SWC order

[spikehs]

Tony,

I ordered myself 2 frags in the shipment (I already paid for them), are we still picking up the items from your house? What time do you expect them to arrive? I'll call sometime later this afternoon to confirm the details, i guess.....

Sean

[Delphinus]

Looking at the AC webpage I see there is a flight arriving at 1:30 the next one is 5:20. The next ones at 6:44 and 9:47. It always takes about a half hour to unload the cargo off the plane.

At this point I don't know what flight Jayson will be able to get. If he is to get the flight which arrives at 1:30 he only has about an hour at this point to catch that one. I have a sinking feeling it will be the 5:20 one.

[AJ_77]

Originally posted by Seriak:
Man I missed out. I never go on the computer on the weekends. I would deffinately have ordered some Fighting Conchs. Hey, how long would you guys wait to put frags and clams into a new tank. My tank is going on one month now.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Before I started up my tank 4 months ago, I read a few posts that advocated letting the tank go 6 months before adding any livestock. At first that was my intention, but of course I started adding stock much sooner.

I now think that it was very good advice for a new tank. Just my 2 cents.

Alan

[Seriak]

6 months!!! I am likely to go crazy before that happens. I guess I should contain my agony and do what is best for my system!

[AJ_77]

It does seem like torture, doesn't it? I wish I'd had the patience to do it, though. Although there are people who've done it quickly, they typically have sand, rock and even water from an established tank. Six months seems the minimum time recommended for the basic algae cycles and water stability, and you can certainly support a healthy "cleaner crew" for months before corals and fish arrive. Then you'll have a relatively established environment for them to come into. This is a huge bonus, believe me. Even though a pair of clowns and a softie will do OK at a month or two, it's not the best thing for any creature. The longer, the better, IMO.

It's also a chance to get familiar with your own system - how it responds to feedings, different equipment, algae blooms, lighting schedules, etc, etc... I think it's a great thing if you're familiar with the ins and outs of your little microcosm before you start dropping animals in. Again, I can't say I did the right thing - I'm saying it would have been a wiser route for me.

Cheers and good luck. Hope you have more patience than me. (BTW, I haven't had a large-scale disaster, but I have a green-water/phytoplankton farm instead of the lovely tank that was beginning to develop. Some people have hair algae or bryopsis or other algae plagues that vex them - I have lime-green water you can't see through.)

Alan

[ 08 July 2002, 10:47: Message edited by: AJ_77 ]

[Tau2301]

Tony, do you know which flight it will be?

I am hoping that my visit at Jon's home will coincide with the arrival of the order. Not that you live that far away.

[Canadian Man]

6 MONTHS :eek:

I hade a pair of clown's in my tank after 10 days and a leather coral in after 2 weeks.
Both are still doing extremely well.
I did have cured live rock though, so my cycle took 4 days total.

[AJ_77]

Jon, after all your reading and research, are you saying that your experience should be considered typical?

:confused:

More like unusual, I should think?

[Canadian Man]

Yes you are correct with the not typical experience I had.
I too wish I had the patience to wait 6 months to add stuff but, alas, I do not.

I don't recomend doing what I did.
I definitley would not put any sensitive/needy corals in for quite some time.

On the flip side of my response, you have to add some things. That's what I consider to be a fun part of the hobby and to me it keeps things interesting.

[ 08 July 2002, 12:34: Message edited by: Canadian Man ]

[Seriak]

From what I can gather, a month after the tank has fully cycled it is safe to start adding one or two hardier fish. According to RC. Anyone have any ideas on what kind of fish? I am thinking a couple of green chromis!