How long must I wait......

[mansiz]

How long must I wait to introduce new fishes to the tank in order not to break the cycle, if I currently have 6 fishes in my 13 gallon tank, and i wishes to add more, how long should I wait before introducing the 7th fish? And how long between the 7th and the 8th fish? Cas i'm afraid the ammonia and nitrite level will shoot up.

 

[Guest]

I currently have 6 fishes in my 13 gallon tank

If this is a 13gal saltwater tank, you are already past the limit of fish. I would not worry about putting any more in. Or, did you mean 130 gal?

 

[ReefLady]

Just to echo what timbo2 said. If this is truly a 13g tank. there is room in this tank for two, maybe three very small fish. Can you give us more details on the tank? Setup, filtration, etc.?

 

[sokhamik]

woah.. let's hope it is a 130 gallon tank.. that's a lot of fish for a 13... if you do have a 130 tank then just put like one or two at a time to let the bacteria adjust to the bioload so you won't get a boost..

 

[mansiz]

Is 13 gallon that small? In our country, a 13 gallon tank is considered medium in size. Or did I converted it wrongly, is this correct:
-> 2 feet = around 51 litres = 13 gallons.

Btw, all my fishes are very small in sizes. Around 1 inch.

 

[reefrunner69]

What are the demensions of the tank?

Length, width and height?

 

[mansiz]

Length is 60cm
Width is 30cm
height is 35cm

 

[cmor1701d]

That's about 17 US Gallons (being a little generous), 13 - 15 gallons sounds right on.
60 centimeter = 23.6220472 inch
30 centimeter = 11.8110236 inch
35 centimeter = 13.7795276 inch

Sounds like it's way too small for what's in there.

I have 10 fish in a 125G and I know I'm overstocked