So Cycling Is About Done. Just Makin Sure

[Jabb3r]

Want to get some stock for my tank thursday, but really aint sure what to get now

I'm gonna prolly drop in a pinch or 2 of fish flakes tomoz night after the big 90% water change just as a lil buffer

The fish I been lookin @ are guppies, danios, neon tetras and pleco's

the tank is a 90L and I read that this size should be ok for about 24 inches of fish?

Just want a standard peaceful community tank

Any thoughts?

 

[james_fish]

What about 10 Tetra's, 5 Corydoras Catfish and 2 Honey Gourami?

Just one of many possibilities

James.

 

[elisew]

Want to get some stock for my tank thursday, but really aint sure what to get now

I'm gonna prolly drop in a pinch or 2 of fish flakes tomoz night after the big 90% water change just as a lil buffer

The fish I been lookin @ are guppies, danios, neon tetras and pleco's

the tank is a 90L and I read that this size should be ok for about 24 inches of fish?

Just want a standard peaceful community tank

Any thoughts?

What about 10 Tetra's, 5 Corydoras Catfish and 2 Honey Gourami?

Just one of many possibilities

James.

Aren`t neons way too fragile for such a newly cycled tank?

The Danios would be a great, hardy addition for your tank, I personally would say 6 Danios and 6 Rummy nose tetras for mid-top levels and 8 Corys for the bottom?
You could also add a couple of bristlenose plecs or a couple of clown plecs (clowns stay smaller) but adding plecs is something I`d do after a few weeks of a completed cycle

 

[waterdrop]

Yes elise, it hasn't been said as much recently but it really has been the finding of this forum in past years that neons do one heck of a lot better if you wait a full six months after the tank was first filled. It's a pure observation and the reason is not known. It clearly is about more than just cycling. GBRs are another fish that benefits by not being introduced prior to about the six month tank maturity mark.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[Jabb3r]

Well I just did my last test before adding fish. Yesterday I did a test after 90 - 95% water change and detected ammonia. Did the test twice with same result and just now my nitrate reading is a lil higher also so I just don't get it. I'll have to monitor nitrate after adding fish and do a few more water changes to keep it down though I did add a couple pinches of fish flakes last night, but wouldn't have thought that would bump up the nitrate so quick. Just sad I cycle the tank for a month with near perfect expected results and now it decides to throw a curve ball. Lol

Cheers
Jab

 

[anon02]

If you stick to 24 inches of fish at this stage you`ll probably find that in 6 months your filter will cope with an extra 6 neons easily

 

[james_fish]

Want to get some stock for my tank thursday, but really aint sure what to get now

I'm gonna prolly drop in a pinch or 2 of fish flakes tomoz night after the big 90% water change just as a lil buffer

The fish I been lookin @ are guppies, danios, neon tetras and pleco's

the tank is a 90L and I read that this size should be ok for about 24 inches of fish?

Just want a standard peaceful community tank

Any thoughts?

What about 10 Tetra's, 5 Corydoras Catfish and 2 Honey Gourami?

Just one of many possibilities

James.

Aren`t neons way too fragile for such a newly cycled tank?

Yeah thats what I thought Elise. I just put Tetra's as opposed to Neon Tetra's. But there are many more attractive Tetra's out there than Neons. Cardinal's and Rummy's just two examples. But I think all Tetra's have a certain degree of sensitivity as opposed to other small fish like Danio's and Rasbora's

James.

 

[Aqua Tom]

Well I just did my last test before adding fish. Yesterday I did a test after 90 - 95% water change and detected ammonia. Did the test twice with same result and just now my nitrate reading is a lil higher also so I just don't get it. I'll have to monitor nitrate after adding fish and do a few more water changes to keep it down though I did add a couple pinches of fish flakes last night, but wouldn't have thought that would bump up the nitrate so quick. Just sad I cycle the tank for a month with near perfect expected results and now it decides to throw a curve ball. Lol

Cheers
Jab

Dont fret too much, this is exactly what has happened to me.

 

[Jabb3r]

Well I've added me first fish. 3 Zebra Danios and 3 Golden/Yellow Longfin danios. Will add the guppys in a week and see how things go in the meantime. They seem happy enough

 

[BIG BAD BARRY]

Well done!

 

[waterdrop]

Want to get some stock for my tank thursday, but really aint sure what to get now

I'm gonna prolly drop in a pinch or 2 of fish flakes tomoz night after the big 90% water change just as a lil buffer

The fish I been lookin @ are guppies, danios, neon tetras and pleco's

the tank is a 90L and I read that this size should be ok for about 24 inches of fish?

Just want a standard peaceful community tank

Any thoughts?

What about 10 Tetra's, 5 Corydoras Catfish and 2 Honey Gourami?

Just one of many possibilities

James.

Aren`t neons way too fragile for such a newly cycled tank?

Yeah thats what I thought Elise. I just put Tetra's as opposed to Neon Tetra's. But there are many more attractive Tetra's out there than Neons. Cardinal's and Rummy's just two examples. But I think all Tetra's have a certain degree of sensitivity as opposed to other small fish like Danio's and Rasbora's

James.

now you're getting into the world of opinion James, lol. You just never know what the future will hold for you. Sometime back in the 60's I felt I'd "graduated" from neons to cardinals and would never look back but here it is years later and I've fallen in love again with neons somehow, for the extra third of silver that gives them a different look from the cardinals and actually partly for the bit smaller size... it's a funny world ultimately.

But I certainly agree that it's a big world of tetras out there and I always really like reminding beginners that you often can't tell the real beauty of shoaling tetras from what you see in the LFS or even the web pictures as a real shoal in a real tank can be stunningly more subtle and beautiful. Sitting in front of your real tank at home carries that great pleasure of color and light that even the world's best photographers can't always capture, don't you think?

~~waterdrop~~

 

[Uriel]

I wish some of my "shoaling fish" would shoal. I swear there not just to spite me.

 

[james_fish]

Want to get some stock for my tank thursday, but really aint sure what to get now

I'm gonna prolly drop in a pinch or 2 of fish flakes tomoz night after the big 90% water change just as a lil buffer

The fish I been lookin @ are guppies, danios, neon tetras and pleco's

the tank is a 90L and I read that this size should be ok for about 24 inches of fish?

Just want a standard peaceful community tank

Any thoughts?

What about 10 Tetra's, 5 Corydoras Catfish and 2 Honey Gourami?

Just one of many possibilities

James.

Aren`t neons way too fragile for such a newly cycled tank?

Yeah thats what I thought Elise. I just put Tetra's as opposed to Neon Tetra's. But there are many more attractive Tetra's out there than Neons. Cardinal's and Rummy's just two examples. But I think all Tetra's have a certain degree of sensitivity as opposed to other small fish like Danio's and Rasbora's

James.

now you're getting into the world of opinion James, lol. You just never know what the future will hold for you. Sometime back in the 60's I felt I'd "graduated" from neons to cardinals and would never look back but here it is years later and I've fallen in love again with neons somehow, for the extra third of silver that gives them a different look from the cardinals and actually partly for the bit smaller size... it's a funny world ultimately.

But I certainly agree that it's a big world of tetras out there and I always really like reminding beginners that you often can't tell the real beauty of shoaling tetras from what you see in the LFS or even the web pictures as a real shoal in a real tank can be stunningly more subtle and beautiful. Sitting in front of your real tank at home carries that great pleasure of color and light that even the world's best photographers can't always capture, don't you think?

~~waterdrop~~

Yes maybe that was a little opinionated
I agree, seeing a big shoal of Tetra is very very pleasing for a fishkeeper

James.