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goldenmean · 12-10-2007, 10:45 PM

Well first thing you should add after the cycle is over is your Clean up Crew (CUC), snails, hermit crabs, maybe a cleaner shrimp or peppermint shrimp.
I have added corals first with both of my tanks. I add one or two hardier soft corals and then after a couple of weeks add another. Then wait a couple more weeks. With my first reef I added my first fish at about 9 months. My second tank is 4 months old now and I have yet to add fish. I like to add the fish later after my tank has had a bit more time to mature and the good bacteria has had plenty of time to multiple and handle the bio- load of fish. That is just how I did it. Others add fish much sooner and they have successful Reefs. Currently I am setting up a quarantine tank (QT) to prepare my first fish for my display tank. Here is some great info on QT http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...step-step.html

However you add livestock the best advice i can give is to go slow. Add just one coral or fish at a time and give your tank a couple weeks to adjust to the new inhabitant before you get the next animal.

Good Luck!!

12-10-2007, 10:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
goldenmean Beautiful Katamari Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,345 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: What comes first - the fish or the coral? Well first thing you should add after the cycle is over is your Clean up Crew (CUC), snails, hermit crabs, maybe a cleaner shrimp or peppermint shrimp. I have added corals first with both of my tanks. I add one or two hardier soft corals and then after a couple of weeks add another. Then wait a couple more weeks. With my first reef I added my first fish at about 9 months. My second tank is 4 months old now and I have yet to add fish. I like to add the fish later after my tank has had a bit more time to mature and the good bacteria has had plenty of time to multiple and handle the bio- load of fish. That is just how I did it. Others add fish much sooner and they have successful Reefs. Currently I am setting up a quarantine tank (QT) to prepare my first fish for my display tank. Here is some great info on QT http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...step-step.html However you add livestock the best advice i can give is to go slow. Add just one coral or fish at a time and give your tank a couple weeks to adjust to the new inhabitant before you get the next animal. Good Luck!! __________________ A 55g link in the GoldenChain My 2nd QT-Picasso Clowns My 2nd-QT-Wrasse My Second Quarantine Tank 2 (+) Year Retrospective of a 12g Nano Jeff What You Think Upon Grows... Have a Smooth Day!