order of stocking?

[Paul_MTS]

I put it in my other topic to keep it separate a bit.

I got a "Pyama Wrasse" which i then realised was a 6 line when I got home. They didn't have any firefish

 

[steelhealr]

Sixline is one of the best fish, IMO, you can own. It probably could have gone in after the other fish, but, probably will be fine. SH

 

[Paul_MTS]

hopefully we'll do fine, the only thing I could of got instead was a perc clown but i don't really want 1 of them making themself a nice territory for half tank with nothing else in. I wasn't sure on anything else.

I take it from here I just keep an eye on the levels just to double check so to speak. What kind of level shall i wait for on Nitrates before i do a water change? It's still at 0!

and last 1 for now....when can I get some corals?

 

[steelhealr]

When ammonia is 0 and nitrite is zero, you chane out your water until you get your nitrates down. Since you are starting from scratch, I'd try and get your nitrates down below 10..even 5 before you add your first fish. I didn't add my first coral for over a month after cycling. I'd go slow. Some dump one in there right away. You're gonna get a wave of diatoms, so, I'd wait until the tank settles. SH

 

[Paul_MTS]

oki dokey, best order a can of RO water to have it ready for when the nitrates do rise a bit.

 

[billa_bong]

oki dokey, best order a can of RO water to have it ready for when the nitrates do rise a bit.

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my 90 gallon just finished cycling.

ammonia is zero, nitrites are zero. now im doing 20 gallon water changes with ro di water from my LFS (premixed saltwater) every 3 days.....

its hard to say how many gallons of water exactly i have going thru my system ebcause of my liverock, but im going to say about 80gallons.

i have 119gallon capacity (29gallon sump+90gallon tank)

but i have 160 lbs of liverock in the tank plus the sump is never filled up all the way.

so im just going to do 20 gallon water changes with RO/DI to do two things:

-lower nitrates
-get rid of the cycle water
-dilute the tap water i started the tank on(dilute heavy metals and other things)

right now i have a larger serpent star which i got as a hitch hiker and 1 bangai cardinal...there both doing fine (cardinal is stressed out a bit from me re aquascaping, but he is doing better and eating...)

im about at the same stage as you, i ordered my clean up crew tonight and should be getting them saturday....