What order should I (or does it matter) introduce these fish to my tank?

emilyekk

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I have a 55 gallon currently cycling (almost done!).

I have decided what I plan to stock it with but would like opinions on what fish I should introduce first and how long I should wait until I introduce the next set?


Here are the fish I CURRENTLY have in my 10 gallon - waiting to get transferred to the 55g when it is ready:

* 5 balloon mollies (momma and 4 babies who are big enough to be in the actual tank now not just the breeder box)
* 5 neon tetras
* 2 albino cories
* 2 julii cories



I plan to ADD:

* 10 more neon tetras
* 6 more albino cories (plan to trade in the julii cories if possible)
* 2 pearl gouramis
* 8 glo fish
* 8 cherry barbs

* possibly 6 praecox rainbows
(I've asked on numerous forums and all have said the tank is STOCKED, but not overstocked, if you have opinions please let me know though!)



Would it matter what order I introduce them? Thoughts are welcome!
 
Okay cool thanks for the input.
I was thinking of skipping them anyhow because it looks like I'd have to special order them.

If I did decide to keep the praecox, what other group would I need to not have?
 
You could choose between the danios, barbs, and rainbows...so if you wanted the praecox remove one of the other two groups from the list.

As far as order, it makes no difference as long as you monitor your params for any spikes. Just not all at once...
 
also - one more question :) if I decided to keep the julii's I know I would need to get about 4 more of them (or so I hear, they seem very happy as a pair but I've heard with more albino's they will become outcasts).

If I decided to get 6 julii's and 6 albino corys, would that be okay? Or is that too many bottom feeders? I wouldn't see the need to eliminate another group in this situation because these are my only bottom fish but please correct me if I'm wrong. =)
 
I Have Read At Several Places

You did not say what kind of cycle you are using. One of the differances with fishless cycle is that you apparently do not have to add stock in steps.

This sort of makes sense in terms of what I am seeing in my current cycle. My cycle is in the middle with my nitrite level high. I am adding amonia every 24 hours and bringing my amonia level up to 2+ppm. The amonia level drops to zero in 24 hours. I assume I have suffiecient bacteria to reduce a fairly large amount of bacteria in a fairly short amount of time.

Mark
 
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