Well, I read the stickys, and now I found out that I have new tank syndrome, but not exactly. I let my tank cycle for 24 hours before I added the fish. So, will the fish survive at all. BTW, I have 1 catfish, and three red eye tetras. I've got an air pump and all that stuff, so the oxygen will help produce the beneficial bacteria. Thanks for the help, its too bad I didn't come here before my local aquarium shop. I cant believe they didnt tell me about fishless cycling!
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Clairel
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Are your fish still ok today?? 
If you keep your eye on the water stats, and do regular checks, then they may be ok...
I hope so.....
Claire x
If you keep your eye on the water stats, and do regular checks, then they may be ok...
I hope so.....Claire x
dwarfgourami
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Have you got a test kit? The liquid ones are best, if you haven't already bought one. You need to test immediately for ammonia and nitrites and send us the readings.
Basically, any reading over 0.5 is going to put pressure on your fish; so you will need to dilute the water by frequent small water changes (don't forget to dechlorinate the water!).
It would help if you could send us as much info about the tank as you can: size, capacity (gallons or litres), type of catfish, ammonia and nitrites, how long have you had the fish in, behaviour of the fish (anything like gasping at the surface or other odd behaviour).
Setting up a new tank can be very stressful, but there are lots of people here who can help.
Basically, any reading over 0.5 is going to put pressure on your fish; so you will need to dilute the water by frequent small water changes (don't forget to dechlorinate the water!).
It would help if you could send us as much info about the tank as you can: size, capacity (gallons or litres), type of catfish, ammonia and nitrites, how long have you had the fish in, behaviour of the fish (anything like gasping at the surface or other odd behaviour).
Setting up a new tank can be very stressful, but there are lots of people here who can help.
kat and james
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my first tank was set up by my boyfriends mum when my boyfriend and i were away, it was for a 21st birthday present, and a really lovely surprise , but because of the need to keep the tank as a surprise the tnak never had a chance to cycle 
.
we had guppys and tetras and goldfish. we didn't lose any of the fish, although we did go through a period where one of the guppy's was looking very sorry for itself (poor little guy), however the lfs gave us some water safe to help the bacteria develop and all was well.
hopefully all your little babies will be ok!
good luck
, but because of the need to keep the tank as a surprise the tnak never had a chance to cycle .we had guppys and tetras and goldfish. we didn't lose any of the fish, although we did go through a period where one of the guppy's was looking very sorry for itself (poor little guy), however the lfs gave us some water safe to help the bacteria develop and all was well.
hopefully all your little babies will be ok!
good luck
ncjharris
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To get out of this as unscathed as possible.....
daily, small water changes, with declorinated water
daily water tests to monitor conditions
small feeds, once a day
add no more fish
You've read the posts on cycling so you know what you are looking for (ammonia spike, nitrite spike, gradual increases in nitrates). Don't worry too much about pH at the mo, this can fluctuate while you're cycling, keep the temp constant.
When your stats are stable, think about new fish (if you have the space). They must be added gradually, no more than one a week or so.
BTW, oxygen doesn't produce benifial bacteria - it comes from waste products in your tank (fish, plants, excess food etc). Keep the air stone going though to areate your tank.
Re: LFS, don't always believe what they tell you. Research is key to everything in fish keeping, get info from 2, 3 or 4 sources and make up your own mind. Never be scared to ask questions!
Good Luck!
daily, small water changes, with declorinated water
daily water tests to monitor conditions
small feeds, once a day
add no more fish
You've read the posts on cycling so you know what you are looking for (ammonia spike, nitrite spike, gradual increases in nitrates). Don't worry too much about pH at the mo, this can fluctuate while you're cycling, keep the temp constant.
When your stats are stable, think about new fish (if you have the space). They must be added gradually, no more than one a week or so.
BTW, oxygen doesn't produce benifial bacteria - it comes from waste products in your tank (fish, plants, excess food etc). Keep the air stone going though to areate your tank.
Re: LFS, don't always believe what they tell you. Research is key to everything in fish keeping, get info from 2, 3 or 4 sources and make up your own mind. Never be scared to ask questions!
