Will new fish make ur ammonia go up? Mine went up to about .25 (shade tad lighter on color chart) all other levels are good. pH 8.3, trite 0, trate 0, Ca 475, alk 3.0.... Just keep an eye on it or PWC? Fish went in yesterday.
carey said:Good news. Means your cycle was solid. I always worry when adding the first few fish that my bioload cant handle them. Just re check in another day or so to be sure. You did add quite a few fish at once...
carey said:Your tank is stillnew so trates may show up sooner than later.
Most of my tanks run at 0 -5 trates and I overfeed like a devil. LOL
My 55g did run consistently at 0 though. It can be done, its just not the norm in my experience and from what I read on here.
But good job so far.
The tang will come out soon, he's just getting used to the tank I betcha.
My kole took about 4-5 days for hime to be active and he had the whole 125g to himself for at least a week when I first out him in adn it still took him awhile to get settled.
Just keep an eye on him as we all know tangs can be difficult fish at times...
carey said:Good for you! Alot of people just add critters to take care of algae issues, you did it the natural way. Thast excellent. keep it up and you can prob keep those trates that low.
carey said:I'd for sure wait awhile though, you just added what, 3 fish? I woudl ahte to see you oveload your biofilter and run into issues. Unless of course you will qt them for awhile before adding.
I hate being the kiljoy type of person but it was worth saying.
carey said:he is so cool. I really want one in the 90g tank I'm probably keeping.