Cycling....and a dead fishy....

[sharky222]

Yes, patience is a fairly new concept to me .

The tank is 81g shallow (w/56 gallon sump). I didn't plan to add any more fish for a long while, so I will remove the deceased and see what happens in the next month or so.

All of the rock was cured, but the first batch definitely had some die-off between the time I bought it and added it to the tank (I added the rock in 2 batches, but it was all in for a few weeks before I added the fish).

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by sharky222

Yes, patience is a fairly new concept to me .

The tank is 81g shallow (w/56 gallon sump). I didn't plan to add any more fish for a long while, so I will remove the deceased and see what happens in the next month or so.

All of the rock was cured, but the first batch definitely had some die-off between the time I bought it and added it to the tank (I added the rock in 2 batches, but it was all in for a few weeks before I added the fish).

in your 80g its still too many fish too soon everytime you add a fish your system has to adjust to the bio load of each fish if you add a bunch of fish at once your system gets overloaded and the good bacteria will have a hard time catching up which is where youll see a rise in nitrates and possible bad algae like diatoms and the dreaded cyano. for fish youll end up with ich or even worse marine velvet which is super hard to completely remove

[reefwars]

canreef is a great site for info and if i were you iwould post everymove made and ask other reefers what they would do before doing it yourself, after all alot of us have been doing this for years and have dealt with alot of problems and are more than glad to help someone from making the same mistakes we all made cheers on the new build and i would recommend starting a tank journal here and youll get all the advice you could ever want

[sharky222]

Good advice, thanks! Will a) set up a QT and b) learn patience.

[daniella3d]

Not to mention that using a QT might eventualy save your the REAL hassle of having to catch all your fishes to treat them outside the main tank in the event you get velvet and need to treat with copper.

It can be a real pain in the neck to have to catch all the fish to treat them. Beleive me a QT is a blessing

Originally Posted by sharky222

Good advice, thanks! Will a) set up a QT and b) learn patience.