anthonym28
Member
I have a situation and need advice. I have a Purple Tang currently in QT. In my display I have a Hippo that now has Ich, along with two clowns. The QT that the Purple Tang is in is a 20 gal long with a sponge filter that was seeded in my sump for 3 weeks. I have an extra 10 gal that I want to move the Purple Tang to and take the Hippo and Clowns and move them to the 20 gal long and put them in hypo, leaving my display fishless for 40/50 days. I do not have an extra sponge in my sump, I have a whisper filter that I can use. So my plan is to use the water in my 20 gal long and add 10 gallons to the 10 gallon tank, since that water already cycled and use the whisper filter on the ten gallon. Then leave the sponge in the 20 gal long and refill that with 10 gallons from my display. Do you think this plan will work? I am afraid of an ammonia spike in the 10 gallon, since the whisper filter media has not been seeded. Let me know if this sounds ok so if I need to do anything differently? Thanks in advance.