New Tank 55G Help

[rodriguesfamily]

Hello All,
Devin Here, Today we added sand and water to my new 55G Tank. Now we bought live rock placed it into the tank and got reef water from the Aquarium Store, This water was already with the Live Rock, Now the The question is normally with Fresh water and sinthetic salts added you have to wait for a cycle of 3-4 weeks before adding fish but previously on our 50 gallon tank and our 5 we just added the Fish Originaly 3 Damsels, A Cleaner Shrimp, False Percula Clown and a Blue Tang (Baby) All in the 5 Gallon Tank, Now that we have all the water, sand and live rock in the new tank Im wondering if it is Safe to add the fish into the new Tank. The filter has been running for about 7 hours now with a power head and air pumps in the tank can we add the Fish into the bigger tank? The Tempature is about 72 Now!
Thanks So Much!
Devin

 

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Originally Posted by RodriguesFamily http:///t/391561/new-tank-55g-help#post_3473288
Hello All,
Devin Here, Today we added sand and water to my new 55G Tank. Now we bought live rock placed it into the tank and got reef water from the Aquarium Store, This water was already with the Live Rock, Now the The question is normally with Fresh water and sinthetic salts added you have to wait for a cycle of 3-4 weeks before adding fish but previously on our 50 gallon tank and our 5 we just added the Fish Originaly 3 Damsels, A Cleaner Shrimp, False Percula Clown and a Blue Tang (Baby) All in the 5 Gallon Tank, Now that we have all the water, sand and live rock in the new tank Im wondering if it is Safe to add the fish into the new Tank. The filter has been running for about 7 hours now with a power head and air pumps in the tank can we add the Fish into the bigger tank? The Tempature is about 72 Now!
Thanks So Much!
Devin
Hello Devin and welcome to the site!
NO... do not put in any fish....it's time to add a chunk of raw shrimp or pure ammonia to kick start the cycle. Have your test kits ready. I used the ammonia strips to start because it's fast and easy to make sure I got that ammonia spike. Then after I got the spike I went to the lab type kits to get a better more accurate reading.
If you add fish and it does spike ammonia, you have to soft cycle the tank by doing water changes to keep the fish alive and it will take longer to cycle, not to mention make you work harder to keep changing water and it puts the critters at unnecessary risk.
I am not going to comment much on the idea of a hippo tang in a 5g tank...but I will tell you that an adult Hippo (blue) tang needs a minimum 100g tank. So the 55g is also too small for it, you should re-home it.

 

[rodriguesfamily]

Hey Thanks for the reply, The Blue Tang shes Small shes only about 1.5 inchs right now so shes in a big tank soon (55) Its only a baby but i will follow those tips thanks so much!

 

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Originally Posted by RodriguesFamily http:///t/391561/new-tank-55g-help#post_3473382
Hey Thanks for the reply, The Blue Tang shes Small shes only about 1.5 inchs right now so shes in a big tank soon (55) Its only a baby but i will follow those tips thanks so much!
Please reconsider keeping the tang....take the advice from someone who had a blue tang since it was the size of my baby fingernail.
When you break down the tank it isn't too hard to catch your fish to move it. The tang will quickly ourgrow the 55g. Hippo tangs can lay totally flat under rock and to remove it later will mean removing every rock in the tank to get to it. That is not such a chore now with a few fish, but a year or so from now, that will not be the case.

 

[khynes1]

I agree. I have kept numerous tangs in my experiences as an aquarist, and I made a mistake of keeping a Yellow Tang in a 75g one time. It quickly outgrew the tank, and I learned from it. You do not want to put a fish in a tank and then a year or two down the road you have to watch it stress out, get sick and perish because it was forced into an environment that was outgrown.

 

[rodriguesfamily]

Well When It outs grows the tank or is even getting close to getting to big ill get a bigger tank whats a good tank size for a Blue Tang? But Econmical!

 

[snakeblitz33]

A 125g is minimum for a blue tang, which is six foot, but an eight foot tank is better, like a 240 for the lifetime of most tangs. Some tangs can even outgrow a 240 and need a lot more swimming room than that!

 

[snakeblitz33]

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Originally Posted by khynes1 http:///t/391561/new-tank-55g-help#post_3473445
I agree. I have kept numerous tangs in my experiences as an aquarist, and I made a mistake of keeping a Yellow Tang in a 75g one time. It quickly outgrew the tank, and I learned from it. You do not want to put a fish in a tank and then a year or two down the road you have to watch it stress out, get sick and perish because it was forced into an environment that was outgrown.
I've kept a yellow tang in a four tank for 4 years without a problem... It still stayed small even when I moved it up to a 240. Not recommended for everyone - I don't feed my fish much.

 

[rodriguesfamily]

Hey guys i was at the Aquarium Store and i was looking at this adult Blue Tang he had the same marks i see on my Blue Tang They arent Scratchs But they look like water marks like little white water marks i dont think its ich because they are long and not a dot they are like a watermark on your car after it rains and sun dries it but it was on his body and on his fin how can you cure this what is it also?

 

[snakeblitz33]

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