im new to the fish world so take it easy..but not totally in the dark.
ill try to keep this brief and try not to ramble and put everyone who may read a headache.
i recently(a month)adopted a convict cichlid from a female friend who has desperately trying to get rid of it.becoming negligent and letting the water get murky,cloudy and not replacing a water pump for a week and never having testing equip.whatever it was bad and not to mention she housed 6 other fish that werent feeders in a 10gl that hes spent his life in.its fine hes in my hands now.
i didnt really know what he was til i got him home and knew he would need to move into something bigger.until i could afford the big move,something had to suffice til.
he came home,i got new gravel,took out some old decor,plants and added a multiple entry log ornament and some new plants,air pump,sponge filter,10-15gl filter(i know now it shoulda been double)thus the big change depleted the 10gl of beneficial bacteria and started its cycle.ammonia spikes galore,tons of water changes.one month of that crap and convict is starting to stress,claustrophobic in a little box with constant human tampering.
now,hes in a 55gl i got off of some fish breeder.the tank came with all the live plants,gravel,decor,a 75gl marineland penguin biowheel,tetra whisper air pump,check valve,air stone and i think its an air strip already under the gravel.i also took home some of the fish that were living in it.ill get to them in a minute.this tank was running and fully cycled before i took it home.a fifteen minute drive before i got it home and filled up with some of the tank water i brought in buckets and new water conditioned for chlorine and chloramine.i waited for temps and ph to smooth out and acclimated them all appropriately.all are doing fine together.i just wanna know what to expect? is it going to cycle again?take half or less of the time?
i currently have the 75gl penguin filter and the 15gl filter(will be changed out with an aquaclear 300gph filter on the 17th of this month).
the fish that are in the tank
1 male convict
1pleco
1blue gourami
2gold algae eaters
2redtail tinfoil barb(at least thats what they look like to me,i forgot what he said)
3skirt tetra
2glass fish
would all this work out in a 55gl?
also temperatures drop at night,do i need to keep the water one steady temperature or is a night temp drop acceptable?never below 74degrees f.
thanks to anyone that read through this and more thanks to anyone with wise words.
ill try to keep this brief and try not to ramble and put everyone who may read a headache.
i recently(a month)adopted a convict cichlid from a female friend who has desperately trying to get rid of it.becoming negligent and letting the water get murky,cloudy and not replacing a water pump for a week and never having testing equip.whatever it was bad and not to mention she housed 6 other fish that werent feeders in a 10gl that hes spent his life in.its fine hes in my hands now.
i didnt really know what he was til i got him home and knew he would need to move into something bigger.until i could afford the big move,something had to suffice til.
he came home,i got new gravel,took out some old decor,plants and added a multiple entry log ornament and some new plants,air pump,sponge filter,10-15gl filter(i know now it shoulda been double)thus the big change depleted the 10gl of beneficial bacteria and started its cycle.ammonia spikes galore,tons of water changes.one month of that crap and convict is starting to stress,claustrophobic in a little box with constant human tampering.
now,hes in a 55gl i got off of some fish breeder.the tank came with all the live plants,gravel,decor,a 75gl marineland penguin biowheel,tetra whisper air pump,check valve,air stone and i think its an air strip already under the gravel.i also took home some of the fish that were living in it.ill get to them in a minute.this tank was running and fully cycled before i took it home.a fifteen minute drive before i got it home and filled up with some of the tank water i brought in buckets and new water conditioned for chlorine and chloramine.i waited for temps and ph to smooth out and acclimated them all appropriately.all are doing fine together.i just wanna know what to expect? is it going to cycle again?take half or less of the time?
i currently have the 75gl penguin filter and the 15gl filter(will be changed out with an aquaclear 300gph filter on the 17th of this month).
the fish that are in the tank
1 male convict
1pleco
1blue gourami
2gold algae eaters
2redtail tinfoil barb(at least thats what they look like to me,i forgot what he said)
3skirt tetra
2glass fish
would all this work out in a 55gl?
also temperatures drop at night,do i need to keep the water one steady temperature or is a night temp drop acceptable?never below 74degrees f.
thanks to anyone that read through this and more thanks to anyone with wise words.
