Chaddlee1978
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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Hello. I am new to having fish. Before I knew anything we bought a 5 gallon aquarium and got 2 male guppies and 2(male we believe) black skirt tetras. Well, we updated to a 28 gallon tank. In the 28 gallon tank and the 5 gallon tank we got a cycled filter from a store and put it in the tanks, but it has only been 2 days since those filters were introduced. Now, the 5 gallon tank we only had the fish in it for 2 weeks and going through the cycle phase, which only got to 1 ppm in ammonia and no nitrites or nitrates. So, we just took the 4 fish from 5 gallon and put them in the 28 gallon tank. My question is this, can I get 3 more black tetras and quarantine them in the 5 gallon tank and after quarantine move them to big tank? I read where I need at least 6 black skirt tetras because they are a schooling fish. Or, should we get 2 black skirt tetras and 2 guppies and quarantine them and then add them to the big tank? Not sure what to do because I saw on aquadvisor where I need 5 to 6 guppies in a tank with 6 black skirt tetras and if I quarantine 4 black skirt tetras and then add them to the big tank there will be much more of them compared to guppies.
2. When I do quarantine in the 5 gallon, I will clean it out first but wondering do I still need to keep an eye on the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels daily since my last reading after putting the cycled filter in showed 1 ppm for ammonia but no nitrites nor nitrates?
Thank for any help. This gets so confusing. Takes patience too.
2. When I do quarantine in the 5 gallon, I will clean it out first but wondering do I still need to keep an eye on the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels daily since my last reading after putting the cycled filter in showed 1 ppm for ammonia but no nitrites nor nitrates?
Thank for any help. This gets so confusing. Takes patience too.