fish or inverts first?

Pallen81

Pallen81

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Once the tank is cycled and ready to roll -----

Is it best to start with fish or inverts (shrimp, snails, and what not) ??? What's been your experience?

Thanks again for your help everyone.
 
Inverts are a alot more sensitive to water parameters, i would say put a hardy fish like a common clown or a damsel in there for a month or so. Once you build convidence on how to control parameters then go for a cleanup crew like turbo snails and try some mushroom anemones or leathers. The best way to start out is to do it the right way mate, forget about tangs, angelfish, anemones and other premium pets. Do lots of research and once your convidence is up there, then tackle the exotics and slightly more complex species. Good luck:)
 
You will need to start with a cleanup crew. A clean up crew for a 30 gallon tank to start would be...
2 smaller turbo snails
4 nasarious snails
6 scarlet hermits

I would start with that and go from there...
Once your tank is cycled you can add anything you want to but you do not want algea to get out of control and that is why I say start with your cleanup crew first. You can do both at the same time also...
 
i would start putting some inverts in about half way through the cyle like crabs and snails to help with the algae bloom if it appears..Get cleaners in and your first fish when the cycle has completed...

Niko
 
So get complete clean up crew half way through cycle, when you get a algae bloom? Or have then and half after cycle? I have the exact same problem :) Starting to get qutie a bit of brown algae or something like that on my subtrate, LR, and glass
 
rockethippo said:
So get complete clean up crew half way through cycle, when you get a algae bloom? Or have then and half after cycle? I have the exact same problem :) Starting to get qutie a bit of brown algae or something like that on my subtrate, LR, and glass
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you should really start your own threads rather than stealing other peoples threads..also the answer to your question was stated above alredy. algae blooms are natural and clean up crews will help.
 
UPDATE

UPDATE

6 days into my cycle:
pH - 8.3
salinity - 1.0025
ammonia - nearing 0 (didn't really fit any of the colors on the chart)
nitrite - 0.5ppm
NitrAte 20 ppm

Should I start looking into a clean up crew??? Are my nitrates too high?
 
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