Good Luck!
Well, here's some info:
It's a 10 gallon, I've had it running since saturday, and put the four fish (Sterbai Cory Catfish , and 3 red eye tetras) in sunday. I put some aqua safe stuff in it to dechlorinate the water. All I have is a pH test kit, and it's right around 7.2. I need to check my ammonia and nitrites and nitrates. My local store said they do it for free, so I'll try to bring it there tomorrow if I can. So far, my fish seem pretty well. They're acting normal, so I dont think this will be too much of a problem. Thanks for the help guys and girls, if I get my water tested tomorrow, I'll post the info. Oh and when it's done cycling, i think I'll buy some neon tetras.
It's a 10 gallon, I've had it running since saturday, and put the four fish (Sterbai Cory Catfish , and 3 red eye tetras) in sunday. I put some aqua safe stuff in it to dechlorinate the water. All I have is a pH test kit, and it's right around 7.2. I need to check my ammonia and nitrites and nitrates. My local store said they do it for free, so I'll try to bring it there tomorrow if I can. So far, my fish seem pretty well. They're acting normal, so I dont think this will be too much of a problem. Thanks for the help guys and girls, if I get my water tested tomorrow, I'll post the info. Oh and when it's done cycling, i think I'll buy some neon tetras.
Clairel
Fish Addict
If i were you aswell, i would invest in a Master Test Kit yourself..... Very important !!
With my first tank, i set it up for 2 weeks, then added 6 zebra danios, then after another week, added some more fish, i DIDNT have Master Kit, just the TetraTest Strips, and the readings on there were fine, but everytime i went to my LFS i took a sample of water with me, and the readings were nothing like what the strips were telling me, hence i lost a couple of fish.
It did cost me £24.99, but another Lfs near me does them for £ 16.99, (i didnt know this at the time) lol
It will save you alot of time, going back and forth to the Lfs with your water....
I think its a small price to pay, for someone who is serious about keeping fish
Good luck
Claire x
With my first tank, i set it up for 2 weeks, then added 6 zebra danios, then after another week, added some more fish, i DIDNT have Master Kit, just the TetraTest Strips, and the readings on there were fine, but everytime i went to my LFS i took a sample of water with me, and the readings were nothing like what the strips were telling me, hence i lost a couple of fish.
It did cost me £24.99, but another Lfs near me does them for £ 16.99, (i didnt know this at the time) lol
It will save you alot of time, going back and forth to the Lfs with your water....
I think its a small price to pay, for someone who is serious about keeping fish
Good luck
Claire x
@ombomb
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Don't fall into the trap of thinking that it'll be OK becasue nothing has happened so far...
The problem occurs when there is a build up of the Amonia / Nitrite and this isn't instant. As has been said, you should absolutely buy, as a minimum, Amonia / NitrIte / NitrAte test kits (ideally API liquid based) and do daily checks / water changes until both Amonia / Nitrite are consistenly 0.
ncjharris
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Wouldn't recommend neons.
Usuall requirements are a mature tank and a school of at least 6. Given you have only a 10g, they get to about 1.75" and already have some fish in there, you would be overstocking the tank.
good data sheet on them here
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=93850
Usuall requirements are a mature tank and a school of at least 6. Given you have only a 10g, they get to about 1.75" and already have some fish in there, you would be overstocking the tank.
good data sheet on them here
http
/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=93850ncjharris said:Wouldn't recommend neons.
Usuall requirements are a mature tank and a school of at least 6. Given you have only a 10g, they get to about 1.75" and already have some fish in there, you would be overstocking the tank.
good data sheet on them here
http
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Yea, I wont be getting anymore fish until my tank has completely cycled. I'm not sure what I want though, but atleast i got a while to think about it.
OK, sadly one of my tetras died today. I'm checking my water this sunday to check up on it. But one weird thing was that before i went to bed last night, I noticed that part of it's top fin had been cut/bit off or something. It was at least half of it, and I dont know what happened. Then, I wake up this morning and he's belly up. I'll post the results of my water tomorrow, hopefully I wont have anymore casualties
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