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suicidepotato

suicidepotato

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Hello everyone, do I need to be home and take a cut in pay for my new fish?? Blue hippotang show, foxface, yellow gobie,,snails crabs shrimp starfish ect,,,i am usually home by 4:30 or 5. Plus will these be ok with the the two clowns and 2 damsels I have already??125 gal,,,Oh and does anyone know about the foxface??Will he run from me when I clean my tank or will he try to sting me with his poisonus dorsil fin??Do I need rubber gloves whn I clean it now??Oh I also orderd a few live plants,,any suggestions on an esstablished tank in doing this?? And if I wanted to turn it into a coral reef tank what would be the fist steps in doing this and what would be needed?? I know this is alot of questions but please help if you can,,,thank you :help: :help: :help:
 
suicidepotato

suicidepotato

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renogaw,,,why would I go through all the trouble of typing all of that??Thank you for the insult,,,,if you cant say something nice say nothing at all,,,Anyone that could and would help please reply if not then dont
 
renogaw

renogaw

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it's just that you ordered a ton of fish, livestock, plants, etc and with all the questions it just seemed an odd thing to have spent money on without asking the questions BEFORE ordering.
you will most likely need to sign for the package, which means you or someone else should be where you get it shipped to. plus you wouldn't want to leave all that money sitting on a step somewhere...
you will have to be careful with any venomous fish, and gloves are always a good idea. they sell ones that go up to your armpits.
depending on the plants you bought you'll most likely want them in a refugium and not in your tank.
but the biggest issue i see with your post is you are adding all this at once. most likely you are going to have a bioload issue with your tank by adding 3 fish and all those inverts at once. Do you have a quarantine tank set up to prevent any illnesses getting into your set up tank? how long has the tank been set up?
i'd worry about your fish before moving onto a reef tank.
 
suicidepotato

suicidepotato

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I guess I should say sorry for the reply,,,I have had my tank for a year, I might have jumped the gun on odering all of that at once. I thought if you were going to add something you would do it at one time and let things settle all together. I have no quarentine tank. I could possibly cancell half my order,,,with the snails crabs and starfish and just add the three fish for now,,,will they cancell an order like that untill farther notice,,,or maybe simply hold the order for a few months,,,and lets forget about the reef thingy,,,and yes you have been help now,,,,Thank you
 
renogaw

renogaw

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i would only order 1 fish and all the inverts if your tank is a year old. you don't want to add 3 fish at once.
highly suggest putting the money from not ordering the 2 other fish into a 10-20 gallon quarantine tank. you won't regret it, and you could regret not doing it.
 
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