Just Started A 5 Gallon
 

wondering how long i should wait after the cycle to put in some hermits. Also how long till Zoos.
Thanks

Wait until your ammonia tests out at zero. Then clean up crew and then a couple more weeks before fish or corals. Take it SLOW.

Agreed. Is this your first SW tank? During cycling, you should have test kits for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate. When the first two are at zero, you can slowly add a few inverts. Test your parameters a few more times that week and if everything remains at zero, you could add a fish and some coral.

This is my first SW tank after many years of fresh water, mostly cichlids and synos, and i do have all the test kits and all that stuff. 2-3 times enough for the checking of water parameters.

Also what would you recommend i stock the tank with. Zoos are a definate.

Not much you can stock with a 5g tank. What kind of lighting are you using? Probably just zoo's and mushrooms. I wouldnt even think about adding a fish in such a small tank, maybe a shrimp.

www.nano-reef.com You will find lots of useful information about what you can stock in a tank that size.

PC Coral life or if there is a PC with longer lasting bulbs

How many watts?

18 watts

Zoanthids, mushrooms, stuf like xenia, green star polyps, favia, toadstool , devils finger. Mostly soft corals.

-As likwid said fish is'nt really the best choice, but it just occured to me that you might be able to get away with a clown goby like a citrinis or such. there not too demanding, quite hardy actually, and putting a baby in a 5-gallon with nicely arranged live rock doesn't seem to bad an idea to me but research first - i see them all the time lingering over stony coral colonies so i can't imagine them needing to much swimming room, but anyways good luck :smile:

My tank is running or has been running for a while and I have zoos growing all over the place as well as sun coral (latin name of tubastrea something) showing up all around the tank, the xenia hasn't really tanken off though.

Here are some pics just before the main light turned on and after it turned on.
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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...7/100_0009.jpg

THats only 5 G?

yes, it is only a 5 gallon tank

what do u do to make sure ammonia and other levels are within reason?

I do Biweekly water changes of 1 gallon. Also I have 8 lbs of LR in there. Also I dont feed a ton of food to sun polyp only twice a week.

so then you dont' use a protien skimmer?

I do use a protein skimmer. Sorry if I made that unclear