Newbie with new tank & ich

[naesco]

Originally Posted by spawn

Hi we've got a two week old tank cycled though, so we bought two clowns on sat. and put em in. Sunday morning both appeared top have ich. Now what? we have a cleaner shrimp also, but niether the fish or the shrimp seem to be aware of the others presence.

Did you put the fish in 2 weeks after you tank has cycled.
What are the water parameters? What is the size of your tank?

A good rule of thumb is to wait a month after your tank has cycled and add one fish one month apart. I know, I know. But, resist the urge to move too fast or you will be fighting, algae, cyno, diatom and fish disease issues.

[kevNnic]

im on basically day 40 of my cycle the waiting is friggin killing me. i just might wait until august. i dont want any issues!

[BlueWorldAquatic]

You can speed up the process a bit with bacterial seeding. From an established tank, or a commercial product like stability & Prodibio StartUp.

Patience is the key thing to starting up a new tank, this of it as the tanks way of getting you to read up on all the information of reef keeping

Ken - BWA