Can I more then 2 fish?

[dannyab84]

So I am currently combining my two tanks into one 55 gallon. I'm putting my Pico (4 gallon) and my 20 gallon into it with all the rock and fish. I bought about 80 pounds of rock which was cooking in my garage and the persons that I bought it from for about month or so. Before that all the rock was in a 200 gallon reef tank. In the garage it has had no light but, it did always have a skimmer and filter on it. The filter was actually clean after I took it out not even a mark on the pad.. However from my 20 I have 3 fish my flame angle, bi color blenny, and a chromes Along with my clownfish from my pico in the sump. I already added to the tank about 5 corals and a stripped cardinal fish. They are doing great and don't show signs of any stress. They have been in there for 2 days now and ammonia has seemed to jump up to somewhere between a 0-0.25 but, I think that's because there is no light on one side of the tank where my rock from the pico has gone and there is a little die off. I am using my other AI Vega for that side and have to wait till all my corals are in before I take it off my other tank. For the nitrate its between a 5-10. So my question is can I add all my other fish and coral's from my other tank now or should I wait? I would be moving the rock that is in that tank as well over and wanted to know if that would help push back the cycle of the tank. P.S. I used all new sand too. Thank you for anyone who comments and let me know if you need anymore info!

 

[Andrew9307]

the new sand could be contributing to ammonia and nitrates. I wouldn't add anything until you get it under control completely adding more fish would be adding more bio load so parameters will change do a good water change like 5 gal a week for 2=3 weeks and see how much that will make your water quality. it should help a lot I had a 90 gal reef and I did 10 gal water change a week and had great results.