fish to cycle tank with

[pjstiles]

I have a 5 g saltwater nano tank that i want to set up, what fish would be good for cycling it with. I don't want to use any damsel, chromis, or anemone fish of any kind though. Yes I know what i'm doing so please don't troll and just give any success stories for nano tank cycling you've heard or experienced.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

A pair of mollies should work fine and they will give your future fish live food too.

 

[shifty51008]

Only fish i would put in a 5 gal tank would be a clown goby. But you should never cycle a tank with live animals, either use cured live rock, add fish food to the tank till you get ammonia, add a piece of raw shrimp, or add pure ammonia to start the cycle.

 

[firemountain]

I would do the fish less cycling method....wheter it's with a frozen shrimp, ghost feeding, or pure ammonia. Using sacrificial fish to cycle a tank is just not necessary.

 

[snorvich]

Only fish i would put in a 5 gal tank would be a clown goby. But you should never cycle a tank with live animals, either use cured live rock, add fish food to the tank till you get ammonia, add a piece of raw shrimp, or add pure ammonia to start the cycle.

I agree

 

[RayAllen3422]

I cycled my tank with a frozen shrimp.

 

[homer1475]

I have a 5 g saltwater nano tank that i want to set up, what fish would be good for cycling it with. I don't want to use any damsel, chromis, or anemone fish of any kind though. Yes I know what i'm doing so please don't troll and just give any success stories for nano tank cycling you've heard or experienced.

You obviously DON'T know what your doing if you want to cycle a tank with a live fish. It's cruel, typically ends up killing the fish, and is entirely unneeded. Using a fish to cycle is the old way of doing things, and there are far better ways to cycle a tank rather then unnecessary killing of a live animal.

Cycle your tank with pure ammonia, ghost feedings, or frozen raw shrimp. Have a read up in the stickies on how to properly setup an aquarium.