Should i use a clown to cycle my tank?

rknott · May 20, 2020

no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Why do it? Ask yourself why. It is typically because "I want a fish to watch". Use Tim's. Don't be selfish. Respect the fish. Patience is the best thing to learn in this hobby. Enjoy the journey.

Algaewarrior · May 21, 2020

So a little update. I got the ammonia from my lfs. Dosed only 1ml to the tank and added microbacter start xlm. About 3 days later my clownfish started attacking the Male from the matted pair of cardinals that we have. He clamped on to his top fin and would not let go. My girlfriend said he had to go so I put him in the rock cycling tank. So far he has acted completely normal the last 4 days and hasn't been gasping for air. Everyone has made some valid points, but I think I'm going to see how this works out.

brandon429 · May 21, 2020

about ten thousand people have done, and fifty thousand are going to do, what did occur so you can't feel bad based on raw numbers, that part isn't debated.

Someone with 1 single seneye measurement of a fish-in cycle-change the hobby with new data.

coming soon, someday someone with a seneye will report on a fish in cycle, which is fish and bottle bac and a little feed all on day one.

brandon429 · May 21, 2020

Bio-spira works great

I just started a new tank a little over a week ago. I started with all dry rock and new sand. I added a bottle of Bio-Spira and put fish and coral the same day. Never saw any ammonia and fish and coral seem healthy.

www.reef2reef.com

=travesty we didnt get seneye off a day 1 $300 anemone lol. talk about pushing boundaries. I dang near faltered when I saw his post, he pushed me past my limits I tried to circle back all cool though in the nick of time to match the outcome it all worked 100% perfectly and is not supposed to.

case in point.

brandon429 · May 21, 2020

thats the most blatant start Ive ever seen in reefing, and in that, it becomes a cycler's reference gem.

50 thousand skip cycles are coming down the tube, like it or not.

get your fish disease boot straps on, ammonia is not the concern that was baby-easy to handle. move water bac sitting in water to a new aquarium/wow lol

AirborneReefer173 · Jun 2, 2020

Yep. I have done it with multiple tanks with no issues.

Alesolra17 · Jun 2, 2020

I use the Mollys to cycle the fish tank. Of course, they first pass 24 hours at a trickle to adapt to the salt water

Algaewarrior · Jun 2, 2020

So far so good.

Alesolra17 · Jun 2, 2020

Alesolra17 · Jun 2, 2020

Alesolra17 said:
I use the Mollys to cycle the fish tank. Of course, they first pass 24 hours at a trickle to adapt to the salt water

See Gee Sea · Jun 3, 2020

Yes and the two are still alive and well. Followed the BRS suggestion with a very heavy dose of Bio Spira but in the end the bioload of 2 tiny clownfish was nowhere near enough of an ammonia source for a 350 liter tank so the cycle went on longer than had I dosed ammonium chloride alone.