thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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No Petco or Petsmart or some other kind of pet shop with aquariums?
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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Order from Ebay. Adding DEAD bacteria does nothing.
Or, use the tried & true mentioned of fishless cycling.
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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ordered tetra safestart....meanwhile i'm using cycle and keeping a close eye on water params. Now that i've added the fish, should i remove the piece of shrimp i threw in the tank as a source of ammonia?
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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I hope you did a LARGE WC after removing the shrimp?

IDK why you couldn't wait until you had a thoroughly cycled tank before adding this fish? Basically, you have added him to a non-cycled tank & you have added dead bacteria (more waste to add ammonia).
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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got filter media from another tank.
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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That's a start but there isn't enough bacteria in there to support a GSP. Do you have test kits for ammonia/nitrite/nitrate? Use it often.
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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He's 1.5" in a 33 gallon. The bioload in this tank is nothing. I test the tank 2 times a day.
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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Great!
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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I got ATM Colony. Has anyone ever try it?
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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....

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Well, ammo and nitrite are both at 0. they never reached over .25
Seems like Colony helped cycle the tank a lol quicker than normal.
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