Cuc Timing?

[Shimis]

How soon do I add the clean up crew after adding fish? also does the clean up crew drive up the ammonia?

 

[LynzieS]

Depends on your water parameters. Inverts don't like high nitrates. Usually newly cycled tanks have higher nitrates and those need to be under control before a clean up crew is added. There also has to be enough food to sustain them. I got my nitrates to under 15ppm and added a few snails, waited a couple weeks, and added more as needed.

 

[Shimis]

Depends on your water parameters. Inverts don't like high nitrates. Usually newly cycled tanks have higher nitrates and those need to be under control before a clean up crew is added. There also has to be enough food to sustain them. I got my nitrates to under 15ppm and added a few snails, waited a couple weeks, and added more as needed.

Thank you for the advice

 

[SDK]

Have you added fish yet?

I start adding CUC after the cycle has completed and as soon as I see algae starting to form. They are usually in my tank well before the fish.