Alrite to add some new fish today?

I have no personal experience with Cycle but have seen from many posts that it doesn't work. Please let your tank finish cycling, i.e. ammonia = 0, and nitrites = 0 before adding any more fish regardless of the size of your fish and tank.
Take care,
Mary.

Well, good luck with it. I would still wait until your Ammonia and Nitrites are at zero before adding anymore bioload.
Take care,
Mary.

i bought the proaquatics cycle and all it did was keep everything high, once i quit using it and just did regular water changes w/ 3 fish, it went a lot quick that using that stuff. like someone posted on here.. cant remember - biospira is little bacteria things that need to be feed etc (someone else jump in here!) so if a little slightly living thing has been sitting on a shelf and in a truck in the heat i doubt it's going to be good...

and one thing i never got - how can it be new and improved? you cant improve something new.... haha

No it's not a good idea to add more fish. Many people would say you shouldn't have added any fish at all until your cycle was finished.

But since you've already got the fish (and measureable ammonia) you need to do some water changes to get that ammonia down to almost unreadable levels and keep it that way for the duration of your cycle. When the cycle is finished, you can slowly add 1 or 2 more fish, while keeping an eye on the ammonia & nitrites and doing water changes if you should see a spike.

PS. I'm pretty sure Cycle is useless. I've never had success with it, and haven't heard any good reports from others either. You would do better to get yourself some Bio Spira ASAP. Many swear by it.

I just wanted to say I am a newbie to and I am still learning everything. I have no business giving anyone advice, so I won't. I just wanted to let you know I have had mine up about a month now. My ammonia and nitrite spiked and I have lost several fish. I have ich in my tank also. I assume it's from walmart. I think if I understand what everyone's been telling me it could be my fault I have ich caues my tank wasn't cycled and stressed the fish to this point! Am I right here? Just thought I would try to keep someone else from making my mistake. I have lost all four dwarf gouramis and three corys so far. Good luck to you............

syryjac2 said:

I think if I understand what everyone's been telling me it could be my fault I have ich caues my tank wasn't cycled and stressed the fish to this point! Am I right here?

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Ich is a parasite that likely hitched a ride in on your fish. You can treat it very effectively with salt, if you have a heater it will speed things up. Read this article and ask lots of questions here!
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39759

Cycle is snake oil -- it not only does not contain the proper bacteria for FW aquaria but any bacteria it does contain is most likely dead. Aquaria bacteria *MUST* be refridgerated or they will evenutually die, regardless of whatever claims Cycle wants to make.

Products that contain nitrobacters, such as Cycle and *many* others have been responsible for more than one huge nitrite spike in peoples' tanks. Nitrobacters are *not* permanent FW bacteria. They die off.

Currently Bio Spira is the only product that contains *all* the bacteria necessary for FW aquariums.

When your ammonia is 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates ~10-20ppm, then your tank is cycled. Do not add any more fish until the tank is cycled.

BTW, running your tank without fish or any other ammonia source will not cycle it. You have to have a source of ammonia to feed the first stage of bacteria.

Roan

If you have access to biospira, go get some. Follow instructions exactly.
It's wonderful stuff. I filled a clean tank with sterilized gravel, 1/2 RO water and 1/2 dechlor'd tap water and hooked up my filter. That night I picked up a pack of biospira and stashed it in the fridge. The next afternoon I dumped in the biospira and three zebra danio. Two days later I added four corydoras sterbaii. Everybody is happy as can be, never had ANY spikes in ammonia or nitrites or anything.

I'll never willingly start a tank without it again.