Recently Cycled Tank

[zesty]

It would take a fair amount of messy fish to create 5ppm worth of ammonia so I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you are slightly apprehensive then just add half or 3/4 the stocking to begin with.

Be warned though that if you add half the stocking, the excess bacteria in the filter will gradually die off just leaving enough to cope with the fish in the tank as the bacteria wont be getting enough ammonia to keep it all alive so whenever you add more you should add few at a time

If I had a 95 gal, my first choice would be an oscar! You wouldn't be able to keep many other fish with it as oscars need 75 us gal for themselves and you would also have to be careful what you kept but they make great fish, so entertaining and have wonderful personalities.

You would need great filtration though for either oscar or severum, preferably 2 externals on a 95 gal tank.

Andy

Do you know what stocking I have added so far?

I have 2 externals at the moment but I have a 3rd that I havent used, so i do have the option of adding that also.

I would add more stock (and lots) as soon as possible or your fishless cycle was a waste of time. If you let ur excess bacteria die due to being heavilt understocked for ur filter in its cycled state then u will experience a mini cycle every time u add fish. So if i were in ur shoes i'd be down the LFS right now getting a few dozen inches worth of fish

I did consider that I would need to add more or my bacteria would die back but I may be too late now as Its been 8 days since I added the fish. The trouble with going out now and buying more is that I could end up with fish that I didnt really want.

 

[arobinson1984]

I dont think you would be able to keep an oscar or a sev with your current stocking.

I think either will eat any fish that will fit in their mouths, hopefully somebody will be able to confirm this.

Andy

 

[Faythee]

I dont think you would be able to keep an oscar or a sev with your current stocking.

I think either will eat any fish that will fit in their mouths, hopefully somebody will be able to confirm this.

Andy

I don't know about the Oscar, but I have Tiger Barbs and a Gourmai with my Sevs. I have heard others say they can't keep smaller fish with Sevs. Suppose it depends on the individual fish and probably better luck adding together while smaller.

 

[arobinson1984]

If you got a juvenile sev then you may be ok.

Again I'd wait for someone to confirm this as I havent kept sevs myself

Andy

 

[zesty]

Well I just had a quick read on oscars and sevs but I dont think either are all that suited to my setup but they are nice looking fish though.

 

[craig855s]

have a good look into what u want and add several to a dozen inches of fish as soon as u feel ready but dont be surprised if there is a mini cycle. Maybe get s decent sized school of tetras? rasboras? danios? corys?

 

[Infidel_Uk]

Hi, my 95g recently cycled and last week I added 4 gouramis and 6 tiger barbs and a bn pleco. The barbs were arguing with each other to start with but have now settled down and they do not bother the gouramis at all.

I'm not sure what other people think, but personally I wouldn't have added 11 fish at once into a new tank. Therefore I wouldn't add any more for now until your tank has become more established.

the idea of a fish less cycle is so that you can FULLY stock it as soon as its cycled , according to the guide on here at least......