Whats the best way to move my fish from a 5 gallon tank and into 10 gallon tank
I've had the five gallon for a while and I just got the ten gallon the other day. Its all set up and I'm letting it cycle. I was just wondering the best way to move my fish.
Answers:Well, it is good you have the 10g set up and cycling. Problem is, you will need to remove some of that water. Think of the transfer in terms of doing a water change on your 5g. You don't just pour all the water out and then put new water back in. You only do a partial change. Take some of the water (about 1g) from the 5g into the 10g. That will get a good colony of beneficial bacteria started into the new aquarium. Replace the water that you took out of the 5g. Next part will go one way or another, this depends on how many fish you have in your 5g. After a few days, if you have 3 or 4 small fish in your 5g, remove half of the water from your 10g. Using a sterile bucket, remove all the water and fish from the 5g. Introduce some of the remainder of the water in the 10g into the bucket (about 1g). Wait 20-30 mins. Repeat this again. Using another sterile bucket, remove the rest of the water from the 10g. Put the water from the bucket with the fish into the 10g. Wait, then add some water (about 1g) that you had removed from the 10g back into the 10g. Repeat this until you have filled the 10g.
Now, if you have too many fish in your 5g, you need to slowly introduce them into the 10g. The best way is start with only 2 or 3 gallons of fresh water and add 1g from the 5g. Everyday, and 1g from the 5g and top off the 5g. Do this until the 10g is full. Then, using sterile buckets, take about 1g and 3 or 4 fish from the 5g into a bucket. Gradually add about .5g into the bucket every 20 minutes for about 2 hours. Wait another 20-30 minutes, and then add the fish and water into the 10g.
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