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When i get more fish (prob next week) what would do well with those fish i want to have a peaceful reef tank 55 gal.

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pnh

lol i got the fish saturday (today) i got 1 tomato clown 1 saddleback clown, 1 black percula clown, 1 sebae anemone, and 2 cleaner shrimp.

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pnh

Fishkid, if you tank is cycled, then the new fish you want is up to you. For choices you should now let up know what your set up is like, ie; filters, lighting, current, tank size, amount of LR, all the fish you want or may eventually want to get, And include all your water parameters (including ph, hardness, salinity, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and alkalinity if you have it). This will help us give you better choices.

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THANK YOU very much i appriciate what you and the other did for me. So you think i should get a clown in stead of a chromis

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pnh

If the tank is cycled, you dont need to get a hardy fish unless you want something that will forgive some mistakes.
IMO Occ. clowns are just as if not hardier than other damsel varietys and chromis.
A cycled tank means you can try most things as long as its not to big or heaps of them.

my 30g's first fish was a fu man chu. not the toughest beast but the tank was cycled and had no problem handling it.

All fish are potential jumpers, especialy newly aquired fish. chromis can get a bit frisky when feeding and can shoot out of water when eating.
Chromis when they mature can get quite agressive towards each other like all damsels family members

if anyone could respond before jan 14th it would be a great help because i plan on going to my lfs tommorow

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pnh

just so u know the tank is cycled i just need to put fish in it and i think the chromis would be good because i can keep because they wont form an aggressive behaviour and one other thing are they jumpers?

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pnh

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Actually Chromis are the best. This is for two reasons, one is that they are as hardy as any damsels, or most any other fish. And they are very forgiving as for water parameters. The other reason is, that they are probably the cheapest SW fish out there. So IF (and hopefully not) you should lose any, the cost would be as min as possible. This is probalby the biggest reason they are told to most people as the best.

Now, IMO, the best way to cycle a SW tank is with LR. There is many reasons it is better, other than just the health of any fish. The LR will not need as often of water changes, and actually cycle a tank quicker than with fish. And the cost is cheaper then, as less salt is used, and no risk of fish lost.

Edit, I have cycled with fish in the past, but now use LR.

Last edited by ACIDRAIN at 14-Jan-2006 08:20

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Damsels are the best choice to cycle a tank with fish. You might get A LOT of answers saying that you should NOT to that and rather cycle your tank with uncured live rocks. I personnaly used both, Damsels and live rocks. The tank settled down in 2&#189; weeks with 0 ammo, 0 nitrites and about 15ppm Nitrates which is acceptable ( no ideal ) for a fish.

The down side of cycling with Damsels is that you will have to make frequent water changes in order to keep your fish alive and prevent harm to them. They are tough lil' critters. I would not use Chromis though. Go for more robust ones like Black Tailed Humbugs, yellow tail or blue devil.

Add your rocks slowly. I would go with about 20% of the total of live rocks you plan on having in there. Let the tank adjust for 2 weeks and add another 20%. It's a long process and patience is the way to go. If you rush it, you will crash it.

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