Heading for tank crash?

[klavmaister]

I have progressed very slowly with the aquarium, the aquarium only consists of two ocelaris fish but is quite stuffed with LPS corals and some soft, on Tuesday I am considering introducing 3 chromis, a dimond watchman gobby, a gramma loreto, a lysmata shrimp and a mini hepatus. the aquarium is red sea reefer 250, filtration only red sea rollermate (had to stop the protein skimmer) , as the nitrate levels plummet towards zero. is there too much fish, nitrate goes to the roof and crash tank or ok?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I have progressed very slowly with the aquarium, the aquarium only consists of two ocelaris fish but is quite stuffed with LPS corals and some soft, on Tuesday I am considering introducing 3 chromis, a dimond watchman gobby, a gramma loreto, a lysmata shrimp and a mini hepatus. the aquarium is red sea reefer 250, filtration only red sea rollermate (had to stop the protein skimmer) , as the nitrate levels plummet towards zero. is there too much fish, nitrate goes to the roof and crash tank or ok?

That's a lot of fish to add at once and the *potential* ammonia spike is what you should worry about, not increased nitrates.

Have you had the fish in quarantine? If so, you should add 2-3 at a time to allow the biofilter to catch up. If the fish are not in quarantine, you might consider this.

If it were me and I HAD to add 6-7 fish at once, I would also add some extra bottled bacteria for insurance.

Good luck!

 

[Nano_Man]

Slowly slowly in this game if not you could be heading for some problems . Bio load needs to catch up with any fish put in . Putting a lot of fish in at once then ammonia spike fish stressed and then disease out brake not worth the hassle and money loss . On the other hand you may get lucky but it’s not worth taking a 50 / 50 chance of success

 

[klavmaister]

thank you for your reply, the fish does not go into quarantine with me but with the dealer, costs a little extra but is worth it (multi stage with different medication, inspection etc). Good point, I might then consider splitting up the levrang to introduce half the psrt now, and the rest in a week or two

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

thank you for your reply, the fish does not go into quarantine with me but with the dealer, costs a little extra but is worth it (multi stage with different medication, inspection etc). Good point, I might then consider splitting up the levrang to introduce half the psrt now, and the rest in a week or two

Sounds like a good plan

 

[paragrouper]

Certainly a better plan, but you still might want to add that bottle of bacteria @eyoreismysprirtanaimal mentions above.

consider it a bit of insurance

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

And turn the skimmer back on... Even if you keep the collection cup off, it helps with gas exchange.

 

[klavmaister]

Certainly a better plan, but you still might want to add that bottle of bacteria @eyoreismysprirtanaimal mentions above.

consider it a bit of insurance

I guess I can use the same bacteria as when I cycle the tank? used dr tims