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[JammyBirch]

25g cube, large sump (~20g), SCA301 skimmer, cheats fuge with sand bed. Live rock DT, one corner of the tank will have deep sand.

Sump workers....Snails

Clown pair
Yellow head jaw fish
Royal Gramma
May just run these but would love a lemon peel angel

Assorted corals, anemone eventually

Cleaner shrimp
Cucumber
Starfish
Snails
Urchin

Just what I'd like, pick away, let me know what you think...

[malawinovice]

What about a coral beauty?

[malawinovice]

Originally Posted by malawinovice

Hello and thanks

75 reef tank with 20 sump
Established 3 years

2 osc clowns and Rbta
2 azure damsels
Kole tang
Longnose hawk fish
Yellow watchman goby and shrimp
Leopard wrasse


Looking to add another fish. Am I at stocking limit?



Looking at yellow coris wrasse or solarius wrasse

Would love to fit yellow tang

Thoughts?

What about coral beauty?

Minimal lps corals, mostly softies

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by JammyBirch

25g cube, large sump (~20g), SCA301 skimmer, cheats fuge with sand bed. Live rock DT, one corner of the tank will have deep sand.

Sump workers....Snails

Clown pair what species?
Yellow head jaw fish
Royal Gramma
May just run these but would love a lemon peel angel which needs a larger tank

Assorted corals, anemone eventually

Cleaner shrimp
Cucumber
Starfish will starve in this sized tank
Snails
Urchin

Just what I'd like, pick away, let me know what you think...

[Braden8558]

Hello,

This is my first post on ReefCentral! I have had my tank set up for about 4-5 months now and I am looking to finish stocking the tank. I started out with a pair of maroon clownfish. After this I introduced a six line wrasse, and then eventually got a yellow watchman goby. The smaller (male) maroon passed away, so I am looking to get one or two more fish.

The tank is a 29 gallon biocube with stock return pump, 530 gph Seio circulation pump, no sump, small refugium located in an In Tank fuge basket in the back. I am currently running an In Tank media basket with filter floss, purigen and chemi pure elite. I may just wind up using carbon and some filter floss though. I do have a biocube skimmer, however I have not been using it and may wind up getting an aquatic life 115 nano skimmer.

So right now I have

-1 Female Maroon Clownfish (she isn't very large yet and I know that she will require a larger tank in the future and when she becomes to large or aggressive I will rehome her.)

-1 Six Line Wrasse (Gets along great with the maroon)

-1 Yellow Watchman (This guy is kind of boring and I got him a pistol shrimp but who knows if he's still in there. He was small and the maroon possibly got him.

So I'm looking for some stocking ideas. I was thinking about adding a cherub angelfish OR a fishers angelfish. Then possibly a royal gramma or falco hawkfish. I was also recommended to do a mandrain. I know that they have very specific feeding requirements and I may be able to provide for one, if it ate frozen, however would it even work with my fish? From what I have seen they are pretty slow moving and timid fish, so would a maroon and six line beat him up and kill him?

Sorry if that is not really set in stone, I'm just looking for your opinion on my setup and which fish or two I should add.

Thanks, Braden

Here is my tank....

[jam583]

In our dining room we have a small 16 gallon nano reef (Nuvo). We have 10lbs live rock and 2 clown fish. It's my understanding, that is probably all the fish I can have for this nano. Just thought I would ask if I could add 1 more fish and if so, what? In the process of getting a 100G, will post a build thread in the near future.

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by Braden8558

Hello,

This is my first post on ReefCentral! I have had my tank set up for about 4-5 months now and I am looking to finish stocking the tank. I started out with a pair of maroon clownfish. After this I introduced a six line wrasse, and then eventually got a yellow watchman goby. The smaller (male) maroon passed away, so I am looking to get one or two more fish.

The tank is a 29 gallon biocube with stock return pump, 530 gph Seio circulation pump, no sump, small refugium located in an In Tank fuge basket in the back. I am currently running an In Tank media basket with filter floss, purigen and chemi pure elite. I may just wind up using carbon and some filter floss though. I do have a biocube skimmer, however I have not been using it and may wind up getting an aquatic life 115 nano skimmer.

So right now I have

-1 Female Maroon Clownfish (she isn't very large yet and I know that she will require a larger tank in the future and when she becomes to large or aggressive I will rehome her.)

-1 Six Line Wrasse (Gets along great with the maroon)

-1 Yellow Watchman (This guy is kind of boring and I got him a pistol shrimp but who knows if he's still in there. He was small and the maroon possibly got him.

So I'm looking for some stocking ideas. I was thinking about adding a cherub angelfish OR a fishers angelfish. Then possibly a royal gramma or falco hawkfish. I was also recommended to do a mandrain. I know that they have very specific feeding requirements and I may be able to provide for one, if it ate frozen, however would it even work with my fish? From what I have seen they are pretty slow moving and timid fish, so would a maroon and six line beat him up and kill him?

