Adding new fish

[michelleraia]

When adding new fish, when would you it is safe to not worry about your tank handling the new bio load?? I added my new stock 32 small haps to my 215 gallon almost two weeks ago. Thank you.

[R_sustaita]

when you add new fish try not to add the water they came with. you never know what pest or bacteria it may come with. place a net on a bucket and get the fish to the tank with out the water. but if you did dump the water in your tank ti should have no problem, you are jsut adding water. think of it as a tiny water change.

[morpheus]

when you add new fish try not to add the water they came with. you never know what pest or bacteria it may come with. place a net on a bucket and get the fish to the tank with out the water. but if you did dump the water in your tank ti should have no problem, you are jsut adding water. think of it as a tiny water change.

+1 on not adding the water in the bag to your home tanks. its the safest way to add new stock assuming the fish themselves are not carrying anything

otherwise in terms of bio load for a tank, i usually go by the "1 inch per gallon" rule. for every gal of water in your tank, figure you can have 1 inch of fish in the tank. if you have really good filtration you could press that figure or even surpass it...but i stay below it. whenever you add a large amount of stock to the tank, it could spike the chemistry a bit (ammonia/nitrite/nitrate)...so just test the water daily and change when scheduled, or as needed.

[originalhandy]

What about the shock of different water chemistry from where you bought it to your tank ?

I always put the bag floating in my tank and added a shotglass of my tank water to the bag every 10 mins till it filled up, could take several hours then I dumped the water in.

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[LooksLater]

It depends on the stock, how heavy you feed, filtration, and the size of the previous bioload...the only way to tell for sure is to buy a good test kit and watch your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels. A good test kit is definitely worth the money.

+1 on frequent water changes at first.
Also for acclimating, that's a good step a lot of us are too lazy to do! Lol.

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[morpheus]

Yeah i didnt cover the acclimating portion, but i usually do slow acclimate too (floating and adding small portions of water every 15 min for about 60 minutes). the fish tend to respond faster and not be so shocked on the bottom. normally the pet stores have similar water conditions as your home tanks if you buy in close enough proximity, but its safer. good test kits are worth the money

[michelleraia]

I already added them so I will keep in mind the adding water part. I floated and poured them through a net so I didn't add the water from the bag. I have been testing the water and my nitrates have risen a tiny bit this last week still in safe zone but no nitrites or ammonia. I have kept my weekly water change schedule. I may do it a day early because of the small rise. Thank you very much.