Raven Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 I was wondering what kind of salt water fish would make good starters. In a 55g corner tank i have, 6 blue gold skirt tetras to start the bacteria growth. As a substrate theres pebbles and aruba puka shells, for hiding places theres fake roots, and coral and a bunch of plastic plants. After the tank is cycled, what fish can go in that can be found in edmonton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madness Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Many of the Damsel family make great starter fish, cheap and pretty hardy. Only problem with damsels is a lot of them can get quite territorial/nasty with your new fish. Not 100% sure if it is true, but someone told me that there are a couple species of clownfish that are hardy enough for cycling. If all else fails you could always just go with the fishless cycle method (Fishless Cycling Article) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Thanks. I'll let you know how things go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Dont bother with those they are too expensive to to cycle a tank pick up a couple mollies and slowly add saltwater to the bag for 3 hours that all you need i have donwe this many tines you can buy 3 mollies for the price on 1 damsel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ÐÉÅÑ Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 or you could save the fishes gills form burning and do a fishless cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Im with Dean here 110 % add some raw shrimp one piece the size of a marble when that is all gone add your first fish then take a reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyBeautiful Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 A good quantity of live rock will help the process along as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 hmmm.... Live rock? well they got more fish, that ive seen, looks like some rosy bards and a weird dotted fish with long fins... they got them from the petstore in st.albert... paradise pets i beleive its called. If someones been there before maybe they know more then i do... if so, what can you tell me about then and how they will help with the eventunal switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 hmm, ok, ill suggest mollies to chirsty and ill mention this bits of info... far as i can see shes buying fish cause they look cool... ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_dao Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Why bother with the fish? Just get some live rock and "sit it" in the tank for a month. Bam, instant cycled tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Add raw shrimp works too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 (edited) Ryan - please explain the " raw shrimp" thing???? What are you refereing too. Edited September 21, 2004 by Smokey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 basicaly you place a pice of raw shrimp in the tank. As it decomposes it creates amonia. The tank will then go through the cycling as if it had fish in it and when the tank is cycled it will take care of the roting shrimp that is the jist of it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_dao Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 There's no point though, since live rock is pretty much critical to the long term success of a reef tank. Seriously, just get your live rock and let it cook in the tank for 2-4 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Ryan: have you personally thrown raw shrimp into one of your own "PERSOANL" tanks. ??? You are advising others to do such. Please show us your own " PERSOANAL EXPIERENCE" with this method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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