I have a 12 gallon Eclipse tank. I had one blue dwarf gourami, two zebra danios, a swordtail, and five platys. They all did fine for several months, but then I started having problems with algae and low ph. I tried adding ph up, water changes, etc and nothing seemed to help. To make a long story short, all of my fish died one by one except for my swordtail and one platy. I have moved and just set up the aquarium again. I took my two remaining fish out of their temporary home in a small 2g tank, and back into the aquarium last night, and I feel so much better watching them happily swim around.
Sooo.. Here is my question. I REALLY want to go buy a couple more fish today. Maybe a couple Danios or Platys. Since I have the Eclipse aquarium, I have the 'biowheel' thing that should keep my beneficial bacteria going from before the move. I really miss having more fish, and the two mystery snails that I had a while back. Is this a really bad idea? Do I need to wait longer? I don't want to be a bad "fish mom" and kill my new or existing fish due to my impatience. Thanks.
Sooo.. Here is my question. I REALLY want to go buy a couple more fish today. Maybe a couple Danios or Platys. Since I have the Eclipse aquarium, I have the 'biowheel' thing that should keep my beneficial bacteria going from before the move. I really miss having more fish, and the two mystery snails that I had a while back. Is this a really bad idea? Do I need to wait longer? I don't want to be a bad "fish mom" and kill my new or existing fish due to my impatience. Thanks.