Joeyblaze8814
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2016
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- 23
Hi all,
I'm happy to say my tank appears to be cycled (0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, lots of nitrates within 24 hours. Doused my tank with 3ppm ammonia again a few hours ago and will check in 24 hours to make sure it's cycled). I have a few questions on what I should do next
72g bowfront
2x fluval 406 filters
- I put crushed coral in my filters to keep the ph levels up (they kept dropping below 6.0). Do I need to remove it from the filters before I put fish in, or should I keep it in? The ph out of my faucet is around 6.4, so with the coral causing it to slowly rise, i'm not sure if having it in there will cause a problem.
- at 6:30pm tomorrow I will check the tanks parameters. If there is 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and lots of nitrates, I will do a 90% water change to Bring the nitrates down. But do I need to add fish immediately after that? I know having 0 ammonia in the tank can cause my bacteria to die off, so if I leave the tank at 0 ammonia for the night and get fish the following day, is that a problem?
- how many fish is the correct amount to stock at first? If I plan on getting 8x rainbows 12x tetras 10x cory's 1x clown pleco, what should I get first and how many? I was thinking all 12 tetras first, or all 8 rainbows, but not sure if one order is better than the other. I also don't want to get too many fish or too little fish to start.
Any advice on how I should go about adding fish would be very helpful. I made it this far I'd hate to screw something up now.
Thanks all
Here's a pic of my tank
I'm happy to say my tank appears to be cycled (0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, lots of nitrates within 24 hours. Doused my tank with 3ppm ammonia again a few hours ago and will check in 24 hours to make sure it's cycled). I have a few questions on what I should do next
72g bowfront
2x fluval 406 filters
- I put crushed coral in my filters to keep the ph levels up (they kept dropping below 6.0). Do I need to remove it from the filters before I put fish in, or should I keep it in? The ph out of my faucet is around 6.4, so with the coral causing it to slowly rise, i'm not sure if having it in there will cause a problem.
- at 6:30pm tomorrow I will check the tanks parameters. If there is 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and lots of nitrates, I will do a 90% water change to Bring the nitrates down. But do I need to add fish immediately after that? I know having 0 ammonia in the tank can cause my bacteria to die off, so if I leave the tank at 0 ammonia for the night and get fish the following day, is that a problem?
- how many fish is the correct amount to stock at first? If I plan on getting 8x rainbows 12x tetras 10x cory's 1x clown pleco, what should I get first and how many? I was thinking all 12 tetras first, or all 8 rainbows, but not sure if one order is better than the other. I also don't want to get too many fish or too little fish to start.
Any advice on how I should go about adding fish would be very helpful. I made it this far I'd hate to screw something up now.
Thanks all
Here's a pic of my tank