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No, but it helps. The byproducts of fish respiration and digestion feed your bacterial cycle, which in turn increases the bioavailable nutrients in the tank for coral uptake.Do i need fish for a tank to become established ?
i do not want fish in this tankDo you want fish?
i will look into getting 1 fish thenNo, but it helps. The byproducts of fish respiration and digestion feed your bacterial cycle, which in turn increases the bioavailable nutrients in the tank for coral uptake.
You'll find it easier to grow and maintain corals with a healthy and sane fish bioload, but this doesn't mean that it's impossible for a tank to mature in their absence.
I don’t believe you need fish in the tank if maturity is your goal.i do not want fish in this tank
No you don't, but it may take longer to mature. I left my 10 gallon bedroom budget build fishless for about 8 months after the first fish passed and it has still matured nicely. I did use some water/media from my older, mature main display tank though which I'm sure helped.
well phosphates are 0.1-0.2 i have 1 coral in the tank going to get some red sea reef energy or whatever its called i have reefroids but i don't want my phosphates getting higher nitrates are like 42ppm but not sure how true that is as it could be nitriteI don’t believe you need fish in the tank if maturity is your goal.
I do believe that “maturity” is an overrated term with no real consensus as to what defines it.
As long as you are feeding something to your tank (amino acids, nitrogen, phosphate) and your nutrients don’t completely bottom out, then I’m not sure how one little fish can make a tank “mature.”
If only “maturity” was that easy.![]()
You only need reef energy in ULNS tanks.well phosphates are 0.1-0.2 i have 1 coral in the tank going to get some red sea reef energy or whatever its called i have reefroids but i don't want my phosphates getting higher nitrates are like 42ppm but not sure how true that is as it could be nitrite