Wc...adding Fish...finished Cycle

[twinkey]

if i do my water change now..how long till i need to add my fish...knowing i dont need to add my ammonia anymore,i use prime as my water conditioner..do i need to add anything eles beside prime

 

[fluttermoth]

You should carry on adding ammonia until the day before you're ready to get fish. If you don't keep on adding the ammonia, all those bacteria you've worked so hard to grow will starve to death!

You can do your big water change anytime in the two or three days before you get the fish; the nitrate won't have time to build up too high again then.

No, you don't need to use anything in your tank, besides dechlorinator.

 

[twinkey]

i got 0.25ppm of ammonia...can i do my wc now and add my fish

 

[fluttermoth]

You don't really want to add fish until your filter is totally clearing the ammonia (and nitrite) in 12 hours or less.

What PPM have you been cycling with?

 

[twinkey]

2.0ppm of ammonia

 

[fluttermoth]

Ok, you probably have few more days to go then, I'm afraid!