Clean up crew first???

[bryan.wilson79]

I'm cycling the tank shown and have a question or 20...I think a cuc will be helpful not to mention adding flair to the tank..do you add fish,anemones,corals,cuc, and so on first?..I'm obviously new to the hobby.

 

[thegrun]

After the cycle you can add a small clean up crew. I like to add the easy to care for corals first, then fish then after a few months the more difficult to keep corals like SPS or anemones.

 

[whosurcaddie]

Adding pods would be a good idea at this time as well, but wait for the cycle too complete before adding clean up crew.

 

[BigEZ77]

I added a couple clowns with a clean up crew. Gave the clean up crew something to eat when feeding the fish, and their poop of course But I started with fully cycled RealReef rock so didn't have a cycle to build algae.

 

[Marinenthusiast]

I wouldn't add a cuc if you dont have any algae for them to eat yet or even any fish. I'd add a clown or chromis to begin with and wait until the tank is well established before adding any corals.

 

[Luke Schnabel]

Once your cycle is done get yourself a CUC, a pair of clownfish are a great fish to start off with. Soft corals would be your first coral of choice... Google has all kinds of help for most questions you may have

 

[bryan.wilson79]

I'm phantom feeding with mysis shrimp..only a quarter cube and ordered some biospira..so after cycle I was thinking a clown pair..so fish first then the cuc?

 

[JohnnyHildo]

adding a cuc after it cycles is all fine and dandy but don't follow the ridiculous online vendor recommendations. i couldn't imagine having one snail and one crab per gallon in my 120