Just Started A 5 Gallon

super7 · #1 08-14-2007, 05:03 AM

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

fishytime · #2 08-14-2007, 01:14 PM

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.

Der_Iron_Chef · #3 08-14-2007, 01:21 PM

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.

super7 · #4 08-14-2007, 05:41 PM

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.

super7 · #5 08-14-2007, 05:43 PM

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

likwid · #6 08-14-2007, 05:51 PM

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.