Cycling and Stocking

[Tuesdaymao]

I have a five gallon that isn’t cycled. I decided that I wanted a bigger tank almost immediately.

I have a seeded filter coming from Angels Plus.
My 29 gallon doesn’t arrive until Tuesday, my seeded filter arrives Saturday..
Can I put the seeded filter in the five gallon until the 29 gallon arrives on Tuesday and then transfer it?

My stocking plan for the 29 gallon is:

6 cherry barbs
Four kuhli loaches
Five Venezuelan cory
Ten cherry shrimp
One bristlenose pleco
Two nerite snails
Two mystery snails

I think that’s a solid plan?

But I was wondering in what order I should stock the tank?

Who goes in first?

Post-cycling of course.

 

[Guyb93]

I have a five gallon that isn’t cycled. I decided that I wanted a bigger tank almost immediately.

I have a seeded filter coming from Angels Plus.
My 29 gallon doesn’t arrive until Tuesday, my seeded filter arrives Saturday..
Can I put the seeded filter in the five gallon until the 29 gallon arrives on Tuesday and then transfer it?

My stocking plan for the 29 gallon is:

6 cherry barbs
Four kuhli loaches
Five Venezuelan cory
Ten cherry shrimp
One bristlenose pleco
Two nerite snails
Two mystery snails

I think that’s a solid plan?

But I was wondering in what order I should stock the tank?

Who goes in first?

Post-cycling of course.

yeah treat the water first to remove chlorine and run the filter , I personally would add the barbs last in one group I’d start with the snails and shrimp then add the pleco and corys , wait a week or so add the loachs then the group of barbs that would be my plan

 

[Slaphppy7]

Angels Plus sells whole seeded filters? Or just seeded media?

 

[Tuesdaymao]

yeah treat the water first to remove chlorine and run the filter , I personally would add the barbs last in one group I’d start with the snails and shrimp then add the pleco and corys , wait a week or so add the loachs then the group of barbs that would be my plan

Thank you! I thought that as long as I’m planning there has to be an order in which it’s best to establish them!
I don’t want the cherry barbs to breed. Are all males okay?

 

[Tuesdaymao]

Thank you! I thought that as long as I’m planning there has to be an order in which it’s best to establish them!
I don’t want the cherry barbs to breed. Are all males okay?

I’m using Seachem Prime.

 

[Guyb93]

Thank you! I thought that as long as I’m planning there has to be an order in which it’s best to establish them!
I don’t want the cherry barbs to breed. Are all males okay?

I would assume all male group would be ok But most lfs sell juveniles so determining the sex maybe be tricky before purchasing

 

[Tuesdaymao]

I would assume all male group would be ok But most lfs sell juveniles so determining the sex maybe be tricky before purchasing

Ahhh! Good point!