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Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 1:11 am
by sgtmyers88
No Petco or Petsmart or some other kind of pet shop with aquariums?
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:22 am
by Pufferpunk
Order from Ebay. Adding DEAD bacteria does nothing.
Or, use the tried & true mentioned of fishless cycling.
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:23 pm
by 1st timer
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?
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:21 am
by Pufferpunk
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).
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:17 pm
by 1st timer
got filter media from another tank.
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:57 pm
by Pufferpunk
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.
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:24 pm
by 1st timer
He's 1.5" in a 33 gallon. The bioload in this tank is nothing. I test the tank 2 times a day.
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:32 pm
by Pufferpunk
Great!
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:14 pm
by 1st timer
I got ATM Colony. Has anyone ever try it?
Re: thinking of picking up a gsp but....
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:25 pm
by 1st timer
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.