When do you determine when you can add more livestock?

[momonosuke]

Hi Everyone,

How do you decide when it’s the right time, in a newer tank, to add more livestock?

I have a tank about 2 months old going through its ugly stage, it processes its current bioload Ammonia in good time, and everything seems to be going good.

Should I wait until I reach another week or so with stable parameters before I add?

 

[Baldyreef]

Hi Everyone,

How do you decide when it’s the right time, in a newer tank, to add more livestock?

I have a tank about 2 months old going through its ugly stage, it processes its current bioload Ammonia in good time, and everything seems to be going good.

Should I wait until I reach another week or so with stable parameters before I add?

what fish are you thinking of adding first?

 

[momonosuke]

Hi Everyone,

How do you decide when it’s the right time, in a newer tank, to add more livestock?

I have a tank about 2 months old going through its ugly stage, it processes its current bioload Ammonia in good time, and everything seems to be going good.

Should I wait until I reach another week or so with stable parameters before I add?

what fish are you thinking of adding first?

I currently have a banggai and a pair of clowns, along with a handful of snails and a fire red shrimp. I’m looking to add a goby.
I’m not in too much of a rush, but wanted to see if there was a general rule to follow i guess

 

[Baldyreef]

I currently have a banggai and a pair of clowns, along with a handful of snails and a fire red shrimp. I’m looking to add a goby.
I’m not in too much of a rush, but wanted to see if there was a general rule to follow i guess

depending on the goby it should be fine to add but its worth keeping in mind that the tank is still fairly young and can still swing largely for a number of reasons

 

[Privateye]

In general you start slow and can add more as time goes on. When your system is new, the bacteria need to proliferate to handle the new input of nitrogen. So you'll typically start with 1 or 2 small fish and let the bacteria grow to handle their waste. Once the tank has a larger bioload and the bacteria to handle it, adding another fish isn't as much of an increase in demand as it is in the early stages.