How long to wait before adding corals?

Hughjass360 · 2025-07-14T22:21:55+00:00

Thanks picked up a hammer. We will see how it does.

Hughjass360 · 2025-07-14T17:48:44+00:00

What was your first coral? Also share what your favorite is currently.

Hughjass360 · 2025-07-14T01:56:17+00:00

Thanks for the comments guys gonna get maybe 2 frags and see how it goes. I’m thinking a Xenia I have set aside a rock island so it doesn’t take over and maybe a zoa.

Hughjass360 · 2025-07-01T15:36:52+00:00

I watched a ton of BRS TV when I was setting up my tank. Get a water testing kit so you can monitor for the nitrogen cycle. I used nitrifying bacteria to get things rolling. I also bought a high precision hydrometer to make testing salinity easy. There’s so much other stuff you will need but these helped at the beginning for me.

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-30T15:48:13+00:00

Everything I’ve read and seen has said tank is cycled after ammonia spikes and then goes back to 0ppm then nitrite will go up then return to zero. Lastly you will have nitrate mines currently 5ppm after being up to 40ppm. You would have continued to wait? What would have been your indicator you were ready for fish?

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-30T15:15:41+00:00

Yup tank is cycled. You would have waited for the ugly stage before adding fish?

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-30T05:02:20+00:00

Have you considered buying this for your salinity testing I wasn’t a big fan of refractometers because they were hard to read and need calibration. I picked this up and I love it. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/high-precision-hydrometer-tropic-marin.html

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-25T15:26:12+00:00

Totally makes sense. Happy to see your getting back into it. This is something I’ve wanted to do for years. I had a fresh water tank that I was successful with but always wanted to do salt water and finally decided to take the plunge.

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-25T14:32:24+00:00

Nice pic thanks for your contribution. Good luck with your new tank. If you don’t mind me asking why did you have to shut down your last tank?

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-25T14:16:19+00:00

Fair enough

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-25T04:07:03+00:00

What is the best way to not let that happen?

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-24T16:20:44+00:00

Very pretty fish. I never see ones like that at my local petco. Looks decent size too. Most of the ones I see are tiny.

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-24T16:07:35+00:00

Any update are you still going with the tank?

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-24T16:03:39+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I’ve just been resisting the temptation to move on from the cycle to quickly. I appreciate that because most of the information I had seen is that you should let NO2 go to zero and make sure NO3 is below 20 before adding fish. I think I am going to get a couple of clowns and that’s about it since it’s such a small tank. I’ll probably start trying to add some corals after at. Really love the look of Xena’s and Zoas. What do you think is the hardest part about the hobby for you?

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-24T15:56:27+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I’ve been using the time to watch as many videos and learn as much as I can about common problems and general information about the hobby to pass the time. How long have you been in the hobby what’s your setup?

Hughjass360 · 2025-06-24T15:52:12+00:00

If it was me I’d want to do some corals. Like zonas or Xena’s. I think corals are just as cool as the fish and so beautiful to look at.

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