My readings after substrate change

[blakeoe]

Ok as some may have already heard i just switched my substrate from blue spectrum gravel to white moonglow sand as part of my transformation from a community tank to a cichlid tank.
What i did:
a few days before,i set up an old 10 galon tank for the fish i cannot keep with my cichlids. I scooped some gravel out of my big tank and covered the bottom of the 10 gallon with it. Caught the fish, put them in the tank and let run.
Waighted two days then:
I took out all decor, turned off everything, took bio wheels out and put them into the 10 gallon tank (just floating), and drained some water (from 55 gallon) i then scooped all the gravel out, let the water settle and grav vaced the nastyness off the bottom (did that a few times) at this point there was about 1/3 of the origional water left in the tank
I then washed the sand out very good using a 30 gallon rubbermaid container and hose, Drained most of the water from the sand and put it (the sand) into the 55 gallon tank. Filled it back up with water, let sand fall, turned heaters back on, filled a nylon stocking with some gravel taken out of the 10 gallon and placed it into 55 gallon. Put filter back together with bio wheels and turned everything back on.
Waighted a day:
tested water:
RESULTS:
Ph: 8.0
NitrAte:5.0
NitrIte: 0
Ammonia: 0
KH: 196.9ppm
GH: 17.9ppm

THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE FOR ALL OF THE GREAT SUGGESTIONS THAT HELPED ME OUT AND MADE THE MAIN PART OF MY PROJECT A SUCCESS!

[Damon]

Glad we could help.