Add Fish to New Tank on Day 1 - (It Works Every Time)

The days of waiting weeks for a new tank to cycle are gone. We can now instant cycle aquariums with multiple methods. A traditional method is to use seeded media from another tank to instantly cycle your new aquarium. But what if it's your first tank and you don't have access to seeded media?

Seachem Prime and Stability are going to allow you to cycle your tank instantly and also add new fish in on day 1!

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[malingator]

I know this is an old video but I cannot thank you enough for it! Being an "old school" guy who hasn't had a tank in over 15 years, this was the best info on Thanks for being clear and making common sense! Just ordered my new Flowerhorn without fear of my tank cycle ending and crashing!!! 👍💯

[MoonDrop]

Thank god for seachem stability and prime Added my fish the first day and 6 months later THRIVING .. have not lost one fish and all are growing healthy and strong 💪

[isisproenza]

My brain was in "panic mode water change" until I saw this video LOL. And bought Prime and Stability right away to keep my suicide squad (Guppy and mystery snail) alive during cycling. You are awesome!

[yurty]

After 2 months of a fishless cycle that would not start for me, I completely emptied out my tank and started over from scratch. I followed your advice on this video and my cycle finally kicked in. No fish lost and my community tank is FINALLY up and running. Thank you very much for the advice KaveMan 👍🏻

[ZebraCatfish]

This is an +A video on adding fish to a new tank. What I love about your videos is they a clear, short and to the point. This is by far the best and most important video to watch for a new (or veteran) person in the hobby. Well done Kev. 👍👍

[michaelhembree]

Man, I would have saved alot of time if I would have found your channel sooner.. so well explained! Thank you

[johnharrison]

Hey Kev! Just wanted to say thank you for this video. I have been trying to cycle a tank with fish for 2-1/2 months now and just couldn't get it to cycle. I was already using the Seachem Prime and Stability you had recommended in a previous video along with 50% water changes and was getting nowhere. After watching this video, I stopped with the water changes and within 1-1/2 weeks my tank finally cycled! Best part, no fish deaths. Thank you so much or what you do on this channel! As a beginner, it is so helpful to be able to get advice from pros like yourself. Congratulations on the Sachem ambassadorship! Well deserved! Keep up the great work!!

[CarlosWillis]

Hands down the most informative and likeable fish-man on YT.

[LoneWolfk]

Your guides have been a life saver. I recently set up a 2.2 gallon tank for my daughter in her room. We added a betta and a mystery snail. I added de-chlorinator and kick start to the water on day 1. I saw cloudiness by day 3 (bacterial bloom). The betta seemed unaffected, but I was noticing nitrate and nitrite spikes on the test strip. I think at day 4 or 5 it was showing "danger" on the test strip. It has been a full 7 days since the tank was set up. I just added doses of kick start when things were out of whack. I followed that up by making sure to clean up uneaten fish food, visible poop, and algae wafers. The tank finally cleared up today and my levels are finally balanced. The tank is as clear as it was on day 1. My filter media only has some small brown spots where the water nozzles flow through. The snail and the betta are very active. They don't seem overly stressed from the process. The snail is just a lazy turd (he made me think he was dead a couple times before climbing to the top of the tank and parachuting back to the bottom). Overall, it just took a little patience and monitoring. Had I not watched your tutorials, I would have probably been doing unnecessary water changes and scratching my head! Thank you for your time and knowledge!

[janehalper]

Hi Kev
I am one of those old dudes you talk about who knew nothing about all the fantastic new stuff available these days, from LED tank lights to Seachem Prime. I followed your directions with my new 155 litre community tank of panda corys, cardinal tetras, flying foxes, an angel and a ram. Every day I have added one capful of Prime, 40 ml quickstart (because the store sent me home with that) and some general aquarium plant food to the water. No water changes. (that was the hardest part to take on board, but you explained it so clearly, it made sense. No water changes while cycling!)

About 2 weeks passed, testing every day and I freaked out when I saw the first signs of ammonia and ran to the computer to watch your video again. Okay..no water changes, you definitely said that. Geez but it was hard to resist whipping out half a tank of water but I stayed on track. Watched the ammonia climb from 0.5 to 1.0 and then the nitrites began the other day, with ammonia maintaining at 1.0.

