How Many To Add At Once

[barb-e]

I will be getting four cherry barbs to add to my ten gallon soon. I already have two in there. I was wondering if it would be okay to add all four at the same time or will this overload the bacteria and the filter and stuff?

 

[Breeze7050]

it kind of depends. How long has the tank been up and running? I would say since cherry barbs are reasonably small, 4 at once should be okay. Just test your water and watch for spikes. Don't overfeed either! HTH!

 

[barb-e]

The tank has had fish in it for a month. For that month I wasn't too good with the overfeeding thing but i've began to cut back a lot.