Fully Cycled And Going To Get Fish, Help Please.

[Joinerlavin]

Hi all, my tank has been cycled for 5 days now so I am going to get my first fish today. I have a 10 gallon tank with 2 live plants and a cave, nutrafin c02 machine and coral in the filter to raise the KH.

I have just done a 80% water change and added some general tonic, the only airation in the tank is from the filter wahich is on low and is a gentle ripple on the top of the water, not much.

My readings are:

Ammonia = 0ppm
Nitrite = 0ppm
PH = 7.2
KH = 35.8, 2 drops (should I add some baking soda to raise a little until the coral kicks in?)
Nitrate = 10ppm

I am going to get 3 honey gouramis and 2 male guppies I think today.

Are my readings ok before I go??? Anything else i should consider before introducing my fish.

 

[Spanerman]

only 5 days? was that with mature media? how long does it take for your bacteria to process 5ppm of ammonia down to 0ppm?

 

[Joinerlavin]

sorry its been about 2 months, but its been complete removing 5ppm ammonia withing 12 hours, its been doing that for 5 days.

 

[Spanerman]

ahh ok, when i was researching what i was goihng to stock my tank with, honeys were recomended aswell as guppies.. id double check with a more experianced member though

 

[Joinerlavin]

yea they seem nice little hardy fish, just not alot of activity on the forums today lol.

 

[Spanerman]

most people will be in work or school/college best to wait untill about 6pm to get fast answers

 

[indir-emir]

Hey mate, congratulations on getting to the cycled stage hehe, took me alot of patience

But as far as i know and from the reserach and help ive received on this forum, your stats are perfect if its all going back to 0 in 12 hours or less Usually they make us wait 7 days for the "Graduation Period" but i think you will be fine But wait for smater people then me heheheh

Not to sure about the PH level with those fish, but im pretty sure they will be fine because i almost got some for mine which is 7.4ph. Apart from that i know that there is some disease gouramis are prone to getting but im sure you already knew that

Good luck!

Regards,
Indir

 

[Joinerlavin]

just not quite sure on the kh, its only low at the moment and I know the coral in the filter takes a while for the minerals to dissolve and raise the kh so should I raise it with baking soda to bump it up abit. the dwarf gouramis are the ones prone to internal infections i think the honeys are ok.

 

[indir-emir]

Ah sorry mate, my mistake then. Not to sure on the KH though dont understand that myself unfortunately

Was just trying ot help you with the cycle hehe.

Goodluck!

Regards,
Indir

 

[Joinerlavin]

ok so i got my fish, i got

3 honey gouramis
1 male dwarf gouramis (i know they are prone to infection but he looked good)
3 guppies with blue tales.