New Tank Setup: Live Rocks

[kelstorm]

my friend, i told u that ur tank is not ready to stock up... let your tank mature for another 1-2 weeks before u change water and stock up.

if this goes on, ur system might crash and u have to start all over again. BE PATIENT!!!

[zorro18]

ok, ok...noted but too late
anyway, will not buy anymore fish for now.....
btw, i cant find the yellow wrasse...look here, look there dunno where leh...

[kelstorm]

i propose that u try to stablise the tank first..

For wrasse, they usually hide in the gravel when frighten or sleeping.. if u still dun see them after a few days, usually they would have been

[zorro18]

ok...did a test on my 2' tank over the weekend:

Ammonia: 0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: 50ppm (need to lower to <40)
PH: 8.4
SG: 1.024

So far, hv the following livestock
1. 1x fire shrimp ($10)
2. 1 x cleaner shrimp ($6)
3. 1 x fake clown ($2)
4. 1 x mandarin ($
5. 1 x fire goby ($6)
6. 1 x shrimp goby ($6)
7. 1 x yellow wrasse ($4)
8. 1 x royal dottyback (damn fierce; isolated in container; to give away) ($4)
9. 1 x snail ($1)
10. 2 x recordia ($2 each)
11. 2 x sponge ($2 each)
12. 1 x green mushroom ($4)
13. 1 x green buttons ($4)
14. 1 x small bubbles ($1

Feeding:
Corals: 1 cap Marine Snow on alternate days
Fishes: 1 meal daily - Alternate with brin shrimp & mysis shrip mixed with Garlic

The yellow wrasse & nemo seems pretty 'extrovert'. The mandarin appears once in a while. The fire goby only appears ard meal times...they seems to 'know'...the shrimps are always bet rocks and will appear 2-3 times a day.

I know its too much for a 2' tank so hv stop buying. My last fish will b a yellowhead sleeper goby.
Btw, the fishes are small ard 1" except for the fire goby.

[kelstorm]

That is overloaded already. U should consider doing a weekly change of water.

Yes, the fishes are small, but u should also consider that they will grow... for mandarin, they are very specialised feeders. Usually feeds on copepods. If they are able to feed on frozen, u have a slightly better chance of it surviving in your tank.. if not, they have poor survival rates.