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My 90 gallon reef tank has been cycling for 3 weeks now. Have 2 shrimp and 2 very small clowns. Just ordered a clean up crew that should be here Wednesday. Is it to early to get an anemone for the clowns?
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I would hold off on an anemone until the tank is a little more mature. Often times in this sport maturity equals stability. Stability is key for success with an anemone. You need to remember that anemones posses the ability to nuke your tank. Also, not having the experience to keep calm when an unfortunate circumstance like an anemone deciding it wants to check out your super cool power head can lead to much greater issues.
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Salinity 1.025
Amonia 0
Nitrites 0.5
Nitrates 10
pH 8.2
Calcium 450
Temp 78
Phosphates 0
Haven't checked magnesium yet.
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Thanks for the confirmation. Just not real sure when the best time is to introduce one.
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The best part of reefing is all the things you get to learn. Enjoy the new tank and remember nothing in this sport happens quickly. Especially when we need to react to or correct something. Small and slow is the best approach I have found. And believe me I am not known for self control 
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Very true! Thanks for your reply!The best part of reefing is all the things you get to learn. Enjoy the new tank and remember nothing in this sport happens quickly. Especially when we need to react to or correct something. Small and slow is the best approach I have found. And believe me I am not known for self control
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I just have to ask about your user name!The best part of reefing is all the things you get to learn. Enjoy the new tank and remember nothing in this sport happens quickly. Especially when we need to react to or correct something. Small and slow is the best approach I have found. And believe me I am not known for self control
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Thank you.
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Lol
Marine Corps. Let's just say it involved a dare with a lit cigarette and some very volatile compound....
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LOL!!!! I was just curious. I figured there was a story in there somewhere!
CMMorgan
Counting my blessings...
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LOL! Thank you! I will wait.Let the tank mature before introducing a nem.
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Agree with everyone that tank needs to be more "mature and stable" but really this is what it means.
Right now, your params may seen stable but its only "fake stable" ur test readings are not registering much bc all of your rock and sand is new so a lot of the nutrients take a long time to saturate those areas. You will know when that happen when months later when suddenly you have all these algae outbreaks for no apparent reason bc yourve been feeding and doing water change consistently, and you can't seem to get your PO4 or NO3 down under control, and you get these cyano/diatom outbreaks bc yiur bacteria microfauna doesn't have the diversity to keep any one thing in check from spreading uncontrollably.
Once yiu get thru these humps via natural means(manual export, water change, nutrient control) and time, and stabilize again, is when your tank is mature.
Signs of maturity can also be seen on your rock, it will go from bare white, to shades of bare green, to furry green (algae) and eventually to hard crusty purple, and have beasts growing on the purple, and have crawlies come out at night on the rocks.
Right now, your params may seen stable but its only "fake stable" ur test readings are not registering much bc all of your rock and sand is new so a lot of the nutrients take a long time to saturate those areas. You will know when that happen when months later when suddenly you have all these algae outbreaks for no apparent reason bc yourve been feeding and doing water change consistently, and you can't seem to get your PO4 or NO3 down under control, and you get these cyano/diatom outbreaks bc yiur bacteria microfauna doesn't have the diversity to keep any one thing in check from spreading uncontrollably.
Once yiu get thru these humps via natural means(manual export, water change, nutrient control) and time, and stabilize again, is when your tank is mature.
Signs of maturity can also be seen on your rock, it will go from bare white, to shades of bare green, to furry green (algae) and eventually to hard crusty purple, and have beasts growing on the purple, and have crawlies come out at night on the rocks.
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What kind of algae?
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Interesting!!! I do have green fuzz on the rocks right now. Like green peach fuzz.
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I have it Pops, phyto and sea lettuce on the way
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You'll see a lot of variations of green fuzz as different algae take turn and help add to the diversity. Eventually it'll look something like this: I just took it tonight under blue light, under normal light its the purple coraline color but you can see the texture. The rock is covered by multiple layers of coraline, I got vermetid snails and spionid worms growing (the small white shells) there's a cerith snail crashing the picture but the tiny white dot on its tip is actually a copapod crawling on it.
