MACATUA
Aquarium Advice FINatic
OK, I am not a beginner in the saltwater field, I have posted here with you guys many times. Tell me what you think of my approach.
I have just set up a new 180, but with plenty of established live rock and sand, never even had a cycle and have tested fine for 3 weeks now. I also have set up a 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank as my sump with about 70 gallons of water, more sand and rock.
So my thought is I of course want to go with some larger "show" type fish. But it struck me yesterday that if I did a quicker stocking with baby fish, I should not have bio-load problems up front because the babies don't produce much waste. Also, they can all grow up together which should solve some order of addition and aggression issues.
I have plenty of hiding places and can't wait to show you all, I will have pics soon.
So yesterday I picked up my first two fish, a beauty of a clown tang I had been watching for three weeks at the store eating, and jumped into my tank last night and grazed on the rock to his hearts desire. And a small dogface puffer, (the cutest darn thing you have ever seen!) Both are around 2 inches long.
I also want to add very soon in small batches a lion, trigger, angel, and harlequin tusk.
If I add thes all soon but as very small babies, does it stand to reason they should all grow into the tank together and have and easy transition?
I have just set up a new 180, but with plenty of established live rock and sand, never even had a cycle and have tested fine for 3 weeks now. I also have set up a 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank as my sump with about 70 gallons of water, more sand and rock.
So my thought is I of course want to go with some larger "show" type fish. But it struck me yesterday that if I did a quicker stocking with baby fish, I should not have bio-load problems up front because the babies don't produce much waste. Also, they can all grow up together which should solve some order of addition and aggression issues.
I have plenty of hiding places and can't wait to show you all, I will have pics soon.
So yesterday I picked up my first two fish, a beauty of a clown tang I had been watching for three weeks at the store eating, and jumped into my tank last night and grazed on the rock to his hearts desire. And a small dogface puffer, (the cutest darn thing you have ever seen!) Both are around 2 inches long.
I also want to add very soon in small batches a lion, trigger, angel, and harlequin tusk.
If I add thes all soon but as very small babies, does it stand to reason they should all grow into the tank together and have and easy transition?