I'm curious,How long does everyone wait to add fish when they're setting up a new tank?
I'm curious,How long does everyone wait to add fish when they're setting up a new tank?
i vote 2 months, but it is actually about 2 1/2 months.
I voted 4 months,its hard to be patient when setting up a reef but it sure pays off.My most succesful tank so far was my old 40gal,I waited almost 5 months before introducing fish.The population of infauna(amphipods,mysis,worms,etc..)in this tank was very high.Often,people forget that pods are algae grazers.If you don't allow them to establish a population,you don't get the added benefit of all those algae grazers cleaning your rock.My 75 has been up and running now for about 8 weeks and its amazing the amount of pods in the tank.Its gonna be hard to hold out for another 2 months before adding fish but IMO,patience is the best approach.
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I voted 3 i thank it will take that long for all the life that will benefit over
the long run to get established
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I did 3 months. 1 month of cycle and 1 month of critters. Fish were purchased put in QT for a month, not by choice, but by ich prevention. I see pods enjoying life in the tank, I have a great population in my ref enjoying the cheato and making apperances in the main tank.
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On a completely new tank, 6-8 weeks for the cycle, then another month or so before adding any fish.
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1 month or less. But I cheated and sorta jumped started the tank.
55 Gallon. One year old, and looking SUPER.
7 days after adding LS and LR and no problems...
55 gl. 2-175 10K MH's, 2-54 HO's, fuge,CS5-2 Skimmer, 2-1200 mj's, 1-600 mj,Red Sea Wavemaster. 9.5 Mag Drive.
been soo long agao I don't remember!! After the 1st tank (20L) we just sorted started moving everything in to bigger tanks! But that 1st one took soo long to cycle something like 5 months.. after that I don't think waited at all!
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I missunderstood the question. I thought the question was how long between one fish to another. To respond to the right question I wait at least two months and see how conditions are. I agree it's hard to be patient be the payoff is worth it.