jimw Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 What fish are good for cycling a tank(and keeping after). I have a 215 litre tank that with gravel etc has 160 litres of water in it. At this stage I was thinking about 4 serpae tetras, 4 pearl danios, one albino and one peppered catfish. Is this too many? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks in advance Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Guppy's let them breed and they will build up the filter as they increase in numbers and they're pretty easy to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hi Jim - if you like Danios and Tetras, then they would be a fine place to start. I'd also recommend that you buy testkits for Nitrite and Nitrate (and Ammonia as well if you want to, although it is largely redundant after a day or two) and monitor the levels. If you haven't done so already Google 'Cycle Aquarium' and 'Nitrogen Cycle Aquarium' and find out about the nitrogen cycle. Have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hello again jim (we met on the other site ). Why has the tank only got 160L when it can take a lot more? Did you cancel the neon order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hi again! Yes I cancelled the neons as it sounded like I was just going to kill them. After we put in the gravel and plants and stuff we just measured how much water went into the tank to the mid point of the recommended range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paekakboyz Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 "measured how much water went into the tank to the mid point of the recommended range" have you been advised not to fill it to within a centimetre of the top? unless there is a structural issue (lack of bracing etc) you should be fine to top it up further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Yeah, fill er up Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 OK should I add the water from the bags the fish come in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Might as well since there are no other fish in the tank. You know to float the bags a while to equalise the temps don't you? Then slowly add tank water to the bags and mix the waters together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Might as well since there are no other fish in the tank. You know to float the bags a while to equalise the temps don't you? Then slowly add tank water to the bags and mix the waters together? I always thought for some odd reason not to float the fish because they see all the water and plants etc under their bags and stress out about being in the bag stuck?? lol maybe i was lied too!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Yes I do know about floating bags etc. Thanks to everyone who contributed and I will post in a day or two and let you know how the fish are progressing. Once again thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 So now you know you have room for more fishies :bounce: :bounce: Why did you think you'd kill the neons??? Post a pic of your tank sometime. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted February 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 HI again, firstly I was going to put ten neons in the tank as well but I took it under advisement that they probably wouldnt make it through the cycling. Other than that everything is going good with all levels in the tank being zero except for nitrate which is 5ppm. Iam hoping that this is what should be happening! As for the photo, I will wait a month or two until I am out of the woods with cycling and have some more fish. Thanks again Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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