Need Advice On Future Additions

[gregredic]

Hello everyone,

I am still somewhat new to saltwater hobby, so I am looking for a few words of wisdom and perhaps personal opinions. I currently have a 110 gallon tank with approximately 140 lbs of LR with coarse crushed coral substrate. I have a 20 gallon refugium with 4" DSB and cheato algea. My lighting consists of 2-65 fluorescent 10,000k and 2-65w actinic compact bulbs with LED moonlight.


Current Livestock:
-Yellow Tang
-Black & White Chromis
-Blue Green Chromis
-Ocellaris Clownfish (2)
-Cleaner Wrasse
-Long Spine Urchin (planning to move it to the refugium once I get soft corals or bringing it back to the store)
-Sally Lightfoot (3)
-Hermits (approx. 8-10)
-Zebra Turbo Snail
-Nassarius Snail (approx. 5-7)

Want:
-Blue Mandarin
-Spotted Mandarin
-Flame Angel
-Blue Hippo Tang
-Imperator Angelfish or Koran Angelfish
-Copperband Butterflyfish (also okay with other types of butterflyfish that would work better with my setup)
-Bangaii Cardinals
-Australian Black Percula Clownfish (2)
-A goby that would work with crushed coral
-Want some reef safe wrasse
-Some sort of shrimp that will live well with corals and desired future fish

Goal:
-Have a reef tank that has soft corals. Wanting corals with a lot of color, while being hardie is most important.



Would the livestock that I want work with what I already have (excluding the urchin) and would they work well with my goal of getting into soft corals? Are their any other colorful fish that anyone would recommend that I consider?

[mgdth]

i would not have gone with coarse crushed coral unless you plan on going with very high flow (like for sps dominant tank)...

[Toddrtrex]

Originally Posted by gregredic

Hello everyone,

I am still somewhat new to saltwater hobby, so I am looking for a few words of wisdom and perhaps personal opinions. I currently have a 110 gallon tank with approximately 140 lbs of LR with coarse crushed coral substrate. I have a 20 gallon refugium with 4" DSB and cheato algea. My lighting consists of 2-65 fluorescent 10,000k and 2-65w actinic compact bulbs with LED moonlight.


Current Livestock:
-Yellow Tang
-Black & White Chromis
-Blue Green Chromis
-Ocellaris Clownfish (2)
-Cleaner Wrasse
-Long Spine Urchin (planning to move it to the refugium once I get soft corals or bringing it back to the store)
-Sally Lightfoot (3)
-Hermits (approx. 8-10)
-Zebra Turbo Snail
-Nassarius Snail (approx. 5-7)

Want:
-Blue Mandarin Pick of of these
-Spotted Mandarin
-Flame Angel Has a chance to nip at any corals, though IME, tends more towards fleshy LPS
-Blue Hippo Tang tank isn't big enough
-Imperator Angelfish or Koran Angelfish tank isn't nearly big enough
-Copperband Butterflyfish (also okay with other types of butterflyfish that would work better with my setup) Can be tricky with corals
-Bangaii Cardinals One, or a mated pair
-Australian Black Percula Clownfish (2) These are actually ocellaris; best to stick with one pair of clowns per tank.
-A goby that would work with crushed coral Depends on what type of goby
-Want some reef safe wrasse
-Some sort of shrimp that will live well with corals and desired future fish

Goal:
-Have a reef tank that has soft corals. Wanting corals with a lot of color, while being hardie is most important.



Would the livestock that I want work with what I already have (excluding the urchin) and would they work well with my goal of getting into soft corals? Are their any other colorful fish that anyone would recommend that I consider?

My comments in red.

[Reefing Newbie]

Originally Posted by gregredic

Hello everyone,

I am still somewhat new to saltwater hobby, so I am looking for a few words of wisdom and perhaps personal opinions. I currently have a 110 gallon tank with approximately 140 lbs of LR with coarse crushed coral substrate. I have a 20 gallon refugium with 4" DSB and cheato algea. My lighting consists of 2-65 fluorescent 10,000k and 2-65w actinic compact bulbs with LED moonlight.


Current Livestock:
-Yellow Tang
-Black & White Chromis
-Blue Green Chromis
-Ocellaris Clownfish (2)
-Cleaner Wrasse
-Long Spine Urchin (planning to move it to the refugium once I get soft corals or bringing it back to the store)
-Sally Lightfoot (3)
-Hermits (approx. 8-10)
-Zebra Turbo Snail
-Nassarius Snail (approx. 5-7)

Want:
-Blue Mandarin Pick this or the spotted
-Spotted Mandarin
-Flame Angel Reef safe isn't 100%
-Blue Hippo Tang Needs a much larger tank
-Imperator Angelfish or Koran Angelfish Need larger tank as well
-Copperband Butterflyfish (also okay with other types of butterflyfish that would work better with my setup) Pyramid butterfly would work well, butterflies do tend to be challenging to keep long term
-Bangaii Cardinals One or mated pair like Todd said
-Australian Black Percula Clownfish (2) You already have a pair of clowns, these would probably be killed
-A goby that would work with crushed coral
-Want some reef safe wrasse Fairy or flasher wrasses are good to look into
-Some sort of shrimp that will live well with corals and desired future fish Skunk cleaners, sexy shirmp, and peppermint shrimp(some develop a taste for corals).

Goal:
-Have a reef tank that has soft corals. Wanting corals with a lot of color, while being hardie is most important.



Would the livestock that I want work with what I already have (excluding the urchin) and would they work well with my goal of getting into soft corals? Are their any other colorful fish that anyone would recommend that I consider?

You can read my comments in blue.