am I ready for fishy's?

hifi

hifi

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Hey all I have been cycling my tank for 16 days had LR, dead shrimp & used seachem stability I did a 10% water change 3 days ago now the water is super clear. My reading are as follows amm=0 trites=0 trates=10 ph=8.2 salt 1.024 temp at 80F. I still have brown alge on the sand but not lots. I also need to know when should I change some of my bio-media? I have a amm alert for back up shows water is safe. am I ready for a fish? I was thinking a clown or a damsel somthing simple, what about a clean up crew, or should I wait for my alge to turn green befor I put in a clean up crew? I cant wait, but can if I must.... Let me know
 
hifi

hifi

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I used a dead shrimp & the LR. My amm spiked at about 2ppm on about day five & trites spiked .5ppm on about day 11.
 
hifi

hifi

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:jumping: Cool I just wanted to be sure I know my tank cycled fast so I dont want any problems like harming fish or worse. Now for the payoff. :happyfish thanks all! Any recomendations on a good starter fish? I dont want somthing picky to start, I want to see how the tank reacts as well.
 
wax32

wax32

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How big is this tank? Is it going to have corals?
Remeber that saltwater fish live a long time unless you kill them, so don't rush into things. Read up on various fish and decide what you like. Marine Fishes by Scott Michael is a great, inexpensive book to give you ideas.
 
sweetdawn

sweetdawn

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also just buy one fish to start you want to add fish slowly so your tank adjusts and no damsels if you get damsels you will regret it
 
hifi

hifi

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My tank is 60g. not sure about coral but I would have to say yes. I do not want to rush into thing, & thanks for the damsel advice. & I weill take it slow with adding fish I dont want to crash my tank now. I thinf the book Marine Fishes by Scott Michael is a great idea & will look for it, or at least one like it. Thanks for the adice any more advice is welcome
remember I'm new at this & want do it right. BTW for lighting I have two 65W bulb 12000K DAYLIGHT & two 65W antinic BULB for a total of 260w its more than 4wats per gal.
 
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