That's exactly what I do fanatic, and i can throw fish (hardy ones at least) into a tank that's 3-4 days old. The only caution I'd take when doing that is if you have a problem with parasites or something in the tank you're using.
210 tanganyikan tank - start to finish
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yeah i have done that but dont have a tank at the moment, so i just get the bacteria in a bottle and put fish in 20 minutes later 
alright, so i ordered some of my stocklist and offlist the other day and today i go to follow up with the order thats being shipped tomorrow to my airport.... i ordered 2 lepidiolamprologus kendalli (nkambae bay) , 4 lamprologus lemairii, 3 neolamprologus tetracanthus, 3 sexfasciatus golds, 3 julidochromis dickfeldi, 1 golden nugget, and 1 king tiger pleco... i call the vendor up and he goes i was about to call you! i have some bad news! the lemairii and tetracanthus have all died! (im like wtf in my head) i sayaddicted2cichlids;1735799; said:
are you serious. he goes yeah and its weird cuz they were housed with other fish and theyre still alive! i call BS. anyways he goes on to say that he'd recommend i just replace them with some king tiger plecos because i originally wanted 3 and when i did the order he told me he only had 1 king tiger pleco and that he just noticed he had more than 1 now. doesnt this sound like BS. how do you not know your own stock
moving along, so im bummed cuz i wanted the lemairii's due to their rarety in the hobby and the tetracanthus... so i ended up with 3 kendalli, 3 sexfasciatus golds, and 3 dickfeldi along with the golden nugget and king tiger. still kind of bummed cuz i was looking forward to the ones that MYSTERIOUSLY DIED!nice!!! those fish are going to have SOO much room hahaha. you could throw like 30 more fish in anddd i got my tank up tonight!!! filter is spitting out some bubbles and i need to get the wiring all situated but if thats all not bad
anddd i got my tank up tonight!!! filter is spitting out some bubbles and i need to get the wiring all situated but if thats all not bad i know, i wanna but then again i dont want to overcrowd the tank. so for sure ill have 9 fronts, 2 boulengerochromis, 3 kendallis, 3 sex golds, and 3 dickfeldis in the 210 and the plecos will be housed with my ocellatus blues.Sic_Maggot13;1754351; said:nice!!! those fish are going to have SOO much room hahaha. you could throw like 30 more fish in
im still looking around for the lemairii and tetracanthus and ill be straight!...
thats good man! so whered you end up getting your tank from? mbunas?
you workin tomorrow so i can waste your time!
haha i got it from AW, no mbunas...just peacocks and haps. i work to today from 1-7 hahahahaaddicted2cichlids;1754388; said:
gonna hit up the airport today. my fish come in at 2:15 
i hope theyre okay when they come in! ill post some pics once they get settled!
i hope theyre okay when they come in! ill post some pics once they get settled!
there is only 2 test mbunas in it right now...once i get some more fishaddicted2cichlids;1755584; said:
im sure they will br unless the guy shipping them is a moron, ive gotten fish from japan and they were fineaddicted2cichlids;1755586; said:gonna hit up the airport today. my fish come in at 2:15
