Question about adding fish to a new tank

[noobreefer101]

Hey I just got a new clownfish pair they’re roughly 2 inches the male maybe 1 1/2 I got them in the mail they were only shipped for about 8 hours, how long should I wait after adding a 3 inch flame angel to a 40 gallon? A day? A couple hours? At the same time? Or a week? By the way both of these fish are captive bred and the flame angel I’m getting gets along with other fish in the tank he’s already in.

 

[TX_REEF]

Welcome!

Is the tank cycled? how old is it? what else is in there? It's usually not advisable to add multiple fish in short succession to a new tank.

 

[Dom]

how long should I wait after adding a 3 inch flame angel to a 40 gallon? A day? A couple hours? At the same time? Or a week?

I feel that you are in a rush to stock this tank. Slow down. ;)

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Assuming that you have cycled your tank first, personally I like to wait about 3-4 weeks between each new fish additions. Stock slowly to let the bacteria catch up to each new fish load

 

[get-salty]

Hey I just got a new clownfish pair they’re roughly 2 inches the male maybe 1 1/2 I got them in the mail they were only shipped for about 8 hours, how long should I wait after adding a 3 inch flame angel to a 40 gallon? A day? A couple hours? At the same time? Or a week? By the way both of these fish are captive bred and the flame angel I’m getting gets along with other fish in the tank he’s already in.

3 tiny fish should be perfectly fine in a 40 gal. just do it.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

This guy must be the one selling the Flame Angel

 

[TX_REEF]

3 tiny fish should be perfectly fine in a 40 gal. just do it.

really not great advice without more info.

 

[brandon429]

this will help in planning

nobody in reefing has overstocked a tank and caused it to crash due to ammonia noncontrol

your risk is behavioral and disease issues, not cycling. we have examples too, such as the guy who added twenty clowns (juvies, still it's twenty at once) to his tank that only had two to begin with/had no where to house them being raised due to a tank break I think it was. all reef tanks can take on instant bioload without risk to cycle. there aren't any fail examples for it, pretty neat considering the number of uploaded tanks to the web

reason this rule is tied to our reefs, though the tanks differ: we all stack copious rocks in the display, Ive never seen a reef that hadn't. that ratio of surface area/current and placement exceeds the highest bioload per gallon any of us has seen in the densest stocked reef tank. even in nanos, it'll be disease or behavior killing if there's issues.

source for proof: any seneye owner can confirm. other test takers will be in a constant state of cycle doubt, depending on the tints yielded that day. if u don't own a seneye just trust the rule.

 

[LPS Bum]

Personally I would have added the Flame Angel later. As my last or at least one of the last fish (they can get territorial in small systems). Since that’s already in, I’d wait at least a couple of weeks before adding the Clowns. And ensure they’re disease free first.

 

[noobreefer101]

Welcome!

Is the tank cycled? how old is it? what else is in there? It's usually not advisable to add multiple fish in short succession to a new tank.

Tank is cycled it’s 6 months old and my guy I buy fish from gave me a big bio stick that he uses in his live rock pool, should be plenty of live bacteria I’m going to wait a couple weeks though thanks