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03-28-2008, 01:51 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Is three weeks too soon to add zoas?
I have the opportunity to get some zoas but is it too soon?
I have a 28 gal nano cube tank with
- ~20lbs live cured rock
- ~20lbs dry sand mixed with seeded live sand
It's been ~3 weeks. I have no fish, just some snails. Water has been tested and is fine.
Should I add a fish instead to get the ball rolling? Would it be disaster to start the reef-life first?
I'd really prefer to wait on the fish....
Here's what I want in the tank:
- leathers, polyps, mushrooms
- 1 clown fish
- 1 watchman goby
- 1 pistol shrimp
- some crabs and such
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03-28-2008, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NW
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If your levels appear fine it couldnt hurt to throw a fw polyps in there. dont go crazy or anything........but one small frag with a few cheap polyps would be ok
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03-28-2008, 02:19 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Like Fly Guy said if the levels are ok you could,but if it was me I'd pay them to hold it and waite a week or two.
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03-28-2008, 02:51 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Yeah, really I suppose it'll be 4 weeks by the time I pick them up....
so if those are the only thing in my tank should I put any food in there for them? (since they won't be fed indirectly from fish and such)
I'd really like to wait another month or two before adding a fish...if I can control myself 
Thanks guys!
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03-28-2008, 04:28 PM
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Forever Reef
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: WV
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you can try it, but my tank had perfect parms...then all of a sudden it spiked, & my original zoa colony went down hill, im still trying to get it back to good health
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03-28-2008, 06:41 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChilisREasy
you can try it, but my tank had perfect parms...then all of a sudden it spiked, & my original zoa colony went down hill, im still trying to get it back to good health
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Wow! Do you know what happened? Was it just normal cycling?
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03-28-2008, 06:51 PM
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This Space For Rent!
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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If you have been watching your params and are confidant about where you are I don't see a problem...I've setup tanks with established rock and seen such a small cycle that I had hardy corals in the tank within days. It depends on where your LR came from and how much die off it has had. |
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03-28-2008, 08:12 PM
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Forever Reef
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: WV
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Quote:
Originally Posted by audge27
Wow! Do you know what happened? Was it just normal cycling?
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i dont know..but other corals added since then are doing great
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03-28-2008, 08:47 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Thanks for all the insight! The LR is established so I'm gonna go ahead and try it! I'll post an update for how it goes...off come the training wheels...lol...
I definitely caught the bug...I already want to do another 10 gal tank with no fish just soft corals and such...and it's only been three weeks with the first one!
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