Sorry if that is not really set in stone, I'm just looking for your opinion on my setup and which fish or two I should add.

Thanks, Braden

Here is my tank....

Unfortunately, it will be very difficult to add fish to your existing fish population since they are very aggressive.

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by jam583

In our dining room we have a small 16 gallon nano reef (Nuvo). We have 10lbs live rock and 2 clown fish. It's my understanding, that is probably all the fish I can have for this nano. Just thought I would ask if I could add 1 more fish and if so, what? In the process of getting a 100G, will post a build thread in the near future.

Yes, in this sized tank, what you have is actually more than can do well long term but I certainly would not add additional fish.

[JammyBirch]

Oscellaris clowns

Why would a starfish die in the tank?

[Neptune 555]

75 gallon fowlr maybe coral w 75 pounds live sand and 75 pounds LR

2 ocellaris clowns
Yellow longhouse butterflyfish
Kole tang
Mystery wrasse
Yellow watchmen goby
Mandarin
Potters angelfish

Neptune

[Fishfins]

Hi, I'm still in the planning stage and starting to buy equipment for my tank but I've been researching fish too and trying to figure out what I could keep. I've come up with a list of fish I fancy and I'd appreciate any advice/opinions!

The tank is 5', 120g and I want to go reef. I also want to stick to as peaceful fish as possible, don't want too many aggression issues. Also obviously I'll be adding these over a long time and cycling the tank fully first.

My ideas:

-Kole tang
-Chromis - can I have a group?
-flasher wrasse
-watanabei angel - 2 if I could get hold of them together but more likely 1
-pair of clownfish - no idea which
-one-spot foxface
-Cleaner wrasse
-royal gramma
-copperband butterfly- I know the issues with this fish feeding etc- this would be if I had the tank established for a long time and was advanced enough to try it!

Please be nice if I've made any glaring errors!

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by JammyBirch

Oscellaris clowns

Why would a starfish die in the tank?

In a new small tank, they will starve to death. Even in large mature tanks, starfish are problematic in the long run.

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by Fishfins

Hi, I'm still in the planning stage and starting to buy equipment for my tank but I've been researching fish too and trying to figure out what I could keep. I've come up with a list of fish I fancy and I'd appreciate any advice/opinions!

The tank is 5', 120g and I want to go reef. I also want to stick to as peaceful fish as possible, don't want too many aggression issues. Also obviously I'll be adding these over a long time and cycling the tank fully first.

My ideas:

-Kole tang add last
-Chromis - can I have a group? at this point I am discouraging chromis being purchased due to the high incidence of uronema marinum
-flasher wrasse a male plus female is nice; be sure your tank is covered
-watanabei angel - 2 if I could get hold of them together but more likely 1 two of this species is difficult because males are a problem
-pair of clownfish - no idea which If you pick less aggressive ones such as A. percula or A. ocellaris or any genotype designer clowns, you would be better off
-one-spot foxface
-Cleaner wrasse they do not do well and have no effect on parasite eradication
-royal gramma
-copperband butterfly- I know the issues with this fish feeding etc- this would be if I had the tank established for a long time and was advanced enough to try it!

Please be nice if I've made any glaring errors!

I am always nice and am simply here to make sure you are successful.

[Fishfins]

Originally Posted by snorvich

I am always nice and am simply here to make sure you are successful.

I wasn't accusing you of not being nice! I was just expecting that at least one of my suggestions was going to be ridiculous and I was expecting a bit of backlash from someone!

Thanks very much for your advice, I will go with the one angel and miss out the cleaner wrasse. I'm glad to hear I can have a pair of flasher wrasse, can you recommend any replacements for the Chromis? I don't really want to go with anthias due to the high feeding needs.

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by Fishfins

I wasn't accusing you of not being nice! I was just expecting that at least one of my suggestions was going to be ridiculous and I was expecting a bit of backlash from someone!

I have been doing this thread for about five years. You have no idea what I have seen in that time.

Thanks very much for your advice, I will go with the one angel and miss out the cleaner wrasse. I'm glad to hear I can have a pair of flasher wrasse, can you recommend any replacements for the Chromis? I don't really want to go with anthias due to the high feeding needs.

Well, I normally avoid recommendations for a variety of reasons. But if you wish to check back, I would be happy to reanalyze any stocking plan.

[avijay23]

Hi Steve,
I have a 55 gal running for the past 3 months, 10 gal sump, Tunze skimmer, LED
Current inhabitants
Ocellaris Clown x 2
Starry Blenny x 1
Yellow Clown Goby x 1
McCoskers flasher wrasse x1
Yellow banded pygmy wrasse x1
Rainfordi goby x1
Orange spotted goby- bonded pair
PJ cardinal x2

Fire Shrimp x 2
Peppermint shrimp x 1
Red mithrax crab x 1
Astrea snails
Nassarius snails
hermit scarlet legged crab x 2
Bumblebee snails

Some softies and LPS corals

Planning to add more active colorful fishes to the tank- Reef safe and not aggressive to each other.

