My patience is running out.

My tank has been up for a little over a month. I have 60ibs of live rock, 50 ibs of live sand. I have tested my tank for the following. Ammonia, nitrate, nitirite, Ph, phosphate, alk, and calcium. All of which are in there safe range.
I have no more than 15 small hermits, 10 snails, two peppermit shrimp and one very small false percula. 4x39w t5 lighting.
However anytime I go to my LPS to add anything, they tell me I should wait. I understand patience is the key in this hobby but geez can't I do anything?
I aske for an anemone for my clown and they adviced not yet. corals, not yet. I wanted a scooter blenny and a few turbo snails they say dont have enough to eat yet and I should wait on those too.
I dont understand. If all my water parimeters are safe why do I still have to wait?

 

Scooter would definately starve to death and if your numbers are in the "safe" range and not zero the anemone would most likely die and screw up your tank. Try starting wit zoas or mushrooms. Maybe some frogspawn if your feeling ambitious and want an lps but I would say start with softies

 

because the tank is very young...it doesent have alota bacteria..algea growth...its a very immature fish tank in this way.just wait and then tyou can buy stuff...you need copepods,algae certain types tho lol and just bacteria and that why they say wait

 

I would also like to add that your luckly that your lps cares so much. I'm sure all of us would have saved a lot if our places cared.

 

Hey Banthony, If you are running out of patience, you are in the wrong hobby. (No offense). Your tank is still young, even if it does not feel that way to you. Mine took 8weeks to cycle. There are no safe ranges for ammonia and nitrite other than 0. You can put a fish (Clown, Damsel). As far as corals, I would wait at least another month. We have all been there, so I know how you feel. Have you had Diatom Algae yet? (Brown everywhere). If you dont have patience, as I didnt at first. You will be taught it the hard and expensive way...Hang in there..It gets better!

 

this will hopefully shed some light http://www.3reef.com/forums/general-reef-topics/i-have-theory-82886.html#post824555... a tank is not considered fully cycled until over a year!

 

yeah i agree with that. my LFS's wasted alot og my money, and healthy livestock

 

zoas or mushrooms to hold you over for a while..

 

I agree with all of the above. Take it slow and you'll have a great tank before you know it. Patience is hard to handle, I'm one of the most impatient ppl out here but in this hobby, especially with a reef it's a must. Too fast and you're gonna crash. I'm glad your LFS wouldn't sell you a nem, your tank is too young and IMO you don't have the lights for most if any. Clowns don't need a nem to host them to live and besides it's really the clowns decision what to use as a 'host'. Out of all the stuff in my tank, my pair of Ocellaris sleep (or are hosted) by a piece of coral skeleton.
All the good stuff will come in time. ;D

 

My tank took a full 3 months to reach the point your at now, and then I put a CuC in it and left it for another 3 months. Just added the first fish and corals in the last 3 weeks.