10 Gallon Blue Ram + Runny Nose Tetra

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I finally got my 10 gallon tank running, I believe i cycled it before placing the new fish by squeezing some of the delicious juices from another tank filter.

So about the tank. its a 10 gallon planted tank with some java moss, java ferns, riccia, and some other stem plants that i forgot the name of.

For substrate I have flourite and sand and will hopefully get some more stem plants to put in.
Hardscape: got some found wood that i treated and some river rocks that i have found.

I will soon have picture up, just havent had the time to upload them to photobucket.

and for fish,
1 blue ram
6 runny nose
and maybe adding some other fish if its possible.

Filter: aquaclear 50 but might be changing it to a marineland bio wheel 30 since the aquaclear being really loud and its in my bed room.

Im still waiting till they get more comfortable with the new tank as they still seem to be scared and dull in color.

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Im a bit worried about the runny nose and the blue ram as they seem very frighted by light. so im debating if i should just turn on the lights and let them get use to it, or let them get more comfortable with there surroundings. There color did come out a bit but they still dont have that deep red nose. I also believe that i might not have enough cover for them to be more relax except they seem to like swimming in the open space.

water perimeters are okay
ph steady 7
ammonia 0
nitrite a bit high 0.5 roughly

[BelieveInBlue]

Your tank isn't cycled if there are nitrites... Did u mean nitrate? And the fish are new to the tank, give them a week and let them settle in.

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Your tank isn't cycled if there are nitrites... Did u mean nitrate? And the fish are new to the tank, give them a week and let them settle in.

Yeah there is nitrite, so hopefully it will go down, I know that nitrite are not as poisonous to them unless high level. Im guessing i should just wait till the cycled almost finished or should, I squeeze some more juices from my other cycled 10 gallon tank into the new one.

Oh i also finally got a picture up

and here is my cheap wannabe ADA tools

[BelieveInBlue]

If they're both 10 gallons, and the filters are the same, just swap the sponge on it. Bacteria need a surface to dwell on, the squeezings will help, but it's that mulm on the sponge and the filters that really harbor the good stuff. If the other tank is disease free and has been for at least 3 months, and isn't too heavily stocked, just swap the filters around.

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I would switch the filter burt ones an aquaclear 50 and the other ones a biowheel 30

[BelieveInBlue]

wait you have an AC50 for a TEN GALLON TANK??? holy hell talk about filtration overload... And do you mean Penguin 150 by marineland? If so, heres something you could do; (if the AC50 is on the already cycled tank), take a small mesh net or something (you can buy one at PJ's for like 5 bucks), and put some of the little biomedia things (the little cylinders that are on top of the carbon insert) in that bag, and then put that bag in the filter, and you should be good to go.

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Yeah i got a 2 10 gallon tanks one was a crappy petcetra one also got a stand ac50 filter and a marineland stealth heater which i traded it in for the new ones. ALL for 30 dollars!

The water seems to be staying steady and the nitrite aren't super high so i think the tank can naturally cycle since i havent seen any spikes. I am debating wether if i should try to pair the ram since it kinda looks lonely. OR get some oto or some cool cory catfish

[BelieveInBlue]

rams are sensitive to nitrogenous wastes in general. I would seed it a bit more to get it over with; it wont hurt and doesn't cost a ton. In a 10 gallon I wouldn't get a pair, unless you want to breed them. I'd get some pygmy cories, they're small enough that you can still add a school of 6 and not heavily impact your bioload.

[onefishtwofish]

sorry but i just have to say the fish are called rummy nose not runny and how red their noses get is a good water quality indicator. they r great little fish.