Fish Order

[cprdnick]

I'm in the understanding that you should not add more than one or two fish at a time to your tank. If this is so, why do some of the online stores give you a minimum spending limit on fish and inverts to make shipping free? I mean come on, I'm not going to buy a 30 dollar fish and then buy 140 dollars worth of crabs to get free shipping. Is there a way to acclimate and add 4 or 5 fish to a 90 gallon reef at once? Or is that dangerous to their health.

 

[wablondie98664]

adding more that 1 or 2 fish at one time is not a good idea because it could be too much for your system to handel at one time and could cause an ammonia spike.

 

[ty_05_f]

Yep Wablondie is right greater chance of spike.

 

[cprdnick]

Yeah but this site has three fish that are not on the wish list. I know it will cause a spike, even this site pushes to buy though.

 

[flamehawk]

There is only a $75 minimum to get free shipping although it's really not free since they do charge a $4.99 "surcharge".
I do beleive the 75 minimum is reasonable.

 

[dacia]

Since you have a reef, why don't you also get a coral or sponge? Add to your snails? Get a duster cluster? Adding to the cleanup crew is always a good idea.
Don't add more than 2 fish at a time. That said, unless you want a mated pair, I would do it 1 at a time. Wait a month, then add more. Less ammonia, less chance of stress-related disease.