Is My Tank Ready for Fish

[Rio1969]

I have a 100 gallon tank that I set up with dry rock and some live rock from my 55 gallon tank. The tank has a fire red shrimp, pincushion urchin and a sea hare.
Salinity 1.022, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0, phosphate 0.08 and PH 8.
I have 3 fish that have been in quarantine together for 2 weeks. One of the fish went through TTM before going into the quarantine tank and the other 2 were treated with CP before going into the quarantine tank. My plan is to move them to the DT this weekend.

 

[Valentini89]

I have a 100 gallon tank that I set up with dry rock and some live rock from my 55 gallon tank. The tank has a fire red shrimp, pincushion urchin and a sea hare.
Salinity 1.022, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0, phosphate 0.08 and PH 8.
I have 3 fish that have been in quarantine together for 2 weeks. One of the fish went through TTM before going into the quarantine tank and the other 2 were treated with CP before going into the quarantine tank. My plan is to move them to the DT this weekend.

I would say sounds like a good plan. Ready to start stocking.

 

[thegrun]

How long has it been running? Did you have ammonia and nitrite spikes? Are your ammonia and nitrites now zero? We need to know those answers to give you a good answer.

 

[Rio1969]

How long has it been running? Did you have ammonia and nitrite spikes? Are your ammonia and nitrites now zero? We need to know those answers to give you a good answer.

74 days today, no ammonia spike as I started with some big pieces of live rock from 55g DT. After 1 day nitrite was 0.05. During the 74 days I did a couple of very large water changes. Had the brown diatoms but they are gone now.

 

[JTL]

Good to go.

 

[Rio1969]

Good to go.

Thanks, will start the process today.

 

[thegrun]

Thanks, will start the process today.

Agreed, you are good to start adding livestock, but proceed slowly, only add one or two fish at a time spaced at least a week between additions.


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[michael.lemke]

Agreed, you are good to start adding livestock, but proceed slowly, only add one or two fish at a time spaced at least a week between additions.


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For sure ready. Good job waiting until the diatoms went away. I've started tanks with existing live rock and some bacteria in a bottle and no nitrogen cycle was apparent as well. Always a good idea to wait thru the "œalgae bloom" that inevitably happens with a young system.


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[monkeysee1]

I have 3 fish that have been in quarantine together for 2 weeks. One of the fish went through TTM before going into the quarantine tank and the other 2 were treated with CP before going into the quarantine tank. My plan is to move them to the DT this weekend.

Too early. Your fish should be in quarantine for a month at least before putting them in your main DT.

 

[Rio1969]

Too early. Your fish should be in quarantine for a month at least before putting them in your main DT.

Too late, they are in the DT now. I have had all the fish for between 32 to 40 days. They have all been together in a 29 gallon tank for the last 2 weeks.