Got my 50 gal reef up and started

[thepro]

So I have a 50 gallon reef up and running and starting it's cycle. The only thing I don't like is I bough the equipment off a guy getting out of the hobby and he didn't tell me he had 2 clown fish he was giving me. So I have no choice but to put them in the tank and hope they make it thru the cycle. Otherwise he was going to toss them. I wasn't planning on putting in fish for months. I'm just hoping since he had the tank up and running and I am using his sand and live rock, but with new water, that it will be ok.

 

I'm running a 50 gallon tank, 192W compact flor. light, protein skimmer. Over 50 lbs of live rock and live sand. 1 powerhead (I need another), a penguine 330 filter (just for water flow) and a 150W heater. The tank is looking nice, I just hope the fish make it. It's going to be tough.

 

My stats are

82degrees

0ppm Nitrite

0ppm NItrate

PH 8.2

Ammonia .5

[Guitargod6453]

Try selling the clownfish to a LFS or local hobbisest like yourself

 

Good Luck

[thepro]

my bad..it isn't a 50 gal...it's a 36 gal.

[oogie]

Well, do a water change weekly and run the skimmer 24/7. Don't wait on waterchage until your cycle is done.

[Nanomaniac]

bring the temp down a bit, like around 78.

[jasert39]

did you buy live rock and sand and everything from the same guy...if all the rock is cured you may not have a huge cycle.

[The Keeper]

They will be fine. With cured rock and sand there will be no cycle..or maybe a tiny one if the rock was exposed to air for a some time.. But if you kept it submerged the entire time, there should be almost no die off...

[thepro]

The rock and sand is cured. The rock was exposed to air for about a half hour to an hour, but it stayed moist. The fish are still doing well. I'm out of town, but I have a friend checking them. I'll check chemicals Friday.