Finished cycle & just added fish test readings

[chappers]

My 68g finished fish-in cycling early last week, after several days of good readings i added a small school of neon tetras and 3 baby clown loach to the half a dozen mollies and 2 bristle plecs that were already in there.

Today my readings are

Ammonia = <0.25 (would guess at about 0.10)
Trites = 0
Trates = 0

Is this normal? My first time cycling tank so unsure.

Also want to add more fish in the coming weeks, what should the readings be and for how long until i add more fish?

 

[librarygirl]

Yes it's normal to see a slight spike when adding new fish. THe bacteria in your tank and filters are used to your current fish stock. When you add more fish, the bacteria have to adjust to the new levels and in the meantime there can be a spike. If ammonia continues to rise just do some extra water changes to keep it low until it goes back to 0 on its own. I'd wait a couple of weeks before adding anything else to let the bacteria adjust to this new load. Readings should be 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite consistently before you add anything new too.

 

[Fishy Aston]

Hello

After you put any fish in a fish tank

The Ammonia , Nitrate will rise

Then after a few weeks it will go back down

It just needs to adjust to the more waste and stuff


Your tank is fine dont worry.

Wait about 3 weeks until you add more fish just to be sure

Hope i helped Aston