Adding fish

[SunnyDaze]

I have just set up my 20 gallon salt water a week ago...Just the water and yesterday i added the live rock. I have a friend who wants to give me 2 clownfish... Is it too early to ad fish after adding the rock? I will be having the water checked today as well.

 

[Barky]

I would wait, tank has to cycle and test multiple times to see the cycling of the water parameters

 

[SunnyDaze]

OK...She said they are very durable fish and are hearty. Think she wants them gone because they are aggressive with her other fish. These ones are quite large.

 

[Dalmatia]

Was the rock cured at least? Even if it was,,, how was it cured with ammonia with out? Is it from an established tank or was it dry???

 

[Dalmatia]

If it was dry?,, hold of on the fish or they will prob die on you
Plz give us your water parameters so we can help you out more

 

[SunnyDaze]

All parameters in my water checked out perfect... I added live sand to the tank after my past decison of just using notthing on the bottom but live rock fragments. This morning i
noticed a small skinny red waorm squiggling in the sand... I was going to try to suck it out of the tank but when i went back to tank it was gone. Should i not worry about it and assume that it was in the sand??

 

[SunnyDaze]

And the rock was live rock from a tank setup at the salt water Reef
store.

 

[Dalmatia]

It was prob just a bristle worm in the LR. Nothing to worry about, maybe if it was huge (5"+) can become a pest steeling food from corals, that's all

 

[Dalmatia]

And the rock was live rock from a tank setup at the salt water Reef
store.

That means your tank is cycled

 

[SunnyDaze]

Thank you Dalmatia :smile:

 

[vladimir4076]

Add bio spira and than fish no problem

 

[Dalmatia]

no need for bio spira unless you see a little spike with ammonia after adding your clowns. Bio spira will help establish bb, but no need if it's already there

 

[SunnyDaze]

The past 2 days i have seen a dramtic increase in growth of rusty colored algae on the sand and also a piece of coral..... Why is this and is it normal?? I have not added fish yet.

 

[Dalmatia]

Pic would help.
Could be cyano or diatoms

 

[SunnyDaze]

This is the coral piece that has it on it....but it is also all on the sand surface of the whole tank as you can sorta see behind the coral. The WHITE sand that doesnt have it on there is in the area where the water is flowing from filter. The color on the sand is the EXACT same as it is on coral but not as thick looking i guess id say?? But def the same color. This started to appear after i put in the live sand.