Oops, new tank filled with fish before I learned about cycling

Get the test kits and monitor regularly. If the Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates
go high do a water change....simple.

Bio Spira is the best bottled bacteria to use.

Ralston88 wrote:

I have a 55-gal running for just over a week now. After letting the
water circulate for a couple of days, I put in 4 or 5 gouramis.
Everything looked fine, so I put in a bunch more over the weekend.
The only advice I received from the store was to change 20% of the
water per week for the first 2 months.

Now that I've spent some time reading the postings and a few dedicated
sites, I know learned about the nitrogen issue, growing new bacteria,
etc. I really hope I can manage this cycle and not lose the fish in
the meantime. There are around 16 small gourami variants, plus a
small blue lobster.

Should I mainly focus on water changing or try one of the accelerant
products I've seen mentioned?

The tank has 2 powerflo pumps feeding an under-gravel tray, plus an
Aquacleer 300 carbon filter running continuously. The plants are
fake, and the gravel was purchased new. The tank came with large
corals that had been used by the previous owner, though they had been
sitting dry in the garage for several years.

Thank you for any advice.

Thanks for all the replies. I don't know anyone with a tank to share
their bacteria, so i guess I'll focus on water changes.

There seems to be alot of disagreement about the additives.

|| Thanks for all the replies. I don't know anyone with a tank to share
|| their bacteria, so i guess I'll focus on water changes.
||
|| There seems to be alot of disagreement about the additives.

Last resort, ask your LFS, but try and get some from a planted tank....

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oh, i forgot to mention that i did put in 2 gallons of water from the
10 gallon tank into the 32 gallon tank before adding the fish, hoping
that would help... i hate to jump in on someone else's post but i had
only gotten 1 reply in my post last week....

ok that's all.
thanks

|| oh, i forgot to mention that i did put in 2 gallons of water from the
|| 10 gallon tank into the 32 gallon tank before adding the fish, hoping
|| that would help... i hate to jump in on someone else's post but i
|| had only gotten 1 reply in my post last week....
||
|| ok that's all.
|| thanks

Danya, you could always start a new post... that does simplify things for
you...

Ok, realize that water is just water... there isnt' bacteria in the water...
the cycle isn't FOR the water to stabilize, it's for the filter... the
filter has the bacteria, as does the surfaces... the gravel, glass, etc...
what you need is gravel, or filter media from another established tank, to
help seed the new tank....water doesn't do much for a new tank except be
pre-dechlorinated....

I will mention, that I was on vacation last week and with the absense of our
beloved NetMax, I didn't get a chance to read or follow up for you... I'll
be here, not that it's a great relief, but I try and help when I can.....

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"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message ...
Danya, you could always start a new post... that does simplify things for
you...

:-P
!!!!

Ok, realize that water is just water... there isnt' bacteria in the water...
the cycle isn't FOR the water to stabilize, it's for the filter... the
filter has the bacteria, as does the surfaces... the gravel, glass, etc...
what you need is gravel, or filter media from another established tank, to
help seed the new tank....water doesn't do much for a new tank except be
pre-dechlorinated....

I will mention, that I was on vacation last week and with the absense of our
beloved NetMax, I didn't get a chance to read or follow up for you... I'll
be here, not that it's a great relief, but I try and help when I can.....

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ok, so i'm guessing you are quite regular around here?
anyway, my fish seem to be doing just fine. i sure hope i don't lose
them all...

why does my 1st post from last night happen to be below my 2nd and
yours?! strange... haha

||
|| ok, so i'm guessing you are quite regular around here?
|| anyway, my fish seem to be doing just fine. i sure hope i don't lose
|| them all...
||
|| why does my 1st post from last night happen to be below my 2nd and
|| yours?! strange... haha

Regular?? I'm a fixture... the kind that you'd like to replace, but it'd be
less trouble just to keep for old times sake....

News servers are getting weird nowadays... a few storms and posts
vanish...go figure...

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(Ralston88) wrote in message . com...
Thanks for all the replies. I don't know anyone with a tank to share
their bacteria, so i guess I'll focus on water changes.

There seems to be alot of disagreement about the additives.

now i'm afraid for my fish! i bought a 32 gal. from a lady i work
with, had it running for a week, put the fake plants/decorations from
my 10 gal. in the 32 gal. 1 day before adding the fish... 4 of the
fish came from my 10 gal. and i had bought 8 more fish to go along
with them. the day after purchasing them, 1 swordtail died but he was
acting a bit funny to begin with. so, should i be concerned about the
levels? will they suddenly sky-rocket if i don't keep my eye on them?
i bought the new fish on Saturday, and the rest seem do be doing
fine... should i also do weekly water changes or what? gosh, i hate
being a newbie to this. haha

thanks

Try throwing in a bunch of cheap plants ..... plants use ammonia directly.

or ..... http://www.seachem.com/products/prod...ges/Prime.html at
higher doses it is supposed to help with nitrites.

Bob
"Ralston88" wrote in message
om...
Thanks for all the replies. I don't know anyone with a tank to share
their bacteria, so i guess I'll focus on water changes.

There seems to be alot of disagreement about the additives.