Upgrading From A 3ft Tank To A 5ft ... Quick Q

[stuhyde]

Morning peeps

Decided to upgrade tank over the holiday, and last night I bought a 5ft tank. Its hoooj and VERY heavy, very thick glass.

Now at the moment I have a 3ft tank, fully established for well over a year, water perameters perfect.

In my ultimate wisdom, I wrongly calculated that my current filter (Tetratec EX700) would be able to cope with this tank (max 250L), but now I found out my tank is about 380L. LOL.

So, I've already bought a Tetratec EX1200 (500L maximum).

What is the best proven way to transfer the beneficial bacteria from my EX700 to the EX1200? Are they the same size with the trays only a bit taller? Or are the trays inside different sizes? Anyone know?

Can I just take the carbon, sponges and other stuff and put in straight in the new filter?

Any help on this appreciated!

 

[DJ ArKaDaRkA]

Morning peeps

Decided to upgrade tank over the holiday, and last night I bought a 5ft tank. Its hoooj and VERY heavy, very thick glass.

Now at the moment I have a 3ft tank, fully established for well over a year, water perameters perfect.

In my ultimate wisdom, I wrongly calculated that my current filter (Tetratec EX700) would be able to cope with this tank (max 250L), but now I found out my tank is about 380L. LOL.

So, I've already bought a Tetratec EX1200 (500L maximum).

What is the best proven way to transfer the beneficial bacteria from my EX700 to the EX1200? Are they the same size with the trays only a bit taller? Or are the trays inside different sizes? Anyone know?

Can I just take the carbon, sponges and other stuff and put in straight in the new filter?

Any help on this appreciated!

run them both together in the new tank as long as you dont add anymore fish than you had in the 3ft for a month or so i cant really see a problem