Nitrogen cycle abnormality? Yes or no?

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yup throw them both in, your fine, water close in temp just dump em in.
 
you have any wood in the tank? and smaller pleco chips?
 
I have a HUGE piece of driftwood but not really any other hiding spots. I will just take out my Raphael's cave from my 30 when I move him (nobody else goes in it). I will get more decor on Monday when I make my monthly trip to my LFS. The temperature in my 30 is 79 F and the 75 gallon is 75-76 F.
 
wood is not for hiding, wood is for rasping, pleco,s need wood to rasp, helps with there digestion.
 
wood is not for hiding, wood is for rasping, pleco,s need wood to rasp, helps with there digestion.


I know, I just mean there is a cave there if he wants to hide. My heater doesn't have a guard on it though. And my raphael hid next to the one in the 30 for the first month (luckily on the plastic part so he wasn't burned).
 
yup throw them both in, your fine, water close in temp just dump em in.

I am pretty sure they will be fine since adding such small fish to a large tank shouldn't make much ofa difference but after recalling my memory, I thought raphael catfish weren't supposed to go into a newly cycled tank? He should be fine since my ammonia is zero which would be the part that bugs him but I just want to make sure. Not sure if you ever had Raphael's before but if you have what is your say on putting them in a newly cycled tank.
 
As was said the browning water is from the driftwood. I had a piece in my 50 that released tannins for years. The fish love it and it is good for them, actually looks kinda cool and natural.
 
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