No, I wouldn't recommend doing so to a newbie or to anyone else because I don't know their setup, their testing or maintenance regime, or anything about them. But I do know myself, my experience and the way I maintain my reefs, and I'm satisfied with what we did.

I think folks are judging me on what they think is going on in the 42, but they don't really know because they don't know me and they aren't here.

Again, short of being that other person and knowing absolutely everything about a particular reef setup, I wouldn't recommend it.

So what you're saying is that the information you posted on your website is completely false and you never did any of that?

Geez, lady, now you're just trolling. Lighten up, eh?

Oh thanks for calling me a troll, that was nice. I'm done with this.

Good luck with your tank.

Christy :)

Indeed yes, this board is not noted for kindness. Flames fly unhindered here. People will flame their best friends without any qualms it seems. Some very good people have left this board because of dumb and insensitive remarks. Humour is totally misunderstood, because a number of folks totally miss the point when an attempt at humour is made. Bad advice is often handed out freely. But if you can put up with all that, things are not bad here. :2gunfire:

Personally,

I wouldn't suggest putting 6 fish let alone any corals into a tank less than a month old. Even if it was fully cured rock. The sand can still cause a spike. Each fish you add will cause a spike. You probably won't loss anything, but the chance is there. And at the prices of most saltwater fish and corals, that is an expensive chance.

But I guess I am not the person to be giving any real advice as I just bought an Achilles Tang for my 90 Gallon which would make my tank a 2 tang tank and I will probably get flamed for this.

But good luck and let us know how everything goes.

BTW, my poilcy is leave well enough alone. I haven't done a water change in over 3 months and my tank blossoms everyday. I am overdue for one now. But I believe that 15-20% every 3 months is fine. Assuming your parameters are holding stable.

So treat you tank as you will and hopefully it works for you.

Well, I'm not going anywhere, flames or no flames. I'm a big girl, or at least an old one, and I can take as good as I can give ;-)

The nay-sayers to our stocking the 42 so quickly have made a few good points and I don't begrudge that at all. We may indeed have been hasty in adding livestock, and if we were wrong I'll fess up to it.

One post suggested a spike may occur in about three weeks. Well, as anal as I am, I'll be watching for it pretty diligently and if it occurs, I know how to deal with it and be public about it - wearing my flame-proof panties and all ;-D

Take care, and thanks for the heads up about flames and general human nature on this board :-)

Just want to ask for my own curiousity what in the new sand could cause a spike?

Spikes occur when a lot of dead things start decomposing like dead stuff on uncured live rock. Now, if the liverock being transferred into a new tank comes from a tank with a heavy bioload, that rock already has more bacteria then necessary for the new tank. Even if the rock contains just the right balance of bacteria, would a few new small fish in 42 gallons cause a significant spike? I've never experienced a spike before (and I add stuff quite quickly) so that's why I'm asking.

Now don't be rediculous. Everything can cause a spike. I did not say it would cause enough of a spike to kill anything. But a spike is a spike even if it doesn't wind up doing anything to your tank. Any live sand can cause a spike. That is why I said it could cause a spike. The fish definately will, but the sand might depending on how 'live ' it is.

Or am I wrong here? ;)

Just asking for an explanation that's all. Of course, anything that dies produces ammonia (not necessarily a spike if the nitrification process is quick). So why does new sand cause spikes? Don't flame me for asking a question please. Thanks.