Well, as if my Koi mts wasnt enough, we just adopted a 3 yo res! She is currently in a 100g tank on our front deck. A big girl at about 11 inches long, with an outgoing and curious personality.
Dont have any major issues so far, but we are having what seems to be a mini cycle. Her tank came with rocks and some riverrock substrate, but im not sure how long it had been torn down. She had only one underwater filter rated for a 40 gallonand tank, so Im sure her water quality was far from ideal. Today I vacummed and did a pwc, then several hours later en tested her water. Ammonia was zero, but nitrates were around .35! I dosed the water with prime when i replaced the 50 percent with the water change. I dosed again with 2 capfuls of prime and STILL got the same nitrite reading! Ugh! It took a long time to get all my koi tanks cycled and now Im starting all over again! Tomorrow im going to seed her filters....i added a hagen underwater filter......with some established medium from my other tanks. Then I guess Ill do daily wc's until its stabilized. i do have a question about a tankmate for her. Since she is outside and has lots of algae growth, would love to put one of my larger sized plecos in with her. Would this be a problem? The pleco is 6-7 inches long, so - dont think he will endup being a meal for her, and since plecs prefer warmer water, he may be better off there than in my cooler carp tanks! Any advice or opinions would be greatly appreciated! I
