Too early for fish?

[mta_morrow]

I have a 55 gal with 30 lbs of rock, might be 35 lbs, I forget

If you tank has truly completed its cycle, no problem at all adding the 3 of those at once.

Keep asking good questions and most importantly, have fun staring at it and your new fish over the weekend!

 

[lapin]

Good sign I'd think if Am was too high your snails would be croaking.

Only frogs and toads croak? Ill have to make a snail audio recording

 

[PorterK]

If you tank has truly completed its cycle, no problem at all adding the 3 of those at once.

Keep asking good questions and most importantly, have fun staring at it and your new fish over the weekend!

Thanks! And thanks everyone else! I appreciate it!

 

[PorterK]

I have never heard of a LFS that QT their fish for 14 days before selling. No seller wants to keep an inventory, especially ones that are perishable. Quick turn over is always the goal.

Sorry to bring this back, but it turns out my previous statement was correct.

This is the sign I saw:

 

[hdsoftail1065]

There is actually a lfs' in my town considering starting a quaritine center. What I would probably want to know is exactly what protocal they follow. I wouldn't mind paying a premium for a "treated" quaratine fish but again how and what are they treating? IMO, 3 to 4 weeks still seems pretty quick. But, it's better than nothing.

 

[PorterK]

As a small update to the thread:

On Friday the LFS ended up having me go with a single clown and a royal gramma. The clown is very social/active as expected, the gramma hides a lot but is already warming up to me, as in not darting away every time I walk up to the tank.

They are doing great. I've had 2 hermits die now though. I bought those from a chain store (Uncle Bills) a couple weeks ago. I'm just assuming they are either old / diseased in some way. I don't trust that Uncle Bills would have sold me totally healthy inverts.

The rest of the CuC is doing fine. My turbo is messing up the green hair algae on my tank. It's probably at 30% of what it was before.

 

[mta_morrow]

As a small update to the thread:

On Friday the LFS ended up having me go with a single clown and a royal gramma. The clown is very social/active as expected, the gramma hides a lot but is already warming up to me, as in not darting away every time I walk up to the tank.

They are doing great. I've had 2 hermits die now though. I bought those from a chain store (Uncle Bills) a couple weeks ago. I'm just assuming they are either old / diseased in some way. I don't trust that Uncle Bills would have sold me totally healthy inverts.

The rest of the CuC is doing fine. My turbo is messing up the green hair algae on my tank. It's probably at 30% of what it was before.

Good news!

Are you sure the hermits died, or did they molt?

They will shed their outside in order to “grow”. You won’t likely see them for a couple days as their shell hardens, but you will see what looks like a dead hermit floating around.

 

[Jesterrace]

Using the API test kit I have tests ammonia at 0.5ppm, nitrite at 0 ppm, and nitrate at 0 ppm as well.

I think that these readings are inaccurate because there should be at least some nitrate right? Maybe something in my system is filtering it, but I was under the impression that nitrate is removed mostly through water changes.

Also salinity is 1.023 specific gravity




Ok thanks, should I just stick with my canister filter then?

Salinity is a bit low, if you want corals IMHO. Ideally should be around 1.025. As for the API test kit, ditch it. They can give false positives for ammonia and are very difficult to tell nitrates on the color chart. Red Sea, Salifert, ELOS, Hannah are all better alternatives. Personally I use the Red Sea since it comes with most of what you need in one kit and is pretty accurate:

 

[Rich Cooper]

If you plan on adding more fish over the course of the year you might want to consider a 10 gallon quarantine for yourself, usually very simple and rather cheap and something that will save you money and stress later on. Even the most prestigious of lfs that pre qt or treat have risk. It is something with the fish that they can be strong and healthy and the parasite/disease/bacteria remained dormant and never showed itself until the stress of going in to a new tank caused the immunity of the fish to weaken. I'm also from Indiana, try a saturday at Premium aquatics in Edinburgh. About a 25 minute drive from The Reef.

 

[PorterK]

If you plan on adding more fish over the course of the year you might want to consider a 10 gallon quarantine for yourself, usually very simple and rather cheap and something that will save you money and stress later on. Even the most prestigious of lfs that pre qt or treat have risk. It is something with the fish that they can be strong and healthy and the parasite/disease/bacteria remained dormant and never showed itself until the stress of going in to a new tank caused the immunity of the fish to weaken. I'm also from Indiana, try a saturday at Premium aquatics in Edinburgh. About a 25 minute drive from The Reef.

Awesome! Will be happy to give it a try. Are there any resources in Indiana for fish-keeping people to meet up? Would be great to make some new friends who are already in the hobby

 

[Rich Cooper]

Awesome! Will be happy to give it a try. Are there any resources in Indiana for fish-keeping people to meet up? Would be great to make some new friends who are already in the hobby

http://indmas.org/main/

That’s the website for marine group in Indiana.