-10-2007, 01:24 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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have only a thin layer of sand 1/2 inch at most
Thanks for the quick response. This tank stated kind of by accident. Have freshwater fish and shrimps but this is my first attemt at salt. Don't have much space but wan to do it correctly
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03-10-2007, 01:27 PM
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The Bitter Mod
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8x10? Is that a referrence to the 8x10club?
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03-10-2007, 01:32 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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I work in a photo lab, am a pretty good photographer and my car license
plate is 8X10
not involved with the club
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03-10-2007, 01:35 PM
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The Bitter Mod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 8x10Elaine
I work in a photo lab, am a pretty good photographer and my car license
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I should have known. At least it brought back memories of days long gone. Oh how I loved the 8x10.
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03-10-2007, 01:35 PM
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The Bitter Mod
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Share some pics.
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03-10-2007, 02:03 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Here's a link set on flickr I took at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta last week on my trip. completely unedited
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4288214...7594568484244/
I mostly take zoo animals and waterlilies plus cycling photos like Lance Armstrong but don't have the cycling shots on flickr. I haven't played on this website.and am at work. Feeling stupid cause I can't quickly figure out how to put an image here
I want this fish tank
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/4...cc7a9524d7.jpg
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03-10-2007, 02:09 PM
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The Bitter Mod
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A face only a mother could love.
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03-10-2007, 02:15 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Ain't he great?
This was the most marvelous aquarium
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03-10-2007, 02:16 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alexandria, VA
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I assume you have been to the aquarium. I came to Atlanta just to go to the aquarium and to see the pandas at the zoo. I volunteer at the National Zoo in the panda area
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