Adding first fish after 1 week of cycle and inverts in the tank
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kempobmx1
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If all you LR is already in the tank and you already have some inverts then go ahead and add the clowns if your levels are holding. I also have a 29g BioCube and also added two Percula Clowns as my first fish. I just had to wait longer because I added 20lbs of uncured LR about a week in.
Clowns are very hardy fish and even if your levels go a little off from the increase in bio load you shouldn't worry.
Clowns are very hardy fish and even if your levels go a little off from the increase in bio load you shouldn't worry.
pezenfuego
Active Member
Originally Posted by IbanEz
http:///forum/post/3254518
So it has only been set up for a week? or it has been set up for longer than a week and all the levels of amonia and nitrite have raised and dropped and remained non-existant for a week?
There is no set way to go about it. Personally, I would ghost feed for a week (just as if you already have the fish). If I can get through that week of ghost feeding without a spike, then I add fish.
http:///forum/post/3254518
So it has only been set up for a week? or it has been set up for longer than a week and all the levels of amonia and nitrite have raised and dropped and remained non-existant for a week?
There is no set way to go about it. Personally, I would ghost feed for a week (just as if you already have the fish). If I can get through that week of ghost feeding without a spike, then I add fish.
hunt
Active Member
Originally Posted by kempobmx1
http:///forum/post/3254508
Clowns are very hardy fish and even if your levels go a little off from the increase in bio load you shouldn't worry.
Just felt like saying an example to how hardy they are, the first day i set up my first and only saltwater tank(so i had no expirience) right away i added uncured live rock and an ocellaris clown, that clown survived The cycle and i didnt do a water change untill about two months after the forst day the tank was set up, they are very hardy fish. I still have that clown two years later.
http:///forum/post/3254508
Clowns are very hardy fish and even if your levels go a little off from the increase in bio load you shouldn't worry.
Just felt like saying an example to how hardy they are, the first day i set up my first and only saltwater tank(so i had no expirience) right away i added uncured live rock and an ocellaris clown, that clown survived The cycle and i didnt do a water change untill about two months after the forst day the tank was set up, they are very hardy fish. I still have that clown two years later.