Advice Needed on whats next

badfet

Member
My tank has been cyclying for 6 weeks now and since the 4 week all of my reading were in normal limits. Over the weekend I took a sample of my water to the LFS, and according to the attendent. My water was fine, so based on that advice I bought some inverts, and two green chromis. 55 gal with 65 lbs LS, 55 lbs LR, 2 402's PHeads, berlin skimmer, wet/dry w/ bio, 300 watt heater. Thanks to all of you Ive made it this far, so I would like to say thank you. My question is how long should I wait before adding more inverts or fish? Right now I have 6 Hermits, 1 turbo snail, 1 green reef crab, 1 pepermint shirmp.
 

jim672

Member
badfet,
Congratulations on completing your cycle!
Adding more fish......probably want to wait 2 weeks or so until your biofiltration catches up with your new bioload.
Adding more inverts......inverts are scavengers. Their primary food source is going to be algea, leftover fish food, waste, etc. You can probably add "a few" more inverts but don't go crazy.....you don't want to starve the little guys. ;) As your tank continues to mature , you'll probably see more algea, etc and can
continue to add inverts to keep up with it.
Jim
 
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