hay
i love the thrill of setting up a new tank.
this is from my own personal use.
when setting up a new tank,i swop media from one filter to another,
like halving the media trays.

 

It is a good idea but no. # 1 your 20 gallon would be without a filter. #2 your 20 gallon may have beneficial stuff but it may also carry DORMANT PARASITES/FUNGUS that are bad. you also can not see dormant parasites. it's a risky procedure and you risk killing the bacteria on the 20 gallon filter due to shock of no ammonia to consume

 

I don't plan on using the 20G once the 55G is set-up, I've read somewhere before that doing the filter will allow you to add fish almost right away

 

I don't plan on using the 20G once the 55G is set-up, I've read somewhere before that doing the filter will allow you to add fish almost right away

If I'm correct in assuming that your fish are those listed for your 20g under "Aquariums" then yes, I would move them all into the 55g provided the water is conditioned, proper temp and filters running. I would dose the tank with "Cycle" (or a similar biological product) when I put in the first fish to further lessen the stress on the fish (the existing filter media with bacteria will do this a bit, but it doesn't hurt to help out).

Last October I set up my 70g from scratch, used some of the media from the filter on the 90g and dosed with Cycle and had 20+ fish in the tank and no problems that I could discern (all fish lived, ate, spawned, acted normal, etc).

 

great!!!!

Thanks everyone, I'll let you know how it goes!

 

and don't forget we accept payment by pictures

 

yeah, thanks Willow. I found this tank with a crappy stand on craigslist and have been fixing it up. I've taken pictures throughout the stages.

 

great stuff
will you make it a tank picture thread,or just a continuing thread here ?

 

probably do a tank picture thread....is there a spot for that on here?

 

yeah,the fresh water pictures and vidieos section.