Accidently Added 11 Fish To My Aquarium At Once. Now Im Worried About

[Fishy friend2]

Oh okay, what kind

 

[tropicallover]

Probably Neons. I am going to Petsmart tomorrow to get an ammonia test and live plants. Then I will get some Neon Tetras if everything looks okay.

 

[Fishy friend2]

You have to fully cycle your tank first, just because you tests look fine right now doesn't show that the filter is cycled, and I Would recommend somehting other than neons as they a generally not a good choice for newly setup tanks, the link to the beginners resource cent is in my sig (under my post) and their should be info about cycling in there

 

[tropicallover]

Sorry, I made it sound like im getting the Neons tomorrow. Im getting the Neons after my tank cycles. I am going to wait a good month or so. But i will get some plants tomorrow.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Oh okay, are you going to keep any fish in there, Becasue if you do only keep the Betta in there then there won't be enough bacteria to handle any other fish, so you would need to add the fish gradually over a certain Amount of time, like 5 in the first week, then monitor ammonia, and then so on

 

[tropicallover]

Oh Ok. So my mollies and betta should be kept in? The Danios are going tomorrow.

 

[Fishy friend2]

I honestly would take the mollies back too

 

[tropicallover]

Oh Ok. how about lots of live plants?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Live plants would be a good idea

 

[tropicallover]

Are all the plants in your tank real?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Yup, I don't have a single fake one, and I'm proud of that

 

[tropicallover]

You should be. Most people find it hard to keep live plants.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Thanks, and as long as you pick the right plants, everything thing goes smooth

 

[tropicallover]

Thanks.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Your welcome