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I've read many reports on fishless cycling. Half say you can fully stock your tank after and the other half say stock it slowly. Trying to find out which way it is.
Well it depends HOW exactly you fishless cycle, but in general one of the positives of fishless cycling is that it allows you to fully stock your tank right away.chessjunkie said:I've read many reports on fishless cycling. Half say you can fully stock your tank after and the other half say stock it slowly. Trying to find out which way it is.
You don't have to worry about this. Even if the amount is higher, bacteria multiply quickly, within 24 hours. I've cycled to 1ppm sucessfully, and suspect that's not even necessary, but usually suggest 1-2 ppm to be safe. If fully stocking with adults, go to 3ppm. Those recommendations are padded to ensure safety.IF the amount of ammonia you use in your fishless cycling is the same as generated by the final stock levels in the tank, then you can add all the fish at once. But that is very difficult to determine.
It's always a good idea to check ammnonia/nitrite in the first few days, that I'll agree with. But, nothing 'unsafe' about fully stocking with fish after fishless cycling. When stocking aggressive cichlids, introducing some before others only puts the later arrivals at a disadvantage.The safer option is to introduce the fish in groups. Those groups don't have to be very small, but you will still need to keep a close eye on the ammonia and nitrite levels for a while.
Cool, good to know that it works so well. I guess I have just been over careful in the past. I do the stocking one species at a time, starting from the least agressive one, that seems to works reasonably well without too many troubles.You don't have to worry about this. Even if the amount is higher, bacteria multiply quickly, within 24 hours. I've cycled to 1ppm sucessfully, and suspect that's not even necessary, but usually suggest 1-2 ppm to be safe. If fully stocking with adults, go to 3ppm. Those recommendations are padded to ensure safety.