new 110gal freshwater

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I'm gonna let someone explain, but you shouldn't ever put that many fish into a new or even established tank in at one time.. really ever.. you should have started out with no more than two.. you are gonna have to keep an extreme close eye on the tank, you may have to do 2 or more waterchanges a day.. or take some back to the shop you got them from... I'm not sure what additives you put in your tank, but it would still make me really nervous.. I'm not trying to sound like a butt, I just want every new kid on the block to have a happy healthy tank...
 
2 or more a day huh.. what % changes? lets say i do 35% changes 2 times a day. its ok to add the stress coat (water conditioner) each time...
 
I'm not tryin to sound mean, but honestly, go buy a book about freshwater aquariums and read it twice. You obviously don't understand the nitrogen cycle, fish compatibility, or any other number of basic aquarium keeping principles. There are some things you need to learn to get the most enjoyment out of the hobby.
 
thats what im doing...leaning... ive been testing NO2 no3 and so on and its all 0ppm..
as for fish compatibility... there all semi aggressive and all roughly the same size...and seem to be working well together...the internet is the biggest book i can get my hands on
 
Your tests for ammonia and nitrate might be 0 now, but they will begin to rise soon, and your tank isn't cycled yet, so your fish will be slowly poisoned. I would suggest getting a bottle of seachem prime so you can de-toxify your water when this happens, which it will. Even with the bacteria additive you bought, it can take 6 weeks or more to properly cycle a tank.
 
also remember these values: ammonia: 0ppm, nitrite: 0ppm, nitrate: <10ppm.

both ammonia and nitrite are poisonous to the fish, and will kill them off quick.

I'm also kinda concerned with your stocks. I know crayfish are active hunters day and night, and may do some serious damages esp. to your smaller fish and fins on your big fish.

I'm also not sure about that snowflake eel you said you got because that's supposed to be marine. if not a marine specimen, then it should be brackish water fish.

either way, I wish you luck.
 
thanks for the advice...ya the crawdad proly not gonna stay in there much longer...he is a lil punk...but most of the fish are to fast for him..right now hes kickin it with the eel...if the eel is spoes to be salt maybe they miss labled it? it was defently in freshwater at the fish shop.. sooo far the fish are lovin it it seems,,the silver dollars a schooling the 2 electic blue cichlids are paired...the 2 clown loaches are the smallest and they kick it in the grass.. and the black ghost fish claimed a new home....and the eel just kicks it in the tree.. and the red tail shark swims all over the tank
 
Wait, Snowflake eel? I think you mean Mastocembelus armatus.

Again, please heed my previous advice - In this hobby it is very difficult for a new hobbyist to go fast and bypass steps.

Good luck!
 
You might want to look into getting a few more clown loaches, they really prefer to be in larger groups of 5-6+, and watch the knifefish with the electric blues, I had one in my cichlid tank and it did fine for quite a while but one day it decided to try to bully the rest of the fish around, and they ended up ganging up on it and killing it before I was able to stop it.
 
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