How much time between adding fish?

[tigerbarb88]

Hello again ac

so my question is, how much time should I allow between adding new fish to the aquarium?

say I buy a school of 5 fish, say tetras. I put the first fish in the tank, then, how long should I wait in between before I add the next one?

Im asking because my ammonia and nitrite levels are at 0, and I want to keep it like that. I want to allow enough time to allow the necessary bacteria to form.

Thanks.

 

[DSR]

I would wait a week unless there is a hurry. Test the water parameters every couple of days and when you see consistant results of 0,0 then you should be alright.

 

[tigerbarb88]

I would wait a week unless there is a hurry. Test the water parameters every couple of days and when you see consistant results of 0,0 then you should be alright.

A week? so for a school of 5 tetras, there would be a wait of 5 weeks? nooooo :silly:

 

[Rbishop]

Read the post again....add more when your tests show zero on ammonia and nitrites...

 

[tigerbarb88]

Read the post again....add more when your tests show zero on ammonia and nitrites...

Ohhh ok now that makes sense. Thanks

 

[OldMan47]

If you buy 5 fish at once, they all go in at once. You can't just leave them in the bag from the fish store for any significant amount of time.

 

[allecb]

yeah just add em in all at once. 5 fish especially tetras (well depending on the size) wont do anything to the bioload.

and if you're that paranoid, just buy like 3 at a time or something.

 

[AquatiCreations]

Just checking, but the tank did go through a cycle right?

Meaning Ammonia, and trites were above 0 at one time?