So I'm going to get a puffer fish...

dump some ammonia in there and test is how most people do it... but since you did a fish in cycle... you may have an issue. The bacteria have become accustomed to the bio load of the bbgs but nothing else, your tank may begin to cycle again because puffers have a high biolad as they produce alot of ammonia
 
When I get the f8 I'll feed it every other day. I might even return the bumble bee gobies if it's gonna be too much bio-load. Don't forget the growing plants which will eat up ammonia and nitrites like a fat kid.
 
I actually agree. In case of other inhabitants in the tank, I like to feed my guys twice a day, just to ensure they are fed and not looking for fishy fins to nip at!
But do clean up after them
 
Ok, so I'll get bio spira with the f8 to help with the puffer's messy habits, and I'll acclimate after I get the puffer.
 
To reduce the amount of ammonia in the tank, I was thinking of putting pregnant ghost shrimp in the tank because:
When their eggs hatch, that will be food for the gobies.
If I accidentally put in too much food, they should be able to clean it up.
I have plenty of bite sized ghost shrimp in the pond that would be great for the bumblebee gobies and the puffer fish. By the time I buy the figure 8 fish, the ghost shrimp larvae will have become miniature adults which would still be good for feeding to all the tank inhabitants.
Is this a good idea?
 
MudskipperFan said:
To reduce the amount of ammonia in the tank...
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I believe that you misunderstand the source of ammonia. It comes from any form of decay, whether it is from excess food, or fish waste decomposition. Ghost shrimp in the tank will not reduce ammonia, they will raise it. If your tank is well cycled, the extra ammonia will quickly be converted from ammo to nitrItes and then nitrAtes. If you want ghost shrimp in the tank, and understand that they will likely get eaten, then I see no problem with this. I do reccomend feeding all your fish at least once a day, though.
 
Hebily said:
I believe that you misunderstand the source of ammonia. It comes from any form of decay, whether it is from excess food, or fish waste decomposition. Ghost shrimp in the tank will not reduce ammonia, they will raise it. If your tank is well cycled, the extra ammonia will quickly be converted from ammo to nitrItes and then nitrAtes. If you want ghost shrimp in the tank, and understand that they will likely get eaten, then I see no problem with this. I do reccomend feeding all your fish at least once a day, though.
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When I said that ghost shrimp would reduce ammonia I meant that they would clean up any of the frozen brine shrimp that the fish didn't eat. When I fed my fish once a day they didn't eat all of their food, but now that I feed them every other day they'll be hungrier and thus eat more.
 
What are you using as an ammonia source? What is your nitrate?
 
MudskipperFan said:
When I said that ghost shrimp would reduce ammonia I meant that they would clean up any of the frozen brine shrimp that the fish didn't eat. When I fed my fish once a day they didn't eat all of their food, but now that I feed them every other day they'll be hungrier and thus eat more.
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The problem he's talking about is, Who eats the shrimp waste? It's the bacteria. So, as the shrimp eat, they put out ammonia as well. Think of it this way, BBs put out 50 points of ammonia. You have 2. So the bacteria can handle 100 points of ammonia. Shrimp will put out 25 points. So the bacteria will have to grow a little bit to handle them. These numbers I just made up, so don't use them as a guide of any kind, other than as an example.

Anyway, I'd continue to test every day for at least another week.

When you add the puffer you'll get what they call a mini cycle. Where you'll have to do water changes while the bacteria colony grows. Until then, we want to make sure that the colony is safe.
 
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