How Long To Wait Before Adding Fish To New Aquarium. As a good rule of thumb only add up to 3 fish at a time to your tank. We will discuss cycling your aquarium in this article.
After 24 hours you can put your fish again in its place. Adding Fish to the New Aquarium. As a good rule of thumb only add up to 3 fish at a time to your tank.
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It usually take about 3-6 weeks for a new aquarium to go through the initial Nitrogen cycle. Set up a tank and advice will vary greatly on how long you should leave it before adding fish. To put an idea of time scale on how quickly this cycle takes place when you first set up a fish tank with new water filter media and the like it is around 40 days for 1 complete cycle to take place. Introduce new fishes once every 2-3 weeks after the initial phase and monitor the ammonia and nitrate levels.
