My situation:
I have 3 platies, 2 guppies, 3 glowlight, 1 cory and 1 otocinclus currently living at my lfs again. As some of you might know, I had a problem with a tank that would not cycle for 2 months. So I took everything apart and am going fishless cycling right now. Here my idea:
Since I had a more or less constant level of 1.0 ammonia daily with daily water changes of 1/3 (rising if change was postponed for 1/2 day longer) would it be safe to assume that that was the bioload for my fish?
Therefore, if I currently achieve an ammonia level of 1.0 during cycling with a fuzzy prawn, would that be equivalent to the "waste output" of all my fish together?
Could I therefore get all my fish back together, or do I need to take them back a few at a time?
I have 3 platies, 2 guppies, 3 glowlight, 1 cory and 1 otocinclus currently living at my lfs again. As some of you might know, I had a problem with a tank that would not cycle for 2 months. So I took everything apart and am going fishless cycling right now. Here my idea:
Since I had a more or less constant level of 1.0 ammonia daily with daily water changes of 1/3 (rising if change was postponed for 1/2 day longer) would it be safe to assume that that was the bioload for my fish?
Therefore, if I currently achieve an ammonia level of 1.0 during cycling with a fuzzy prawn, would that be equivalent to the "waste output" of all my fish together?
Could I therefore get all my fish back together, or do I need to take them back a few at a time?