Cycle with clownfish?

[TbSaysNo]

I have mostly dry rock but also some liverock in it. Would it be possible to do a cycle with a pair of clowns? My tank is 91 gallon.

 

[Dan_P]

I have mostly dry rock but also some liverock in it. Would it be possible to do a cycle with a pair of clowns? My tank is 91 gallon.

Add bottled nitrifying bacteria to be on the safe side

 

[rsumner]

While I know it's exciting to get fish in the tank, I've never been a big supporter of using clowns (or other hardy fish for that matter) during a cycle. Dr Tim's make a very easy-to-follow Ammonium Chloride regiment to take you through cycling.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

ussing bottled bacteria is better and nicer than subjecting fish to a harsh cycle that can kill them or badly stress them

 

[Jarzy]

I did a semi clownfish cycle. Git some gunk from 2 od my friends' skimmers. Added Strachem Stability on day 1. When NH3 and NO2 hit 0 and there was a trace of NO3 I intrudoced a pair of clowns to my 240l display. After a while NO2 went to 0.25ppm max. Used Seachem Prime. Clowns were fine. Never even seemed unhappy. Can You use better or other bateria? Sure. I still got 700ml od Stability on my shelf and medium bottle od KZ Zeobak in my fridge. Also Microbacter Clean to help her rid od cyano.