New to freshwater fish

[Blackjacktang]

I have a 10 gallon fish tank. I have some quastions for all you.

1. How many fish can i hold in a 10 gallon
2. I have a filter that i said to remove nitrite and ammonia. Does that mean i have to what until my nitrate goes down still.
3. What things do i have to test for.

 

[seastaar88]

i suggest reading teh stickies at the top of the forum. you'll find most of your answers there!

you'll still need to cycle. i suggest removing the chemical filtration from your filter (unnessesary) and just leave the biological filtration (filter floss, etc). test your water for ammonia, nitrate and nitrite. in a few weeks, you'll have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite and some nitrates. that's when your cycle is over.

welcome to the tank

 

[MissFishy]

Read through the stickies and check out the link in my signature below.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Nitrate won't go away on its own. The only way to remove it is through doing a water change. But, it's not toxic to fish like the ammonia or nitrites are, so it's okay that it builds up a little between water changes.

 

[Blackjacktang]

How long will cycoling take if i add ro water to my tank?

 

[seastaar88]

same amount of time. RO water versus tap water does not make much, if any, difference in the cycle time.

 

[mka3]

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[mka3]

Can anyone tell me what is latin for this fish (look at my avatar)?
Thanx

 

[drumminfish]

Mka3, that picture's a little small, but it looks like a bumblebee goby or Brachygobius xanthozona.

 

[mka3]

thanx man. I can't catch it! It is always hidding, and when its on the move it is fast and gone
Thank you again.

 

[drumminfish]

No problem. If you're having trouble catching it, you can try the fish trap method, that seems to be a pretty workable method of safely catching fish, although I've never personally tried it.

 

[mka3]

No.It is not hidding.
"The Bumblebee Goby is a small, often quite dormant, bottom-dwelling fish....."because of their slow and quite dormant nature"...and I was thinking that is disease all about. But this "slow" concerns me, because when I aproach to tank its gone in the seconds.
btw I'm new here
GREETINGS TO ALL FISH LOVERS!!!!!!

 

[mka3]

No, when I said "catch" -->photo catch.
OK