adding mushrooms, corals, anemones..

[[d]3v|L]

hi just started my marine tank.. no fish yet. after my cycling process can i add some mushrooms? heard tt they require not much light and can stand low water quality and they recomend for beginers. now when the tank is cycled can if i wanna add coral izzit add a few week by week? will the coral when put inside d tank affect the quality?

[[d]3v|L]

o ya can i add mushrooms during the cycling process?

[mv3i]

i don't think so .... just let the cycle process finish and then start from there

[Tanzy]

No the mushrooms won't tolerate cycling conditions. When they are described as tough it means that they can stand up to a certain amount of neglect and don't require as much conditions to be met as SPS.

Patience is part of the hobby. The only thing that happens fast in a reef tank is a disaster.

[mv3i]

totally agree with tanzy ....

[[d]3v|L]

so... after my cycling process can i add mushrooms and corals? or should i add a few 3,4 slowly week by week huh?

[mv3i]

i reckon you start with 1 or 2 hardy fishes .... then slowly increasing the stock and then corals ... if your water conditons is ok

[[d]3v|L]

can it b clown fish, banggai cardinal or ?? so u mean i can add some fish bout 3 at a time to my tank huh? my tank is bout 200L

[B|uEc@rpEt]

U should use damsels instead. They r a pretty hardy lot.

To cycle, u can start wif a pair...after cycle, wat i did was to introduce new fishes on a weekly basis. Eg. 1 per week.

I am sure others pratice diff methods/ time periods.

[[d]3v|L]

asked those guys at arofan. they say cruel n they don deserve tt. anyway maybe trying it out. how do u all stack live rocks? on pvc pipe or acrylic or jus put on the sand? do aquamart n reborn sell live rock?

[Tanzy]

PCK,

There is no need to use livestock to cycle the tank when a piece of prawn is just as effective.

Even urine is a good source of nitrogen. *cough* some one with a hairless dog uses that!*cough*

Damsels are a pain to keep in the future and are hard to catch.

How big is your tank? What filtration equipment are you using?

Having a base for the rock is a good idea because sand can shift causing the rocks to fall over. AT uses PVC pipes as a stand. I place my rocks on the sand neat. Some people don't even have sand and the rocks are straight on the glass.

[[d]3v|L]

hahaha u call me PCK, my nick devil la. anyway call me pck oso can i like it

i 1 to use live rock cos it perform bio filtertration n oso can stack m up to add coral. just added 3 piece of shrimp food to decay. im using canister filter with ceramic ringz n bio sponge inside. btw where u get the pcv pipe. how u all put em? are those pipe short pieces and u jus put those stuff on top?