online fish order

jacobsdad09

jacobsdad09

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ok so this is more of a question of being a newbie to the online market then newbie tank question....

i made my first online purchase and with the weather conditions the order will be shipped on next monday and ill be here tues to receive the package....so the order
started as a clean up crew since im in a major need of a ramp up and of course i got sucked into trying to get free shipping so i bought a couple fish to go along with the order since basicly they were free......now my main question is:

my tank has be up for a little over a year and seems fine but how do i add 4 fish all at once?
will it cause a spike of any sort? and should I try to rescape the tank in the dark to keep the aggression down with the new additions vs current livestock?
when should i do my first feed, soon after or let the aggression chill first?


not really into explaining setup and all that i know that certain fish will be more aggressive but basiclly the fish coming are anthias, one 4 stripe damsel, snowflake eel and my current live stock is 2 clowns, blue azure damsel and salfin tang.

and yes i understand what COULD/MIGHT happen with the eel, like i said im new to online purchases not the hobby lol
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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I would feed like you have been and slowly ramp it up over the course of a couple weeks. An established system shouldn't have problems with new additions.

Since the tank has been set up for a while, I wouldn't touch the live rock. If you move it, it might cause an ammonia spike at this point.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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jacobsdad09 said:
ok so my tank has be up for a little over a year and seems fine but how do i add 4 fish all at once?
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Four fish at once has the potential to overwhelm the system. t will probably be fine but if you're like me you like having a higher confidence level than probably.

What I would recommend it that you slowly increase the amount of food you feed your fish. Try to time the increased food supply so that by the time your new fish arrive you are already feeding the tank as if they were already there. This extra food will stress the tank only slightly and will give the bacteria populations time to expand to meet the new demand.

That said, four new fish should ideally go into a cycled quarantine tank that has already gone through the feeding process I described above.
 
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