Cycling Fish Tank Overload!

[Dasanii]

hi all

i have a 10 gal currently in cycle, there was 5 danios, a plant and a dwarf frog in the 10 gal which was obviously overloaded.. now since i got a new tank i can cycle with 1 fish and 1 plant but will i have problems in the future since i overloaded it for a week?

 

[OldMan47]

If I understand correctly, you removed some of the fish load and only have 2 fish remaining in the 10. If that is correct, the 10 should cycle fine if you test often enough to know when to do water changes and you stay on top of things. Having had too many fish in the time for a short time is no longer relevant because the overload has been removed. This does not mean you can get away with not monitoring water parameters and definitely does not mean you no longer will need to do water changes.

 

[Dasanii]

ammonia is at 0.6 and nitrite at 0.3, just did a water change not to long ago as the water was really greenish. also my ammonia didnt kick in for my 50gal for some reason, its been 5 days since i got it running with the rena xp4, there is 4 fish in there right now.. when shoould i start seeing ammonia signs? should i dump some food in there to kick start it.. i believe there arn't any bacteria in there building up right now because theres no signs of ammonia