cycling tank

[whipitboy]

will 5 firefish gobies with few inverts do it? do i need to add anything?sand bed is 2.5 inch 150 gal wet dry with bio balls . i havent put charcoal bag in yet should I? protein skimmer broke so its off? its been 12-14 weeks running 2 weeks of the with fish. what to do?

 

[fshhub]

i would not use them to cycle with, inverts probably wont survive, and same for the ff
if you got them, get them in a q tank till the cycle is over, and use lr adn ls and or shrimp

 

[whipitboy]

oh man i thought inverts were the thing to cycle with

 

[fshhub]

nope, grocieiry grade shrimp is the best, actually

 

[fshhub]

actualy inverts add nalmos tno bioload, and not near enough to start a cycle(maybe if you want to wati a year to cycle)

 

[whipitboy]

ouch .no sounds bad. in morning ill ask friends for anybody local with salt tank.i cant murder all these inverts. and the firefish aernt hardy enough?

 

[fshhub]

ff are a ??? but i would not gamble on it , if it were me
HTH