Meanwhile another week on and continuing the daily treatments. Low nitrates are showing and the water remains crystal clear thanks to an inside filter and the Tidal 55 filter you recommended and which I set up the way you said to in your video. The fish are looking healthy and happy and I want to thank you so much for making these videos. Nobody else set it out so clearly, including the staff at the aquarium shop who told me not to use Prime as it would interfere with the cycling. They obviously haven't read the info on the bottle.

In my day the popular wisdom held that cardinal tetras and neons couldn't be added until the tank had been set up at least six months. I haven't lost a single fish doing it your way, so thank you so much!


And good luck with your foray into plants!

[charliewolf]

I had a tank with Bala sharks for 10 years. They’ve out grown it and I’m working on a brand new tank. I really trust Prime products too! I like your style, super easy to understand and I appreciate your wisdom! Thanks again looking forward to more content!

[worldsbestfun]

This is a Phenomenal Channel!! :) I have Literally been waiting over 40 years to have a large fish tank. Waiting for Life to settle down a bit. I Always wanted to know the knowledge that is well presented here. Seriously, Huge Thank You! Mark :)

[johanamel]

Hello kev! I started This on 11/15 and on 12/01 I changed the water because nitrates finally reached 40 ppm and ammonia and nitrites are 0. After a day of water change I tested and ammonia is 0 nitrite is 0 and nitrates is 20. I think we have fully cycled this tank. Thank you so much!

[CrazyxpAaron]

New Betta owner! Petsmart staff never mentioned anything about cycling and well here I am now learning. And I'm glad I don't have to return our fish to cycle.
New Subscriber!

[deejones]

Best Aquarium Cycling advise on YouTube. Put the fish in, use Stability and Prime and let the Aquarium do what's it's going to do.
Wish I had seen this before I set up my aquarium.
Cycling an aquarium isn't as easy as some folks make it out to be.
You can sometime find yourself after two months and still the aquarium not cycled.
So don't stress it...

[lowribrooke]

Just rescued two goldfish from a 25L tank, upgraded them to a 90L (I know still isn't big enough but it's what I can fit in my house). Gotta say, haven't stopped watching your videos and you've helped my fish settle in to their new tank so much more safely than I could have without the knowledge, so thank you! Got prime and stability coming today 😁

[tomtredgett]

As a newbie to this hobby, this video saved my fish! Thank you 😊
Got Seachem and tested today ammonia 0.5 nitrite 0.5 and Nitrate 10mg/l
Two days ago I tested, and everything was 0....
Surprised me how quick these levels can go up, and I've got a 55gallon tank...

[rconnection]

Thank you for this! Just purchased both products for same day delivery!! We were at the pet store getting dog food and my son fell in love with a blue Betta fish ( his first new pet since our others are twice his age already) so I asked the workers what we need to buy and they sold us $150 of new stuff including a small 3 gallon new tank and told us that we can put the fish in after 15 minutes! After we got home and I set up the tank, I googled how to add the fish and even posted in a moms group on Facebook. A lot of people said 15 minutes was fine, some 24 hours, some right away.. but I don’t think what they realize that I have a brand new fish tank that has not been cycled! Luckily, one commentor told me about the cycling and that I can’t do it with the fish in but it’s tricky. So then I found your YouTube at five in the morning here and ordered the products to be delivered same day. I’m just open. My little guy survives in his cup that he came in until tomorrow afternoon when we can get all the products!

[TALEI]

You are incredible I just subscribed. Bought three new fish home ; two fancy goldfish and a comet goldfish. Couldn’t wait so I added a dechlorinator / conditioner to get it started.

[gregory]

Kevin. I have been keeping Chiclids of all types for 45 years. I know you are a Seachem ambassador. But, fritz turbo is a Far superior product to Seachem Stability. The fritz turbo is shipped cold. It's live bacteria. I've done tests on both. I am not saying that Stability does not work. Only that in my tests and experience fritz is much better.
I do watch your videos. You are doing a great job.
Thanks