is it too early to add "the big 20" CUC reef pack from swf.com?

[kilofey]

I have a 75 gal, my tank never went through a cycle because my rock came from an established tank. My tank now has a false perc, firefish, & royal gramma. Do I need more fish before I add a big cuc? There are also some mushrooms, feather duster 2 urchins, 2 brittle stars & 2 kenya trees.
The reef pack includes:
20 blue leg hermits
20 white leg hermits
20 turbo snails
20 nessasarus snails
1 coral banded shrimp
2 cleaner clams
I will also be adding a ricordea at the same time if I can
Is this too much too fast? I wont add anything else for like a month afterward and my parameters are good right now. Oh and I added my first fish about a month ago. Last fish was like 8-9 days ago
I would like to add my CUC while I have the $ and also while the shipping is free

 

[kilofey]

EDIT: I edited my first post & now this one is irrelevant... Just dont know how to delete a post lol... So pay no attention to this

 

[thebosch11]

You may be able to get some if you are prepared to do a couple water changes, otherwise wait another week so you tank can hve time to settle down from the fish addition. Even if your parameters are good, if you do add something to soon, the bioload will catch up and in te end possibly crash your tank.

 

[meowzer]

IMO there are too many hermits
Do you have any cuc at all? (besides the stars)
the ricordea is no biggie.....and the coral banded shrimp are mean

 

[thebosch11]

Meowzer, Coral Bandeds Arent always mean. Min was super nice and actually live with my firefish before it died. Then again, I always end up with weird specimens.

 

[kilofey]

IMO there are too many hermits

Do you have any cuc at all? (besides the stars)

the ricordea is no biggie.....and the coral banded shrimp are mean
There is a lfs by me that sells snails and hermits for $1 each, maybe ill get my cuc from them then so I can pick & choose what I want, like more snails. I have a small cuc atm. I have 5 dwarf blue leg hermits, 2 pepermint shrimps, and like 9 snails (various types, one is a big turbo)
How many more snails & shrimps would u reccomend (75 gal tank btw)

 

[meowzer]

don't really need shrimp, BUT peppermints are good for keeping aptasia at bay....so your 2 are good for now
get some nassarius, cerith, astrea for now...

 

[kilofey]

The shrimp are really more for my enjoyment lol, but id like to get at least 2 more pepermints for aptasia cause ive found 3 little ones already and I figure with 4 peppermints, odds are at least one will eat it. The fire and cleaner shrimps are the ones that would be for my enjoyment, and they can clean the ickies off fish and such
Im not sure what kind of snails the lfs by me has, im hoping they have an assortment, cause they are all in one tank. I know for sure ***** by me has astreas. Im not a big fan of *****, but this one has really good stock and the girl that works there is super knowledgeable. Shes been there as long as I can remember and has a bunch of sw tanks... So this ***** is an exception
edit:
Btw, about ricordeas, does one polyp mean one dot of ricordea, or does it mean one whole mushroom?

 

[meowzer]

it means one whole mushroom LOL

 

[kilofey]

K lol, it sounded like a silly question to me too, I just thought 9.99 was too good of a price for a ric, so I assumed it was only like a fraction of one. Are they as easy as regular mushrooms?

 

[meowzer]

They have done well for me....so I guess they are LOL

 

[kilofey]

There is a new coral store opening close to me, their grand opening is tomorrow I may buy my cuc from them so I can see them before I buy them. At the moment they only have cerith & margarita snails... Do different snails have different jobs? I can get like 20 snails for now & when they get different ones, I can get those later... Unless snails pretty much all do the same thing. I know some eat algae, do some eat poo and dead critters? If so, which ones?

 

[meowzer]

they actually do eat different things....google them
anyway margarita snails are for cooler temps....they will not last long...SO IMO skip them
If all they have is cerith get 10 or 12 of them for now

 

[greenninja]

Even if you use cured live rock from a well established tank, wouldn't your new tank setup still go through an initial cycle? I know mine did. I bought live rock that has been in an established tank for 10+ years, and my 55g tank is going through a cycle. I only have an engineer goby that got with the live rock, and he is still doing okay. Well, as far as I can tell. He is eating and digging all kinds of burrows throughout the tank.
Anyways, I am in the same position. I have this new tank up and running, and I wanted to add a big CUC. I will wait a few more weeks before I add more life to my tank.

 

[kilofey]

Even if you use cured live rock from a well established tank, wouldn't your new tank setup still go through an initial cycle? I know mine did. I bought live rock that has been in an established tank for 10+ years, and my 55g tank is going through a cycle. I only have an engineer goby that got with the live rock, and he is still doing okay. Well, as far as I can tell. He is eating and digging all kinds of burrows throughout the tank.

Anyways, I am in the same position. I have this new tank up and running, and I wanted to add a big CUC. I will wait a few more weeks before I add more life to my tank.
My tank has been running for over 2 weeks now. I check daily & all levels are good, no spikes & nitrate continues to fall. I guess every tank is different