Fish before CuC?

Jon05 · 09/23/2013, 01:45 PM

My tanks done cycling but it's relatively clean, not much for a CuC to pick at, I've got some Diatoms growing now. I was thinking about just picking up my two clowns and waiting a week or two before getting my CuC. Would I run into any issues doing this?

oscarinw · 09/23/2013, 02:30 PM

Size of the tank? Amount of rock and sand? Sump or no sump? all this would be important to know to give you a better idea...

Jon05 · 09/23/2013, 03:35 PM

55G with a 30G sump that holds about 20g of water, 50lbs of rock, about 40lbs of sand, protein skimmer(hasn't been running during cycle).

u00bdl1 · 09/23/2013, 03:44 PM

With that much water volume you should be fine.

mallard · 09/23/2013, 05:00 PM

Clowns are pretty hardy but don't count out the inverts. They are some of the coolest things in the tank. If you're picking them up at a LFS, might as well grab a few inverts because the fish poop will need to get cleaned up somehow. Will you be ok for a week or two without them and your levels are currently good? Probably, just run that protein skimmer.

09/23/2013, 01:45 PM	#1
Jon05 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 94	Fish before CuC? My tanks done cycling but it's relatively clean, not much for a CuC to pick at, I've got some Diatoms growing now. I was thinking about just picking up my two clowns and waiting a week or two before getting my CuC. Would I run into any issues doing this?

09/23/2013, 02:30 PM	#2
oscarinw Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Western Massachusetts Posts: 1,091	Size of the tank? Amount of rock and sand? Sump or no sump? all this would be important to know to give you a better idea...

09/23/2013, 03:35 PM	#3
Jon05 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 94	55G with a 30G sump that holds about 20g of water, 50lbs of rock, about 40lbs of sand, protein skimmer(hasn't been running during cycle).

09/23/2013, 03:44 PM	#4
u00bdl1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Springfield Ohio Posts: 52	With that much water volume you should be fine.

09/23/2013, 05:00 PM	#5
mallard Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 87	Clowns are pretty hardy but don't count out the inverts. They are some of the coolest things in the tank. If you're picking them up at a LFS, might as well grab a few inverts because the fish poop will need to get cleaned up somehow. Will you be ok for a week or two without them and your levels are currently good? Probably, just run that protein skimmer.