well eric may not be the best idea but I would stick them in there together and see what happens. But he probably wont ship until tomorrow so that gives you 2 days to get a new tank started...lol
I know i am going to get yelled at here but I set up my 10g quarantine tank up with some decorations from my 30g and used filter media , top fin bacteria supplement and had fish in it in less than an hour. This was over 2 months ago and the tank never shown any ammonia or nitrites readings. Currently housing those same fish and a couple new additions.
Ooooo. I'm bad. Never cycled my 20g properly (didn't know what it was then.) Oh yeah, bought a 5g and threw in the swordtail fry the same day. I tried cycling the new 6.6g, but I needed the space. Seems to be ok now with the..what...33 fry in there?
Well I will put them in my other tank for the time being and hope everyone gets along. I don't want to go out and buy everything for a new tank if they aren't alive yet and if they seem to get along with the other fish in my tank then I might just leave them in there. It will be overstocked but I will be doing plenty of water changes.