Few Questions

[jimmy08]

I was wondering if it is possible to have to much live rock? I have 40lbs in a 28 gallon bow front fish tank.

Is it safe to have an anemone and a purple lobster in the same tank? If so, is it ok to have the basic light bulb (i believe its a reef light bulb) for him?

Is it safe to have a coral beauti and a hippo tang in the same tank?

What would be the perfect cleaning crew?

Thanks

Jimmy

[kevin2000]

My 02

How much live rock depends on what you want to keep ... fish need swimming room and live rock displaces water.

Lobsters are predators - I would not put one in any of my tanks.

IMO new aquarist should stay away from anemone's - most need excellent (expensive) lighting as well as pristine water conditions. Something you might want to defer on until you tank matures and you have a better understanding of whats involved.

A 28 gallon tank is considered a small tank by SW stds ... might be marginally Ok for a coral beauty but definitely too small for any tang.

No such thing as a perfect cleaning crew .. depends on the individual tank - lots of posts on the subject.

[jimmy08]

I have had my tank set up for a year and a half and just recently down sized from a 90 gallon fish only tank to this 28 gallon tank. If i take a lot of the live rock out and make room for a hippo would it be possible? The hippo is a baby and when it gets bigger i plan to trade it in. Would that be ok?

What would be the perfect amount of live rock for a fish only 28 gallon tank?

[kevin2000]

Your best bet is to avoid a tang ... your tanks WAY TO SMALL and while taking the fish back to the LFS sounds great it tends to be easier to say/type than actually do - catching fish in a reef tank is tough even for experts.

[jimmy08]

I was thinking of only doing a fish only tank. I really want the hippo, but you think it will be tough to have in that size tank?

In the tank now I have an Urchin, clown fish, Pajama Cardinal, purple lobster, and a coral beauti. What else could I add to it?

[kevin2000]

Originally posted by jimmy08
In the tank now I have an Urchin, clown fish, Pajama Cardinal, purple lobster, and a coral beauti. What else could I add to it?

No offence but as far as fish goes .. tanks already fully stocked as is. As previously stated .. your tank is considered small by SW stds.

[BangkokMatt]

Your tank is WAY too small for a hippo, regardless of the size of the fish and regardless of whether it is a reef or FOWLR.

[crvz]

Originally posted by jimmy08
I was thinking of only doing a fish only tank. I really want the hippo, but you think it will be tough to have in that size tank?

If your limiting yourself to a 28, there's no way you'll have long term success (over a few months at that size in my opinion) with even the smallest available hippo tang (and I often see them around 1" or less). They grow quickly and will be extremely cramped in that small of a tank. Do yourself a favor and consider other fish or get a much larger tank (I got rid of a 4" hippo from my 150 gallon tank as I felt it was too much fish for even that size).