Coral

[EddieJ123]

Hey folks, so my tank is cycled and I have two clownfish and two mollies. When should I get corals. Should I wait or does it matter, I'm a beginner so maybe soft corals.

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

Mollies?

 

[bribo12]

Mollies?

Don't judge . corals depend on your lighting.

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

Haha I've never seen this fish

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

Haha I've never seen this fish

Oh yes you have, one of the more popular fw beginner fish

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

So this fw fish can go in sw?

 

[bribo12]

Mollies are brackish by nature and adjust well to sw and fw conditions very readily. Not my cup of tea but some people put them in sw tanks

 

[EddieJ123]

Pretty much haha. For beginners!

 

[EddieJ123]

But I just had the mollies to start off with. So I didn't buy a clown fish and have it die.

 

[Frankie_Garcia]

So mind blown right now

 

[EddieJ123]

Haha they aren't the best looking though

 

[Animal-Chin]

If your tank is really cycled go head and get some softies. It is a good place to start and they are really hardy...

 

[EddieJ123]

Sound great do you know of any cool looking ones?

 

[uh.oh...]

A lot of people love that figure-eight puffer, or spotted puffer i think its sometimes called. When in adolescence its a brackish water fish, but once in adult hood its fully adapted to marine life, and in the while lives in the ocean...so its a little strange that people keep them in freshwater tanks. I guess as long as they're taken care of I'm not one to judge though. Of course, happiest puffer I've seen was about 5 inches long in a reef tank snacking on some clams. He never stopped smiling.

 

[Ravden]

Lol I bet looked at his owners and was all dummies this is expensive treats you get me

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[bribo12]

Maybe try some mushrooms. They tend to be unkillable IME

 

[uh.oh...]

Lol I bet looked at his owners and was all dummies this is expensive treats you get me

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lol, clams on the half shell, not a reef tank. Just grocery store clams. I think that tank had a 2 foot RBTA and a 6 inch long maroon clown that had been together for something like 20 years...clown was a jerk though.

 

[PrettyFish]

I have had good luck with a nice Torch and mushrooms-lots of different colors.

 

[Salty_Dawg]

So this fw fish can go in sw?

they are actually good at getting rid of algae including hair.

i would wait about 2 months before adding any coral, let your tank settle for while.

 

[lemphotos]

WOW, i did not know that about Mollies, I think a lot of people's mind have been blown away!