Plan to add

1) Pistol shrimp- Alpheus yaldwyni or randali
2) Royal gramma- I know you love them. Will it be too many fishes?

Thanks,
Vijay

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by avijay23

Hi Steve,
I have a 55 gal running for the past 3 months, 10 gal sump, Tunze skimmer, LED
Current inhabitants
Ocellaris Clown x 2
Starry Blenny x 1
Yellow Clown Goby x 1
McCoskers flasher wrasse x1
Yellow banded pygmy wrasse x1
Rainfordi goby x1
Orange spotted goby- bonded pair
PJ cardinal x2

Fire Shrimp x 2
Peppermint shrimp x 1
Red mithrax crab x 1
Astrea snails
Nassarius snails
hermit scarlet legged crab x 2
Bumblebee snails

Some softies and LPS corals

Planning to add more active colorful fishes to the tank- Reef safe and not aggressive to each other.

Plan to add

1) Pistol shrimp- Alpheus yaldwyni or randali
2) Royal gramma- I know you love them. Will it be too many fishes?

Thanks,
Vijay

Unfortunately, you really have a rather high population of fish for this sized tank and I would not add any additional fish.

[avijay23]

Originally Posted by snorvich

Unfortunately, you really have a rather high population of fish for this sized tank and I would not add any additional fish.

Thanks. I'm assuming the shrimp should be fine...
Vijay

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by avijay23

Thanks. I'm assuming the shrimp should be fine...
Vijay

Yes.

[JR8999]

I would like to get multiple blue/green chromis but I hear mixed messages on keeping more than one. I've seen posters say that they have 5. What are your general thoughts on this?
Thanks

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by JR8999

I would like to get multiple blue/green chromis but I hear mixed messages on keeping more than one. I've seen posters say that they have 5. What are your general thoughts on this?
Thanks

There are two issues: first, over time the vast majority of folks that have more than one end up with one as the most aggressive of the bunch kills the remainder. Second, at this point I do not advocate chromis because of the high incident rate of uronema marinum for these fish.

[salvador.gc]

Hi guys I'm kinda new and learning about this interesting hobby.
I've got a 55 gal tank with just corals in it. Been running for 2 months now. Water levels acceptable... Ammonia almost 0, nitrates and nitrates 0, salinity of 1.024 sp.g
I can see a bit of purple Cyanobacteria (is this normal during cycling?, will It go away eventually?) forming on the sand and also, something is forming on my glass which I have no idea, a pattern of clear lines, are these snail eggs? Help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[GT350pwns]

Alright. I have a 36 gal bowfront tank. Tank is FOWLR and waiting on lighting and a skimmer to go full reef. Right now the occupants are as follows:

-2 clowns (b&w osc, snowflake osc)
-YWG
-Hi-Fin banded goby (think I'm going to set up my 10 gallon and get him out of there, have been having territory issues b/t him and the YWG. He was an impulse buy and the YWG wasn't happy about it)
-2 cleaner shrimp
-3 sexy shrimp (these guys have been hard to spot, is this normal?)

As previously stated, I want to get the Hi-Fin out of there because I never see either of my gobies now and I believe it's because there isn't enough room for the two of them at the bottom of the tank. This being said, I think I want one more swimmer and I'm going to call it a day as I don't want the tank to be crowded.

I'm thinking that I want a Macneill's Assessor. Something that is going to be pretty active, but not steal the show from my clowns who I've decided I want to be the stars of the tank.

[snorvich]

Originally Posted by GT350pwns

Alright. I have a 36 gal bowfront tank. Tank is FOWLR and waiting on lighting and a skimmer to go full reef. Right now the occupants are as follows:

-2 clowns (b&w osc, snowflake osc)
-YWG
-Hi-Fin banded goby (think I'm going to set up my 10 gallon and get him out of there, have been having territory issues b/t him and the YWG. He was an impulse buy and the YWG wasn't happy about it)
-2 cleaner shrimp
-3 sexy shrimp (these guys have been hard to spot, is this normal?)

As previously stated, I want to get the Hi-Fin out of there because I never see either of my gobies now and I believe it's because there isn't enough room for the two of them at the bottom of the tank. This being said, I think I want one more swimmer and I'm going to call it a day as I don't want the tank to be crowded.

I'm thinking that I want a Macneill's Assessor. Something that is going to be pretty active, but not steal the show from my clowns who I've decided I want to be the stars of the tank.

sounds good. No problem.

[GT350pwns]

Any advice about the sexy shrimp? Or are they just uncomfortable because there's no coral for them to play in?