How many inverts can be added at once?

[browniebuck]

I am sure that this question has been asked before, however I can't find it....
I am going to be setting up my 125 in the next week or so (if my LFS guy gets back to me...don't want to sound like a pest, but I will call him again tomorrow). I found a place that has inverts at unbelievable prices and wanted to add a bunch of shrimp, hermits, snails, etc... Now, they will be going into a tank with roughly 90 lbs or LR and 70 lbs or LS that was used in my 55 (shouldn't have much of a cycle on this tank, should I?).
I know that the rule with fish is to only add a fish or two at a time to avoid ammonia spikes, but what about inverts? Considering that they eat waste, this shouldn't be too big a problem, should it?
Was thinking of
4-5 cleaner shrimp
4-5 fire shrimp
50 or so blue or red hermits
3-5 pom pom crabs
3-5 porcelain crabs
50+ assorted snails (nassarius, turbo, margarita, etc...)
would this be ok to do at once (to get the most for my money out of shipping).

 

[cajonez]

I might hold off on the cleaners, but I think you would be fine. Take a look at the reef packages that SWF offers here. I assume that they would all come in one big shipment. I am not speaking from experience, just comparing to what they sell here.

 

[browniebuck]

are you talking about the cleaner shrimp, or the whole clean up crew (snails and hermits)?
This tank will not need much of a cycle as I am starting it out with fully cured LR that will be in the air from the time that I take it out of my temporary 30 gallon tank into the 150...it is moving a total of about 8 feet...there will be fish in this tank rather quickly because of this (I will still test, but from experience, I won't see much if any ammonia after the switch).

 

[mkroher]

you're reusing the sand?

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by cajonez
http:///forum/post/3167715
I might hold off on the cleaners, but I think you would be fine. Take a look at the reef packages that SWF offers here. I assume that they would all come in one big shipment. I am not speaking from experience, just comparing to what they sell here.

You are correct, you can introduce an entire CUC at once.

 

[browniebuck]

I have rinsed the sand to the point that the water comes out clear...took about 4-5 pounds at a time, added some clean saltwater and swished it around and poured the water out (3-5 times per batch) until the water was nearly as clear as it was when I added it.
I am still not 100% on this, but I don't want to have to wait for a cycle, so I wanted to use as much stuff from my 55 as I could...I was considering ordering 90lbs off of an auction site, but was afraid of the die off and what that would do to my cycle...if this wouldn't be an issue with my 90lbs of fully cured LR...let me know, I would consider it (can get 90lbs for about $60 shipped).