Adding fish

[aslmx]

Tanks been running 6 weeks cycle is finished besides some algae stuff going on. I put my clowns in a week ago and they are doing fine. Thinking about adding 2- fire fish and a diamond goby next week. Would that be ok or is it still too early?

 

[vetteguy53081]

wait at least a week to 10 days to see how fish is doing and a water test to show how tank is doing prior to addition of fish.

 

[nano_ryan]

If your ammonia and nitrites are 0, you should be fine.

 

[Bossman]

How big is the tank?

I have to say, it's hard to wait after you've cycled the tank. But, I have also lost a few fish when I first started in the hobby. It can take time for disease or infection to show on a newly added fish if it wasn't quarantined before adding.

When you add those fish to a new tank you're increasing the biological load. The beneficial bacteria needs to catch up with the new load. I would try to wait at least a couple of weeks before adding more.