Dragon moray eel

[Dan Friday]

Can a Dragon moray eel be added as first fish to a new tank or will it be to much of a bioload?
The tank has been set up for a month with 100 lbs of dry Tonga branch,2-4x8 marine pure blocks and used Red Sea reef mature.
Parameters are:
Ammonia 1.00 ppm
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 15 ppm
Set up is a reefer 625 (133 gal display)
Plan to add Dr Tim’s one and only to get ammonia down then eel (about 26”)
Any advice appreciated

 

[lion king]

Using Dr. Tim's ammonium chloride to raise your ammonia and multiply the colonization of your beneficial bacteria might be a good trick. Normally cycled tanks usually only process a small amount of ammonia quickly, that's why adding something like an eel might give you an ammonia spike. Read a bit on Dr Tim's method of cycling and you'll see why they recommend dosing your ammonia to 2 or 3 ppm(I forget), allowing it to zero out overnight then adding fish. Cycling through the ammonia 2 or 3 times also allows for more multiplication of beneficial bacteria. Just a thought, I wouldn't want to put a dragon through an ammonia spike.

 

[Justsomedude]

Yea I wouldn’t put the king of the eels through that they are a hardy species however less tolerant then most common eels I would nuke the tank with dr Tim’s and turn off skimmers and see if the water clouds up you have to be careful because a lot of dr Tim’s lowers oxygen in the water even though it’s the ammonia supp. Better off getting a handful of damsels if they survive the cycle they become dinner for Moray