Yall need to see this

[L3CTR0N]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/comments/kv51w3

I came across this Reddit thread and my god was I disappointed. I think you guys will have some valuable opinions on this. (I may or may not have taken part in the advice giving thing)

I am not advocating that you guys go there and insult the OP. We are civilised people, and I hope to keep the discussion here and not have it leak over to Reddit. If you reply to that thread with insults, it is not only futile (because your comment would get removed), but it also makes you no better than the OP.

However, if you want to give the original poster some well-constructed advice, it would be most welcome. Especially if you can get it through OP's thick skull.

 

[Deadeye]

Well... not sure where to begin.
He put the fish in, so what’s done is done. He’ll be rehoming them (or cleaning up the carcasses) pretty soon once the fighting starts.
Inch per gallon is basically only applicable for small fish like tetras, and even then it is dependent on various factors. With large cichlids, it is just turning the tank into a boxing ring, and then a prison.
The 37 gallon African tank could work if he dropped the venustus, assuming the jewels don’t kill everyone. Having a 36 gallon mbuna tank though, all I can say is I wish I did something else or used a bigger tank.
The 10 gallon is nice and all, until the mbuna gets too big and needs rehoming.
And the 40... that’s good to know he has a tank suitable for the cories and the molly long term. My question is what happens when the Oscar gets 4+ inches, which will be in maybe 2-3 months, the frontosa will just die from the likely 6-7 ph generated from this level of overstocking, the bichir will get a taste for those small fish, likely a common pleco is at least half of that waste buildup, and parrot+angel+silver dollars are just the nail in the coffin. Not that everything else is fine, but this is just a bit of extra waste that makes the tank not even suitable as a grow out.
In all of these tanks, especially the 40, the fish are simply too much for the tank, especially a day old one as such. The little bacteria there is will be simply unable to ever keep up.
To help the cycle, he will have to either rehome all of the fish and wait for it to cycle, or continue with the massive water changes until it does. First one is a safer option.
I encourage the poster to keep up his love for fishkeeping, but rehome most of all of these fish, and greatly research the needs of the individual fish in his possession. If housed improperly, it is no fun for you and the fish. If done correctly, the hobby gives back just as much as you give.

I would say move the mbunas to the 40 and get a few more (once cycled)
Drop everything currently in the 40.
Leave the 37 as a tank for the jewel pair and some dithers.
The can be a qt/hospital tank.

 

[FINWIN]

I don't even get what the OP is doing...its like they just ran out, got fish and threw them in glass boxes. ?

Take most of those fish back to the store if you can, or get about 3 large rubbermaid plastic tubs to buy time (maybe a month or two). You'll need sponge filter or small HOB, some fake plants and airstones. Feed lightly and change water every other day (add the dechlorinator). Keep the lids on loosely.

 

[Potato Patatto]

i couldn’t tell if he was serious or not, like if we were being punked ?

I thought I did a bad job cycling ? but why ask for advice and then dispute all of it, not that everyone advice is going to be great but generally when you make a mistake it does become rather obvious.

I might make that my new signature though...

“these fish live in my world now, I’m their god”

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

In 6 weeks the cycle should have established if not interfered with, it would seem.

Anyhow, the OP needs to quit all the wasteful efforts and just do two things: add AmmoLock to detox ammonia and table salt to detox nitrite, at the right concentrations and then wait patiently for the cycle to establish, that is if the biofiltration has sufficient media surface and equally important sufficiently oxygenated water enters the biofilter.