Stocking my 40 Breeder

drillsar · 10/04/2015, 05:03 PM

This is the fish I have in mind, any problems?

Six Line Wrasse (Fiji)

Goby/Pistol Shrimp pair

ANy other suggestions?

MeghanisradxD · 10/04/2015, 05:45 PM

Looks like a good selection to me. My 40 breeder had a six line wrasse, a pair of clowns, and I put some yellow tail damsels in to give it a little more activity, but keep the bio load down.

Although, damsels are the devil.

stingeragent · 10/04/2015, 05:48 PM

As per sk8r, need a 100 gallon tank or bigger for damsels.
To the op, looks good. I have a sixline, 2 clowns, and small hippo in mine. Is that goby of the sand sifting variety? Im gonna have to read up on pairing them, thats all new to me. Anthias maybe?

Dkuhlmann · 10/05/2015, 02:08 AM

6 line wrasses are great until they mature, then most of them are extremely aggressive. Do some searches here on RC.

Take a look at Royal Gramma, any of the hawkfish, any of the flasher wrasses lots of different goby's and blennies to look at. Most of the online websites for marine fish have pictures. descriptions with suggested size tanks and comparability charts for any of the fish you might choose. Check the links below and go to fish to see many selections.

www.liveaquaria.com
www.bluezooaquatics.com
www.vividaquariums.com

Xxero · 10/05/2015, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stingeragent

As per sk8r, need a 100 gallon tank or bigger for damsels.
To the op, looks good. I have a sixline, 2 clowns, and small hippo in mine.

...and about 180 gallon tank for the Hippo.

Just sayin'.

10/04/2015, 05:03 PM	#1
drillsar Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West Orange, NJ Posts: 2,838	Stocking my 40 Breeder This is the fish I have in mind, any problems? Six Line Wrasse (Fiji) Goby/Pistol Shrimp pair ANy other suggestions?

10/05/2015, 02:08 AM	#4
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	6 line wrasses are great until they mature, then most of them are extremely aggressive. Do some searches here on RC. Take a look at Royal Gramma, any of the hawkfish, any of the flasher wrasses lots of different goby's and blennies to look at. Most of the online websites for marine fish have pictures. descriptions with suggested size tanks and comparability charts for any of the fish you might choose. Check the links below and go to fish to see many selections. www.liveaquaria.com www.bluezooaquatics.com www.vividaquariums.com __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

10/04/2015, 05:45 PM	#2
MeghanisradxD Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 183	Looks like a good selection to me. My 40 breeder had a six line wrasse, a pair of clowns, and I put some yellow tail damsels in to give it a little more activity, but keep the bio load down. Although, damsels are the devil.

10/04/2015, 05:48 PM	#3
stingeragent Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,032	As per sk8r, need a 100 gallon tank or bigger for damsels. To the op, looks good. I have a sixline, 2 clowns, and small hippo in mine. Is that goby of the sand sifting variety? Im gonna have to read up on pairing them, thats all new to me. Anthias maybe?