MY 10 gallon nano! (STOCKED)

[Koa]

I just orderd it a few days ago, it should be here soon (yea its stability)

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Sounds good.. regardless, I'd add a dose of that when you first add fish even if the tank is cycled... can't do any harm

 

[Koa]

Just did a test, no ammonia nitrate or nitrite still waiting for ammonia to kick in so i can see if my biological filtration is working ph is down to 8 also

 

[Koa]

UPDATE: My ammonia has gone up a little and my high ph has raised to 8.8 why did it raise?(might be 8.4 or 8.8 But it looks very dark purple to me)

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Hopefully you'll soon see a rise in nitrite/ nitrate soon too.. the high ph could be contributed to your ammonia. Ammonia has a fairly high ph so this could definetly be a factor.

Test the ph again after you start seeing reductions in ammonia, most likely it will also go down

 

[Koa]

Ok

 

[Koa]

Ok just tested today no ammonia or nitrate to be found i've added a decent amount of pellets everyday, I even turned off my filter I think my tank was probably cycled at one point but my water change screwed everything up just going to wait for my bio-spira that I just orderd to come in the mail put that in and maybe give it a week till I add fish.

 

[Koa]

I just dossed my tank with seachem prime and seachem stability hopfully that'll start up my bio-filter

 

[Koa]

Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Copper 0
Calcuim 450
High pH 8.1
All my levels are good but if I add fish and my biological filtration isnt working im screwed...
i've added 2m of seachem stability
1m of prime
My water temp stays around 79-80 i orderd a bottle of bio-spira just incase the stability doesnt work i've added around a total of 20 pellets the past few days and my ammonia hasnt spiked at all turned my filter and powerhead off also!

 

[WolveX]

Hi Koa, I just had my tank cycled as well. I'm working on my stock list as well. My stock would be

2 Clownfish
1 Goby (Yasha/watchmen)
2 Cerith Snail
2 Trochus Snail
2 Nassarius Snail
1 Blue Legged Hermit
1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
1 Randalli's Pistol Shrimp
1 Pom Pom Crab
3 Sexy Shrimp

Hopefully this will not too much for my 10g as well. Ofcourse I will add in stock slowly.

 

[Adam113]

I have two clownfish and a goby in my 29g. I can't imagine these fish in my 10. Just seems too tight in my opinion and not fair to the fish.

 

[Koa]

I honestly would just stick with the 2 clownfish (make sure they're small) I wouldent add a 3rd fish in such a small tank already stocked with 2 active fish and make sure your salinity is right at 1.25 for those inverts

 

[WolveX]

Noted. Thanks for the advice. I guess i will keep at only 2 ocellaris Clown

 

[Adam113]

I'm no expert, just my opinion!

 

[Koa]

If your heart is set on a yasha/shrimp pair you could try it but a pair of clowns would be very aggressive in that small of a tank towards other fish

 

[WolveX]

Yeah, I know I'm pushing it... so I'm going to let it stabilize after I add 2 clowns to check if the system can handle them or not before I decide on the pistol/goby. Need to go slow and let it handle itself. Need to wait for it to mature before pushing it more.