Rena Wet Dry

Rena Wet Dry
How long does it take a 55 gallon reef tank to become established?

It has been up and running for about 2-3 months, has several large pieces of live rock, Halimeda plants, has live Caribbean sand, a Rena wet/dry filtration system, a Coralife protein skimmer, and its inhabitants are:

3 Green Chromis (1 small, 2 medium)
1 Diamond Goby
1 Ocellaris Clownfish
3 medium-large turbo snails

**This is our first reef tank and I just would like to know what is considered an "established" reef tank.

(p.s. We DON'T plan on adding any coral or anemones)

Thanks for any help
Well, I guess we might consider adding an anemone or coral sometime down the road

after 3 months it will be fully cycled and established ready for coral and anemones. since your not adding coral or anemones its not considered to be a reef tank its a FOWLR(fish only with live rock)tank. i started a 30 gallon reef tank for my gf about 2 1/2 months ago and i just started to add fish. so you are established, down the line you might have a diatom breakout(looks like brown algae) but you may not, its very common. if you do plan on adding anemones or corals because of their divine beauty! you are going to need a coral life lighting system, i use a lunar aqualight on 3 of my reef tanks, in my opinion they are the best. i also suggest adding 3-4 more fish, mainly top to mid tier as diamond gobies get pretty big, so i suggest cardinals,more chromis, wrasse(FOWLR or reef safe)

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