How long after my new set up cycle I have to wait to add corals?
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- Thread starter Giovani Cordero
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your tank needs to be cycle. There different ways to cycle a tank. Have you tested your water? If so where are you on the cycle?
My cycle is finish I have live stock in the tank but I was reading in a post in the web the after the cycle have to wait 6 month to start adding corals
I will let other more experience reefers chime in but if your tank has cycled I don't believe you need to wait 6 months after that point to add corals. I do strongly suggest starting with easy corals and doing plenty of research before purchasing your first coral. I personally started with Zoas and gone from there. GSP are easy as well but they can over run a tank if not careful.
@Bad Fish @trio91 @kschweer @MaxDamage984 @Raffle King thoughts?
@Bad Fish @trio91 @kschweer @MaxDamage984 @Raffle King thoughts?
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I personally have always put in cleaning crew first, then corals, then fish and such. Corals are much hardier than fish when it comes to chemistry changes in my opinion hence I never even acclimate them. So if your tank is cycled and u have fish in there I would go ahead and load up on corals. You can see in my building thread how I did it and everything is doing great. And my tank has only been running for about 2 months total
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As usual make sure you levels are good to begin with. Start with some easy corals and make sure it is a coral you don't mind keeping as it grows/spreads. Take xenia and kenya trees as an example, very easy to maintain but they spread like a weed. Mushrooms are good to start with as are palys they can spread fast as well
Start putting in slowly dont over do it
@Giovani Cordero, curious but what size tank do you have and what are you looking to stick fish wise? Skimmer, media, fuge?
You should do a tank thread so you can get tips from folks based on your set up
You should do a tank thread so you can get tips from folks based on your set up
Come on down I got tons of corals
I will get more information with the Zoas yesterday a saw nice brain corals in the acc bash
@Giovani Cordero like @trio91 mention you might want to start a "Tale of the Tank" thread. You can access that forum here - Tale of the Tank. Here is my tale of the tank thread - My tank thread. This section is a good location to document you progress as well as give members an idea of what you are running; pictures help.
Also welcome to the club
Thank you I appreciated