Adding First Fish + Acclimating tips

The time has come to add fish 😊

[salparmar]

I use safety stop before adding to QT and again when moving from QT to DT and so far it has been amazing. I am sure you know what you are doing and if that works for you it’s great. I wish you all the success with this build and like you said for future upgrade build.👌👏

[tang_nabbitchannel]

Yeah Safety Stop in a minimum for me, but to each their own!

[RogueAquariums]

Nice selection of fish bro. Only thing I might do when acclimating them in the bags is dim down the lights the first few hours so it doesn’t provide any undo stress on them.

[robertodiazjr]

everybody should check out Safety Stop at least if you don't have a quarantine system 1-hour quarantine👍

[TattooedDancer]

"It had ICH and after feeding alot and giving them garlic it's just gone!"
Sigh...
Misdiagnosing iCH is super common, maybe it was just some flukes or wounds from the tang aggression that we see clearly.
If it is not misdiagnosed, then no, it's not gone away, it's still there...

[pjshooter]

Learn to qt ALL YOUR FISH! Should qt all livestock especially if your planning to do a reef. If you end up with a parasite outbreak your going to have to qt AND GO FALOW for 90 days. Thats a huge back step

[wishafish]

Wow love it! You do such an amazing job!!!

[Pontiuspilate]

Methylene blue and sea chem prime really helps a lot if you buy fish from online.

[jacksonsparrow]

Is it normal for them to lay at the bottom when first entering the tank? They are two clown fish

[richardb]

Hi I have been following this great series with interest as I am very new to the hobby, I was wondering what your view on water changes was, there seems to be conflicting information from 10% weekly to none as long as your water parameters are ok. Keep up the good work

[kevinw]

I would change the Hanna salinity checker to read ppt. I prefer to read ppt than the broader sg reading. What type of urchin is that? Is it still alive? I have never kept a sea urchin but I do know that many of them are very efficient at eating coralline algae. It surprises me that the lfs sold you that many fish to go into a new system all at once?

[marcelrodriguez]

I remember adding a pair of mocha storm clowns as my first fish and died all of a sudden for no damn reason. I damn lost my shit when that happen.

[ricardovaladez]

Well here comes the Quarantine and tang police 🐠🚓💨...

[OnTheReef]

A little early from an urchin IMO. This tank is new and urchins have big appetites. I hope your pencil urchin doesn't starve.

[kenziyt]

This is a new tank with no stocking yet. The fish hes adding are basically going into their own quarantine while in this tank. Come on people.

[sjoerdkielstra]

Hi there. Could you please explain the cycling process again with the mollies? What salinity do you use? In this video it looks like it can be at 35 ppt.

[Guacamole]

What about ammonia toxicity/burn my friend? Add some prime to the orange bucket? I'm reading a lot of people are just doing a direct transfer (if temp and salinity are constant).

[couldbenicer]

Love the video but did you dry the fish off after double dipping ? 🤣

[AScocco]

Molly fish to cycle?
Two fish tang in this cube?

[Raketenpeter]

isn't the pool too small for a tang? would also take a small one and if it is large hand it over to an edging