MOVING A TANK OF CICHLIDS

Question
RON I HAVE AN ESTABLISHED 20 GALLON ACRYLIC TANK THAT HAS 9 JUVENILE CICHLIDS. I JUST PURCHASED A 40 GALLON TALL SEACLEAR AND WANT TO MOVE THEM INTO THIS. I AM USING AN ECLIPSE WITH A BIO WHEEL AND A FLUVAL FILTER CAN I TRANSFER THE BIO-WHEEL FROM THE 20 TO START THE 40? DO I HAVE TO GO THRU THE WHOLE CYCLING THING AGAIN? I LOVE MY CICHLIDS AND WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM. I APPRECIATE ANY HELP. THANKS AGAIN JEANNINE

Answer
Hi Jeannine,
  What  I suggest you do is move a bit at a time. Set up the new tank and move a couple of the fish to it along with say the fluval filter.  That will get the new tank going quickly. After a couple of weeks you can transfer the rest of the fish and the biowheel filter.  

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