can someone advise me :)

hey guys just wondering if someone could help me out and let me know how long after a tank has cycled i have to wait to put fish in and is 2 fish to many to start with? i was thinking a lawnmower blenny and a six line wrasse

 

well a tank isn't completely cycled for at least 6 months. As you increase the bioload, so must the tank increase its bacteria population.

How long has your tank been cycling, and have you done anything to help - like a peice a shrimp or a damsel?

the 2 fish you want aren't pirticularly sensitive, however they still wouldn't survive an ammonia stirke. Personally, if i was you - i would start with a clown, just to be on the safe side, they are great fish, and hardy as hell!

 

actually you can only type 14, the number doesn't count at "words."

O ya I bet he is right by the way.

 

yeh the tanks been cycling and i had a spike about 2 weeks ago and everything is at 0 i though of a clown but i dont like the idea of it hosting my future corals, i was just thinking th six line can keep my bed loose and the blenny would help with the hair algae

 

Hmm how random

Well not all clownfish will host, especially a tank bred one.
But if you dont want one, just give it 2 more weeks (as a tank is never cycled in 2 weeks, wait at elast 4) and then add the blenny then wait another week and add the six line.
If you add both of them now, your only going to risk them dying and losing your money.

Thats my advice anyway, but obviously what you do is entirely your choice.

 

lol no i like money well spent so taking it slow sounds good to me

 

Matt's "go slow, let it grow" applies perfectly in this case

 

If you don't want a clown don't get one.

If all you parameters are 0 I would go ahead with the 2 fish you have chosen. They are great first 2 fish.

 

Be careful with the Lawnmower Blenny. A good fish, but most do not accept prepared food and have the potential to starve. I would wait on a blenny until your tank is fully mature.

 

thanks guys all your info helps lots, i do have quite a lot of algae for the blenny to mow over, but if you think he we eat it all to fast ill leave it for a bit