New Fish Tank

Nitrogen cycle is a natural way to handle leftover food and animal waste generated (such as fish). This is caused by bacteria and become established in the tank when the food supply. No fish means no bacteria are usually always be established.

Nitrogen cycle is a natural way to handle leftover food and animal waste generated (such as fish). This is caused by bacteria and become established in the tank when the food supply. No fish means no bacteria are usually always be established.

I'd stay away from the Damsel fish, try catching that
aggravating tormenting sucker in a 400gal later. LOLOL

I guess some floating food and a cast net might work. :-)

Wayne Sallee wrote:

TekCat wrote on 12/19/2005 7:08 PM:

2 at the time the most. Wait loooooong time between additions.


Umm ,,, this is a 400 gallon tank, not a 55 gallon tank :-)

Most people start out with damsels, not larger expensive fish.

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RicSeyler wrote:
I'd stay away from the Damsel fish, try catching that
aggravating tormenting sucker in a 400gal later. LOLOL

Don't bother. Just pick up a decent size Volitan or Grouper.

George Patterson
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I had a devil fish (small blue fish in damsel family) in a 2 gal pico
for a little while with the intentions of only housing it there until
I got the other tank finished, as a person had a tank leak and needed
to get rid of the fish etc, so I wound up with this little fish of
perhaps 1.25" in length. Small tank, I figured no problem in such a
small tank, yea right, I just about had to remove all other inhabs and
LR and still had a hassle catching that little damsel........

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:02:27 GMT, George Patterson
wrote:
RicSeyler wrote:
I'd stay away from the Damsel fish, try catching that
aggravating tormenting sucker in a 400gal later. LOLOL

Don't bother. Just pick up a decent size Volitan or Grouper.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

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"Bobbin' for Charlie" wrote in message
news:P7Fpf.10641$9G.5848@dukeread10...
Hi guys!! How's it going?

Say, I just bought a new fish tank for my kids as a present for Christmas.
It was used, but I couldn't resist it. 400 gallons!!! I paid $1,000 for it
and the oak stand. It is square in shape and about 6 feet long on all
sides and 2.5' tall on a 3 feet tall stand. Viewing is about eye level for
an adult.

Wondering how soon I can put fish in the tank. I have over 600 lbs of live
sand that was sold with the tank and we kept 30% of the old water and
added 70% new RODI. The tank has a huge skimmer about the size of an old
gas pump that sits externally to the tank. The tank is turned over at
least 40 times per hour according to the guy I bought it from due to the
humongous dual pumps also running externally to the system. The sump for
this thing has a capacity of 250 gallons and is under the tank in the base
of the stand. You guys have to see pictures of this!!!! It's freaking
awesome!!!

So!! How soon can I add fish and more liverock? The chemistry is
awesome!!!!

Bobbin' for Charlie wrote:

Wondering how soon I can put fish in the tank.

Now.

The nitrogen cycle is a natural way of processing uneaten food and the waste
products of animals (such as fish). This is done by bacteria which become
established in the tank when food is available. No fish generally means that no
bacteria ever become established.

With a 400 gallon tank, if you add a few small to medium sized fish every few
weeks, the tank will adjust with no detectable cycle. The same is true if you
add a large fish every few weeks. You will only see a change in the water
parameters if you make a large addition to the number of animals in the tank in
a relatively short period of time.
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George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Wife caught me cheatin' on her last night with her sister and through a
hammer through the first thing she could hit and it wasn't me.

So much for the 400 gallon tank. Talk to yawl l8r.


"Bobbin' for Charlie" wrote in message
news:P7Fpf.10641$9G.5848@dukeread10...
Hi guys!! How's it going?

Say, I just bought a new fish tank for my kids as a present for Christmas.
It was used, but I couldn't resist it. 400 gallons!!! I paid $1,000 for it
and the oak stand. It is square in shape and about 6 feet long on all
sides and 2.5' tall on a 3 feet tall stand. Viewing is about eye level for
an adult.

Wondering how soon I can put fish in the tank. I have over 600 lbs of live
sand that was sold with the tank and we kept 30% of the old water and
added 70% new RODI. The tank has a huge skimmer about the size of an old
gas pump that sits externally to the tank. The tank is turned over at
least 40 times per hour according to the guy I bought it from due to the
humongous dual pumps also running externally to the system. The sump for
this thing has a capacity of 250 gallons and is under the tank in the base
of the stand. You guys have to see pictures of this!!!! It's freaking
awesome!!!

So!! How soon can I add fish and more liverock? The chemistry is
awesome!!!!

Bobbin' for Charlie wrote:
Wife caught me cheatin' on her last night with her sister and through
a hammer through the first thing she could hit and it wasn't me.

So much for the 400 gallon tank. Talk to yawl l8r.

Oh my GOD I hope you're kidding....

Oh my GOD I hope you're kidding....

If he is, that's one of the most unique trolls I've seen in a long time
.....

Though when I read the original post, I thought the wording was a
little suspicious. "The chemistry is awesome" ??