Additional stocking thoughts

leetch · 06/13/2013, 09:57 AM

I currently have a 36 gal bowfront tank. The tank is 2 years old stocked with 2 Ocellaris (tank bread clowns), 1 wrasse, 1 red banded snapping shrimp, a few crabs and about 40 million snails (I recently moved and found baby snails everywhere in the rock...I found it pretty funny). Oh and I can't forget a sand-sifting starfish.

Coralwise, I have a giant shroom that is now the width of a baseball (was only golf ball sized a month ago), a very healthy green polyp colony, a small hammerhead coral and a small colony of a something that I can't remember what it is (small blue flower looking thing).

I would like to add some more fish if possible and am trying to figure out what would work. I do have some aiptasia so I might need to add dwarf angel or filefish but for now the aiptaisia is under control.

Any suggestion on a fairly active fish or something that might give the tank some good color or personality would be great. Also any coral suggestions would be nice as well since I do have some more room for some corals.

Thanks all.

aandfsoccr04 · 06/13/2013, 09:58 AM

you're pretty much at capacity in terms of fish in my opinion. What are the dimensions of the tank? A dwarf angel would be too much with the bioload you already have.

leetch · 06/13/2013, 10:03 AM

Tank is 30x15x21 (bowfront so it's dimensions are a tad bit wider in the middle portion of the tank). I figured it had room for 1 more fish but could be mistaken on that.

leetch · 06/13/2013, 12:27 PM

Any other thoughts like maybe a beluga whale or scrap throwing anything else in there and only go with more coral?

If so, what other coral might go nicely in this tank. Can't really post pics of the tank yet as I moved it yesterday to my new house and well, frankly it l couldn't see where I was putting the rock due to the massive sand storm I bestowed upon my clowns. I imagine it probably looks something similar to when they destroyed Shea Stadium to make room for Citi field.

I'll fix up the rocks tonight but still looking for some coral suggestions.

06/13/2013, 09:57 AM	#1
leetch Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 124	Additional stocking thoughts I currently have a 36 gal bowfront tank. The tank is 2 years old stocked with 2 Ocellaris (tank bread clowns), 1 wrasse, 1 red banded snapping shrimp, a few crabs and about 40 million snails (I recently moved and found baby snails everywhere in the rock...I found it pretty funny). Oh and I can't forget a sand-sifting starfish. Coralwise, I have a giant shroom that is now the width of a baseball (was only golf ball sized a month ago), a very healthy green polyp colony, a small hammerhead coral and a small colony of a something that I can't remember what it is (small blue flower looking thing). I would like to add some more fish if possible and am trying to figure out what would work. I do have some aiptasia so I might need to add dwarf angel or filefish but for now the aiptaisia is under control. Any suggestion on a fairly active fish or something that might give the tank some good color or personality would be great. Also any coral suggestions would be nice as well since I do have some more room for some corals. Thanks all.

06/13/2013, 09:58 AM	#2
aandfsoccr04 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 3,561	you're pretty much at capacity in terms of fish in my opinion. What are the dimensions of the tank? A dwarf angel would be too much with the bioload you already have. __________________ 120 gallon mixed reef

06/13/2013, 10:03 AM	#3
leetch Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 124	Tank is 30x15x21 (bowfront so it's dimensions are a tad bit wider in the middle portion of the tank). I figured it had room for 1 more fish but could be mistaken on that.

06/13/2013, 12:27 PM	#4
leetch Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 124	Any other thoughts like maybe a beluga whale or scrap throwing anything else in there and only go with more coral? If so, what other coral might go nicely in this tank. Can't really post pics of the tank yet as I moved it yesterday to my new house and well, frankly it l couldn't see where I was putting the rock due to the massive sand storm I bestowed upon my clowns. I imagine it probably looks something similar to when they destroyed Shea Stadium to make room for Citi field. I'll fix up the rocks tonight but still looking for some coral suggestions.