It's only tough at the beginning . Once your tank is cycled, stocked and established...all you've got to do is feed em, do your routine pwc's and cleaning...and enjoy.
Fish keeping really is much simpler than it appears...setting everything up initially is the challenging and potentially stressful part. You've already got a lot of things going for you since you're asking good questions and are open to advice.
Ah thanks I'm trying! Can you please tell me if putting lots of plants in helps the process or not and is there an ideal temperature?
jetajockey said:If the tank is reading 0 ammonia 0 nitrite for several days then you are good to add a few fish to the tank. Just be sure to keep testing regularly to see if the toxins spike at all, if they do then water change accordingly.
Jaxi said:It has been 0 on both for a few days. When you say spike are we talking a slight change or a big change like the spike when it was cycling?
reefdiver said:Jetajockey is right. What I do is a water change before I add fish. I think it will give me more wiggle room. I would also guess how much filtration you have would help you.
Jaxi said:I have an eheim pro external which seems massive and very efficient.
So do you still do a water change even though your readings are good? Does this help the balance when the new fish go in? If there is a change once the fish are in will it alter back to 0 naturally or do you need to do a water change to get it back to 0?
jetajockey said:I do frequent water changes also to keep the water pristine, the bacteria will eventually convert any toxins but the idea is to keep the fish safe until it does.