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jackie dh
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I lost most of my large fish on the 1st, it was sudden and tragic. 
The survivers are being shy but they are healty, I guess it feels weird for them to be in that huge tank all by themselves??? The tank had been up for between 6 and 7 years with a problem only once before and it was no were near as bad as this time.
The water is now crystal clear, I've done 100 gallons of water changes since the crash and added a skimmer that is rated for a 300 gallon tank. My cleaning crew are making a pretty big dent in the algae problem on the rocks and I'm about to bust wanting to add a few fish back into the tank. It looks so empty..... I will test the water a few times more to make sure all is well before I even think about it, but I want to at least get a few fish soon. Am I jumping the gun? How long would you wait if every thing was back to normal conditions and how many would you add?
It's a 120, with live rock, a wet dry filter, a canister filter and the monster skimmer with a 15 gallon fuge in the stand. The survivors are three large Pajama cardinals and a pair of 3" maroon clowns, serpant star and my cleaning crew. SWF has Powder blue tangs on sale and I'm really wanting to get one, I know its a poor choice for starting out again but if every thing is back to normal why not? Well other than the fear of losing it which I would have with any fish that I get after what happened. If there is even a hint of any thing being off when the Tang comes in it could go in another tank but I would rather put it straight into the 120. I plan on getting a couple of small butterflys and a blue head wrasse at the same time. Thats not too much to add at once is it? I wouldn't have hesitated in the past but I'm rather nervous with my fish these days. :/
The survivers are being shy but they are healty, I guess it feels weird for them to be in that huge tank all by themselves??? The tank had been up for between 6 and 7 years with a problem only once before and it was no were near as bad as this time. The water is now crystal clear, I've done 100 gallons of water changes since the crash and added a skimmer that is rated for a 300 gallon tank. My cleaning crew are making a pretty big dent in the algae problem on the rocks and I'm about to bust wanting to add a few fish back into the tank. It looks so empty..... I will test the water a few times more to make sure all is well before I even think about it, but I want to at least get a few fish soon. Am I jumping the gun? How long would you wait if every thing was back to normal conditions and how many would you add?
It's a 120, with live rock, a wet dry filter, a canister filter and the monster skimmer with a 15 gallon fuge in the stand. The survivors are three large Pajama cardinals and a pair of 3" maroon clowns, serpant star and my cleaning crew. SWF has Powder blue tangs on sale and I'm really wanting to get one, I know its a poor choice for starting out again but if every thing is back to normal why not? Well other than the fear of losing it which I would have with any fish that I get after what happened.
If there is even a hint of any thing being off when the Tang comes in it could go in another tank but I would rather put it straight into the 120. I plan on getting a couple of small butterflys and a blue head wrasse at the same time. Thats not too much to add at once is it? I wouldn't have hesitated in the past but I'm rather nervous with my fish these days. :/