First fish add to tank.

[robvia]

Once you have your tank up and stable for 4 to 6 weeks. How should you add the fish? One at a time, or several at the same time. I would like to have about 6 fish and some shrimp in my tank. Should I buy them all at once from an internet site such as saltwarefish.com. Then add them at the same time. Or should I get them local, and add them one at a time?

[Penguin]

You'd definitely want to add the fish gradually, rather than all at once. The idea is to allow time for your biological filtration (be it live rock, wet/dry, or whatever) to build itself up to be able to handle the bioload.

[reefsus]

how big is your tank, the smaller the tank the longer the intermission you should adding fish. Usually in tanks under 100 gallons, when you add a fish around 3 inches you shouldnt add another fish for another month. But im definity in agreement with penguin too.

[robvia]

The tank is a 90 gallon. All the fish I will be adding are going to be small. Probably 2" max.

Should I put the shrimp in before the fish?

[RossandMandyProject]

hey I have a 150 gallon FOWLR and I found that after my tank cycled I added a few cheap damsals and if your pockeet book allows you to put a few dollars on the line a sailfin tang is an excellent hardy fish that is virtually unkillable in my tank, in fact we named it KillBill because it worked out so great. when you get the damsals just be prepared for the fact that you may not want to keep them, they become very territorial and they will kill other fish so you may have to get rid of them either from selling, giving, or just flushing them, but they did work out GREAT. also the saifin tang gets along well with his new tank mates now but I was sure to arrange the rocks differently when I added new fish to mix up the tangs bearings and it was all confused. worked out well for us just thought that might help.

[saltjunkie]

damsels are very mean....
if damsels were large.. sharks would run in fear...


get chromis!!! they are basically the same as damsels... maybe a lil less hardy.. but peaceful......

[Sueet]

damsels are very mean....
if damsels were large.. sharks would run in fear.

And probably get caught and killed..(the sharks).. EVIL things damsels are!! And almost impossible to catch, wayyyyyy too smart!

[saltjunkie]

And probably get caught and killed..(the sharks).. EVIL things damsels are!! And almost impossible to catch, wayyyyyy too smart!

So very true!!!!

[Samper]

The tank is a 90 gallon. All the fish I will be adding are going to be small. Probably 2" max.

Should I put the shrimp in before the fish?

Yes you should definately cycle the tank with the shrimp long before you put your fish in. When the shrimp turns to powder test your water and see whats goin on with it. After everything has stabilized for a while add a hardy fish. I don't think you will be happy with damsels though.