Hardy Fishes

[pokmingsheng]

Hi, would like to get some hardy fishes to start of to help me cycle my tank..

ANY RECOMMENDATIONS????

[[V]tEc]

Hi, would like to get some hardy fishes to start of to help me cycle my tank..

ANY RECOMMENDATIONS????

I dun think it a gd idea to use fish to cycle tank. U should only add LS after cycling.

[Gouldian]

Hi, would like to get some hardy fishes to start of to help me cycle my tank..

ANY RECOMMENDATIONS????

Hi,

To start you cycle, you can throw in a few pellets or 1/5 cube of mysis shrimp. Don't need to use livestock to start the cycle.

HTH

[Solo77]

Dead Fish will be hardy. lol.

I hope you mean you have already cycled your tank and hope to get some hardy fishes to start off with so as to minimise heavy loss in buying expensive fish. You can start off with some corals and see whether they are doing well....then follow by inverts and then fishes. Just my 2 cents worth advice. All the best.

[Gouldian]

Hi,

To start you cycle, you can throw in a few pellets or 1/5 cube of mysis shrimp. Don't need to use livestock to start the cycle.

HTH

Here's a write up on fishless cycling for your information - http://www.fishchannel.com/fishkidz/beginn...ss-cycling.aspx

HTH

[yikai]

try not to use fish for cycling. very inhumane.

however if ur lookign for hardy beginner fishes after u cycled, u can try cardinals, clowns, royal gramma. maybe even a shrimp or two

i dont recommend damsels and dottybacks as ur beginner fishes because they will get very aggressive and adding new tank mates will be abit of a hassle later on. i think most of us have been tru that i still have my blue damsel from my early days. if u do have a soft spot for damsels and dottybacks, can try adding them last. when all ur other fish hav settled in nciely

u can read the articles posted in this forum re. cycling tank.

happy to help =)

[Solo77]

cheap and nice will be chromis.

[pokmingsheng]

noted! Thanks for the advice!!!

[Vlamingi_cont]

cheap and nice will be chromis.

But never damsels...

[TFMANIAC]

my 3 spot damsel died when the scallop i had died and polluted the water.

so sad... it was king in my tank.

Listen to the pros.. damsels will take over your tank.

size does not matter!

[yikai]

if u wan to add damsels can. but add it as ur last fish. that way all existing fishes will have their little slice of the tank to call their own. if u add the damsel first, the whole tank will be his.

thats why it is wise to plan the order in which to add ur fishes.

[Thexder]

Surprisingly, my yellowtail damsel although is the first fish, he gets bullied by the my other fishes... cos they are all bigger than him

[yikai]

Surprisingly, my yellowtail damsel although is the first fish, he gets bullied by the my other fishes... cos they are all bigger than him

yellowtail damsel is one of the least aggressive damsels. the changing damsels (genus neoglyphidodon) are one of the most aggressive.

[iskay]

More articles on fishless tank cycling.

http://fishwhisperer.homestead.com/articles.html

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/bionitrog.../a/aa042403.htm

[pokmingsheng]

OK! thanks alot!!!

More articles on fishless tank cycling.

http://fishwhisperer.homestead.com/articles.html

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/bionitrog.../a/aa042403.htm