Adding corals too soon?

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Am I adding coral too soon? Had a 3 year old mixed reef that crashed when I bought home and moved in November. Never took rock out of water. Ran carbon heavy for a month. Setup new tank 3 months ago and used 1/2 same rock and 1/2 new dead rock. Used all new live sand. Levels are all good! Testing daily. Already have doser back online and chaeto in sump. My nitrates have been 5 for 2 weeks. Alk 9.2, calcium 450, mag 1350. No phosphates.
 
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Depends what your adding

If adding easy corals then no. I would add them early especially if you already know what your doing

Actually it’s mostly easy’s but I just added a birdsnest yesterday and some monti’s. All together I’ve added like 19 frags though.
 

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I'd think you'd be ok, but some feel dead rock gives them some problems. Just see how these go for now? I set up a frag tank about a month ago that's now jammed packed with acros, and I've only lost an already troubled mille and a horrida recently, but used established LR. It did go thru a mini cycle. All else is ok.
 

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