Tank cycled and ready to go?

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KateWantsAngels

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Okie so my tank is finally all set up and the levels have been steady for about a week now. Am I ready for fish or wait a little longer?
 
Okie no problem. I did use filter media from another tank already set up. Idk if that makes a difference or not.
 
The bacteria only processes whats available so right now your biofilter is using the waste from 2 danios, then when adding new fish the biofilter will process again what waste is being added so slowly add fish then wait a week to add more. If you add to many at once you'll potentionally send the tank into a mii-cycle.
 
Got it....go slowly. Thank you for the advice it's going to be hard to go slow because I'm so excited but I guess this will teach me patience.
 
Okie I have two yellow labs in there and they seem to be doing fine and levels are still steady over the last two 1/2 days. I was talking to a friend about what else to get in the tank. While she is a good friend I'm not sure I trust her when it comes to stocking because she bases it off pretty colors. Can I get some opinions on this stocking arrangement. Thanks!

2 yellow labs
2 acei
2 bumblebees
2 demasoni
 
The size of tank would help just a little bit. The bumble bee gets really big so I'm thinking 90+ gallon tank, plus they are aggressive. Acei need a big tank aswell not because of size because of swimming patterns, they are mild aggressive. The yellow labs will be fine in a smaller tank with peaceful to mild aggressive Cichlids. The demasoni will be fine in a small tank but should be stocked with aggressive.
 
Okie. Would I run into problems with the demasoni and labs? I don't want to mess this up and would rather figure this out before buyin the fish
 
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