When can I put fish in my tank???

[bigd457]

:o I have been running my tank for about 2 months now. i have an 29gal ecli3 and the bio wheel has finally started to slow down...I know I have a good bacterial culture going...so I have heard. I have a damsel and a gobi living with 3 turbo (mexican snails). They seem very active and happy. The algae that was growing is dissapearing?!?!? I also have abot 20lbs of live rock that has gotten its color back sinse the algae is starting to go away. When should I put new fish in and what should I put in. The tank is rather impressive and I think its going to be a good (small) reef tank...any sug any1?

[kaiser]

Welcome to MAAST!
I would suggest You pick up a test kit and test Your water. If Amonia and Nitrite are 0, and they should be, you are ready for fish.

[alexwolf]

I have been running an Eclipse 37 for 1 1/2 yrs. I would say that i have been pretty sucessfull, but a big difference came when i upgraded the lights. I added the PC 65w, still a bit shy of what i want, but it helped a LOT.

[COBRA201]

dont add too many fish at the same time.

[Richard]

You should plan out what fish you would like to ultimately stock in your tank. This will not only help you work out compatibility/requirement issues but can also help you decide what order to add them. Hardy and/or peaceful fish first, less hardy and/or more dominant fish last. Depending on what you want to keep you may need to lose that damsel. I'm not a big fan of damsels so my opinion is very biased.