help with bioballs!

[lickyricky]

SO I am finally ready to remove the bioballs from my biocube 29 and add the inTank media baskets. My question is...wont removing the bioballs send my tank into a cycle? how should I accomplish this?
also, someone said that until the get the baskets to "clean" the bioballs? how does one accomplish that?

 

[ritter6788]

You can remove the bioballs a few at a time spread out over a period of days to let the bacteria stabilize. .

 

[Rmorales13]

I'd go with taking out some at a time like ritter said just to be on the safe side.

 

[kmaintl]

I would suggest the biomedia baskets be well established before you start removing the bioballs.

 

[lickyricky]

I would suggest the biomedia baskets be well established before you start removing the bioballs.

How would i accomplish that? there is no room for the media baskets without the bio balls

 

[lickyricky]

How would i accomplish that? there is no room for the media baskets without the bio balls

Sorry WITH the bioballs

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Sorry WITH the bioballs

Yeah you can pull it off when you remove the false floor in the middle chamber. I have a Tunze 9002 skimmer and a media basket in the middle chamber...i still have some room under my skimmer. You could always leave some of the bioballs in the media basket too.