Fish only Tank opinions

[Tamberav]

Fritz 9 or turbo is really good for a quick cycle.

You should have nitrates though at the end of the cycle. Ammonia turns into nitrite and then into nitrate and you remove them with a water change on a new tank.

How come FOWLR? Cost of lighting or some other reason?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

The tank looks very nicely set up.

5 fish - one of them being an angel - in only 4 weeks is going at warp speed in this hobby. Be very careful at this point, watch the water quality.

You can't stock saltwater tanks like the way you can in freshwater tanks, its completely different. This fish is also an advanced fish, please do a little reading on it if you haven't already.

 

[littlefoxx]

The tank looks very nicely set up.

5 fish - one of them being an angel - in only 4 weeks is going at warp speed in this hobby. Be very careful at this point, watch the water quality.

You can't stock saltwater tanks like the way you can in freshwater tanks, its completely different. This fish is also an advanced fish, please do a little reading on it if you haven't already.

He also has another thread about the angel specifically that I also said something similar

My Bi Colour Angelfish

Hey I am looking for opinions on my amazing Bi colour Angelfish. My tank is around 50 gallons and he’s housed with 2 common clowns and a royal gramma. Getting some live rock for him to graze on today so that won’t be an issue

www.reef2reef.com

Maybe @revhtree or one of the other mods can merge them to have less confusion??

 

[nathrandle12]

I see a lot of members say that they can't load or play a video directly from R2R. In my experience, it just takes awhile for the video to become 'available', for lack of a technical term.


Best of luck with your new tank!

I do have some concerns about your cycle. How have you been testing your ammonia and nitrate? Are you using *decent* test kits made for testing aquarium water, and not for like swimming pools?

I keep freshwater tanks too, I have for decades, and I too use SeaChem Prime in my freshwater tanks from time to time. However, Prime is generally not recommended here on R2R for use in saltwater tanks, and is considered counter-effective during the initial ammonia cycle. You need a small amount of ammonia present to build a population of beneficial bacteria, and the Prime is effectively binding up the ammonia, which makes it unavailable for the microbes that you're trying to cultivate during your cycle.

Also, just about all of the products that say that they add beneficial, nitrifying bacteria, such as SeaChem Stability, are largely considered "snake oil" by a lot of reefers here, meaning they basically don't work and are unnecessary. I disagree, I like and use bottled bacteria products, but I'd suggest trying Dr. Tim's One and Only or Fritz TurboStart 700, or if you can find it, BioSpira. These are the products that I believe most reefers here on R2R trust to cycle tanks.

If you're coming from freshwater, like most of us, just know that there is a larger learning curve with saltwater, and processes generally take longer to complete in your tank.

I hope that helps! Best of luck with your new tank!

Brilliant thank you for your in depth advice.
My last question is my canister filter has been doing a great job so far on my fish only tank
Do you think it’s going to be a good idea to have the canister?

 

[nathrandle12]

Fritz 9 or turbo is really good for a quick cycle.

You should have nitrates though at the end of the cycle. Ammonia turns into nitrite and then into nitrate and you remove them with a water change on a new tank.

How come FOWLR? Cost of lighting or some other reason?

Hey mate, yeh chose fowlr was felt it was my best route into saltwater keeping

 

[Fish Fan]

Brilliant thank you for your in depth advice.
My last question is my canister filter has been doing a great job so far on my fish only tank
Do you think it’s going to be a good idea to have the canister?

You can absolutely run your tank with a canister filter. Personally, I don't care for canister filters in either fresh or saltwater, I prefer the AquaClear Hang On Back filters, but that's just me.

 

[nathrandle12]

You can absolutely run your tank with a canister filter. Personally, I don't care for canister filters in either fresh or saltwater, I prefer the AquaClear Hang On Back filters, but that's just me.

Thanks for you reply mate, I assume the only difference is weekly, fortnightly cleanings of the filter sponges