Can I put clowns In my new tank?

[Alice81216]

Hello
I've got a question can you put 2 clown fish in my new aquarium it has been running with a filter for like 3 weeks now I was wondering if I can put clowns in my tank or not

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

You have to make sure your cycle is complete with a test kit.
What have you done to start your cycle?
What have you done to continue a bio load?

 

[chickendirt]

You have to cycle the tank. And I mean like really cycle it. Not half done like I initiated mine first go round. Live rock speeds up the process. I hear one pound per gallon but I don’t think I used that much.

 

[Alice81216]

I've put dry rocks in my aquarium and I've put bottled bacteria in my tank and I have just tested the water in my aquarium and my nitrite levels are really high why is that ?

 

[Alice81216]

You have to cycle the tank. And I mean like really cycle it. Not half done like I initiated mine first go round. Live rock speeds up the process. I hear one pound per gallon but I don’t think I used that much.

I've put dry rocks in my aquarium

 

[Graemesreef]

I've put dry rocks in my aquarium

This is one reason most of us told you to start with live rock when you asked last week. It helps everything get moving in the right direction. No dont put any clowns in yet, cycle the tank first.

 

[Graemesreef]

@GatorGreg look what happened. I thought you would get a kick out of this.

 

[Alice81216]

This is one reason most of us told you to start with live rock when you asked last week. It helps everything get moving in the right direction. No dont put any clowns in yet, cycle the tank first.

I could not buy any live rock near my area

 

[Alice81216]

This is one reason most of us told you to start with live rock when you asked last week. It helps everything get moving in the right direction. No dont put any clowns in yet, cycle the tank first.

That's why I couldn't put any live rock in my aquarium so I am trying with dry rock

 

[LordofCinder]

what are the water parameters? Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate?
Would suggest to post a tank pic if you can, a pic tells a million words.

 

[GatorGreg]

That's why I couldn't put any live rock in my aquarium so I am trying with dry rock

That’s ok that you don’t have live rock.l in your area. You can’t help that. It’s also very expensive to have it shipped to your door.

I prefer live rock tremendously over dry. But let’s just forget about that.


You have dry rock and bottled bacteria. You’re going to have to show great patience here. It’s going to take longer than live rock set ups. No don’t put clowns in your tank yet. If you’re not sure it’s cycled. It’s been 3 weeks. If you did it properly it should be close to ready. But only you can verify that.

 

[GatorGreg]

@GatorGreg look what happened. I thought you would get a kick out of this.

It’s every time man. Every time

 

[Alice81216]

That’s ok that you don’t have live rock.l in your area. You can’t help that. It’s also very expensive to have it shipped to your door.

I prefer live rock tremendously over dry. But let’s just forget about that.


You have dry rock and bottled bacteria. You’re going to have to show great patience here. It’s going to take longer than live rock set ups. No don’t put clowns in your tank yet. If you’re not sure it’s cycled. It’s been 3 weeks. If you did it properly it should be close to ready. But only you can verify that.

Okay thank you

 

[Clownreef]

Is there a sticky newbies are required to read before asking for help? I dont mean to sound rude but looks like 90% of posts can be answered by having a required article to read..

 

[Dburr1014]

Okay thank you

Did you test nitrate? Or ammonia?

 

[GatorGreg]

Is there a sticky newbies are required to read before asking for help? I dont mean to sound rude but looks like 90% of posts can be answered by having a required article to read..

There use to be one but I forget where it went. When I was on nano reef it use to get posted almost every time it came up. No one would even entertain it. They would just post the link to the thread and tell them to read it.


It broke down the nitrogen cycle in laymen’s terms and also laid out the difference in cycling methods. Fresh ocean rock shipped wet in water, live rock shipped in wet paper towels (some die off, soft cycle). Fresh LFS cycled rock. Then dry rock and so on. It was a fantastic and easy to follow thread.

 

[Graemesreef]

It’s every time man. Every time

I hear you

 

[Graemesreef]

I could not buy any live rock near my area

I would suggest getting a couple hermits and some mysis. If you can keep them alive and well for a while then you're talking about the possibility of a fish.