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Dan J. S. - 23 Feb 2004 14:33 GMT

I bought a bunch of cichlids at the Chicago show yesterday. I have a 120
gallon, fully cycled tank. I bought about 10 fish (to a tank that had about
6 already). Worrying about the ammonia spike, I added some Amquel. Is this
what most of you do when you buy fish at shows? I saw a lot of folks buying
10+ fish, so I am pretty sure this is not an uncommon problem. What do you
do to decrease the risk of shock when buying a lot of fish?

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Rick - 23 Feb 2004 15:23 GMT

> I bought a bunch of cichlids at the Chicago show yesterday. I have a 120
> gallon, fully cycled tank. I bought about 10 fish (to a tank that had about
> 6 already). Worrying about the ammonia spike, I added some Amquel. Is this
> what most of you do when you buy fish at shows? I saw a lot of folks buying
> 10+ fish, so I am pretty sure this is not an uncommon problem. What do you
> do to decrease the risk of shock when buying a lot of fish?

adding 10 fish to a cycled 120 g tank with only 6 in it will not create any
problems unless the 6 are huge Oscars or the one's you bought are large or
your tank is filtered by an Aqua Clear 150 . I'm sure your tank is filtered
properly. Adding fish to any tank will start a new mini cycling process but
I don't see a problem here.

Rick

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Dan J. S. - 23 Feb 2004 20:51 GMT

> > I bought a bunch of cichlids at the Chicago show yesterday. I have a 120
> > gallon, fully cycled tank. I bought about 10 fish (to a tank that had
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> Rick

I am running two 2028 Eheim filters... so the filtration is adequate - i
think! I appreciate the answer!

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