Can I Add More Fish Yet?

[hollyhotlips]

I have upgraded my tropical aquarium to a 30 gallon for a 10 gallon. Spent all day saturday preparing it and then transfered all the fish and existing water to the new aquarium as recomended. All the fish seem healthy and no fatalities! I have just tested the water and the results were:

PH 7.2
Amonia 0.25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10

Is it safe to add a few more hardy fish yet? At the moment I have tetras and danios and some cories

 

[fish_fetish65]

definitely need to get that ammonia under control and let the tank cycle first. we have lots of articles on cycling with or without fish here on the forum.

 

[hollyhotlips]

definitely need to get that ammonia under control and let the tank cycle first. we have lots of articles on cycling with or without fish here on the forum.

Ok Thanks. Wasnot to sur because The last couple of weeks when i had tested my old aquarium I got the same readout of 0.25 amonia and wjhe i showed these results to the local aquatic shop they said that they wre acceptable. I have the old filter running along side the new filter and 2 airstones running too,

 

[ncjharris]

You seem to be doing the right kind of thing in getting your new tank up and running, but while your ammonia is anything other than nought I would recommend small, daily water changes.

Once your ammonia and nitrIte are zero and their appears to be no hang overs from your water readings of before then you can look at adding more.

What do you have in there at the moment?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yeah it looks like the new filter has started to cycle due to the move, you'll probably have a small amonia spike then a small nitrite spike. As you have your old filter running alongside the new one this shouldn't be too horendous. Leave both filters on for now, do 10% water changes daily and keep testing your levels. When amonia and nitrite are steady at 0 then you can stop the daily changes (just go back to weekly) and start to add more fish. Remember though your filter bacteria will only be enough to handle the 10g worth of fish you have currently, it'll need to build up to the full 30g worth of fish slowly, so just add a few fish at a time and leave a aweek or so between additions.

 

[hollyhotlips]

You seem to be doing the right kind of thing in getting your new tank up and running, but while your ammonia is anything other than nought I would recommend small, daily water changes.

Once your ammonia and nitrIte are zero and their appears to be no hang overs from your water readings of before then you can look at adding more.

What do you have in there at the moment?

8 neon tetras
9 harlaquin rasboras
5 danios
2 corydoras

 

[iroc]

what kind of testing kit are you using, I showed .25 ammonia for some time in my tank using a stick kind and when I switched to liqued type it changed to 0 ppm ..........

 

[hollyhotlips]

what kind of testing kit are you using, I showed .25 ammonia for some time in my tank using a stick kind and when I switched to liqued type it changed to 0 ppm ..........
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I am using a liquid one and have done several 10% water changes

 

[hollyhotlips]

I have upgraded my tropical aquarium to a 30 gallon for a 10 gallon. Spent all day saturday preparing it and then transfered all the fish and existing water to the new aquarium as recomended. All the fish seem healthy and no fatalities! I have just tested the water and the results were:

PH 7.2
Amonia 0.25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10

Is it safe to add a few more hardy fish yet? At the moment I have tetras and danios and some cories

I have just tested the water again this morning as the results are as follows:

Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0.25ppm
Nitrate 10ppm

Are these results looking better? All my fish are still healthy and I am doind 10% water changes every day still. and have added some aquarium salt as advised by by local aquatic centre.

 

[mattb]

That nitrite spike you have is due to the bacteria converting that extra 0.25 of ammonia into nitrites. Once your filter has enough bacteria to convert that nitrite spike to nitrates and the nitrite reading is 0 you can add your fish! You are nearly there.

 

[hollyhotlips]

That nitrite spike you have is due to the bacteria converting that extra 0.25 of ammonia into nitrites. Once your filter has enough bacteria to convert that nitrite spike to nitrates and the nitrite reading is 0 you can add your fish! You are nearly there.

Great! I am still runing the old filter in there aswell was thinking about leaving it in there a couple more weeks? Just added a couple more plants in there. it is looking good.

 

[TigerIssey]

Your doing good, definately leave old filter, it cannot do any harm at all, especially when you do start adding more fish. Is your test a one or two bottle ammonia and nitrate, IMO the two bottle (API master kit) are more reliable.

 

[hollyhotlips]

Your doing good, definately leave old filter, it cannot do any harm at all, especially when you do start adding more fish. Is your test a one or two bottle ammonia and nitrate, IMO the two bottle (API master kit) are more reliable.

The ammonia is a 2 bottle kit, the Nitrite is a 1 bottle and the Nitrate is 2 bottles. It is a Freshwater Master Test Kit. It also does high and low range Ph.

 

[TigerIssey]

Your doing good, definately leave old filter, it cannot do any harm at all, especially when you do start adding more fish. Is your test a one or two bottle ammonia and nitrate, IMO the two bottle (API master kit) are more reliable.

The ammonia is a 2 bottle kit, the Nitrite is a 1 bottle and the Nitrate is 2 bottles. It is a Freshwater Master Test Kit. It also does high and low range Ph.

Thats the same one I use, is pretty accurate then. Carry on your getting there!!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Your doing good, definately leave old filter, it cannot do any harm at all, especially when you do start adding more fish. Is your test a one or two bottle ammonia and nitrate, IMO the two bottle (API master kit) are more reliable.

The ammonia is a 2 bottle kit, the Nitrite is a 1 bottle and the Nitrate is 2 bottles. It is a Freshwater Master Test Kit. It also does high and low range Ph.

Thats the same one I use, is pretty accurate then. Carry on your getting there!!

yeah that's the API one, it gets my vote too!

keep the old filter in and stick with it for a few days.