How do you know if bacteria colony is established?

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jabsthetank said:
Thanks haynchinook :thumbsup:
And super thanks for always answering my questions so quickly Fat Homer! :headbang2
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Don't mind me, I have never owed a test kit in my life. If I smell ammonia in my tank, I water change. If it smells like dirt, then I'm good. One hint of a fishy smell....water change. I do 25% every other day just because I can and want to. :)


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Jrob said:
fish die during the cycling process...it happens...but if you've had it up and running for that long and the last death has been quite some time...then i would say you're safe.
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I believe one actually just died yesterday. Do they dislike current? Because there's a lot of that in there and that might be a factor. (death from stress)
 
haynchinook334 said:
Don't mind me, I have never owed a test kit in my life. If I smell ammonia in my tank, I water change. If it smells like dirt, then I'm good. One hint of a fishy smell....water change. I do 25% every other day just because I can and want to. :)


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Well it never hurts! Only benefits :) (if done correctly of course)
I guess it's that mfk instinct ;)
 
I kinda wanna add some fish right now sooo... Fat Homer! What do you think?
I don't have a kit, only a pH tester. Should I wait until I get my water tested?
 
Since you have another established tank, and you want to add fish this is what i would recommend...

Get just a few small fish you want to keep first and add some of the bio media from your established tank into the new filter...

This way the new filter will establish much quicker and a few small fish will help keep the media fed and growing...

Then once your filter matures a little more you can keep slowly adding in fish...


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Since my reply seems to not have shown up...

I would take some bio media and add it to your new filter to help seed it, and add just 2-4 small fishes to the tank to keep the media alive and help it grow, then as the new filter matures you can slowly add more fish...


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Fat Homer said:
Since you have another established tank, and you want to add fish this is what i would recommend...

Get just a few small fish you want to keep first and add some of the bio media from your established tank into the new filter...

This way the new filter will establish much quicker and a few small fish will help keep the media fed and growing...

Then once your filter matures a little more you can keep slowly adding in fish...


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Well my Renas are kinda full so maybe I should switch the media?
And they aren't really new, more reused.
And the problem is that I wanna add like five 5 inch wide bar silver dollars and not small fish :eek:
I guess the neons were supposed to be the little fish I added in..
 
Then yeah, switch out some of the media from the old tank to the new and vice versa so that both tanks can support whats in there...

Then once your new tank is cycled add the new fish in maybe 2 at a time?


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Fat Homer said:
Then yeah, switch out some of the media from the old tank to the new and vice versa so that both tanks can support whats in there...

Then once your new tank is cycled add the new fish in maybe 2 at a time?

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Yes do as Homer said. That's how I migrated my fish from a 125 gallon to my 250 gallons. Transferred biomedia and water to the other tank with some test fish. Evil me, I even added my most hated carpintis first and if I see him getting dizzy, I return him back. I did this after trying on feeder goldfish first, though, and after they all stopped dying. After some time that I found him (the carpintis) establishing a territory already, it's time to add all my other fish 2 at a time per 6hours. Worked like a charm.
 
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