A quick HELLO & stocking advice

deschet13 · 08/11/2016, 08:15 AM

First, I want to say hello.

I’ve been lurking around this whole site absorbing as much as I can to do this RIGHT. I will be starting my first salt water tank’s cycle within the next 2 weeks. And I wanted to run by you all what I am hoping to stock into my tank and any suggestions that there may be. Ultimately I do plan on adding corals, but would prefer to get a healthy fish population first and then expand from there. A few details about my setup are: it’s a 120g peninsula tank, 40g Breeder sump (with 12.5g of it being a refugium for copepods & 3x 4” thick Marinepure blocks), skimmer is an Aquamaxx ConeS CO-2 & about 60lbs of BRS Pukani rock. If you need more info feel free to ask.

With that being said here are the fish that I plan on adding over the course of MONTHS (in their intro order)

1) 2x Clowns
2) One Spot Foxface
3) Black Combtooth Blenny
4) Diamond Watchman Goby
5) Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel
6) Flame Dwarf Angel
7) Reef Safe Wrasse(s) – Any suggestions would be great
8) Red Mandarin (when a sufficient copepod population has been established)
9) Purple Tang (I feel I can get away with this b/c it grows slow and I will have open rock work)

Thoughts?

scooter31707 · 08/11/2016, 08:28 AM

what is the length of the 120..if it is 4ft, I would be iffy to put the Purple Tang in there. Other than that looks good to me.

deschet13 · 08/11/2016, 08:35 AM

Small world, scooter. I live in Yorktown, VA.

Yeah, it's your standard 4'x2'x2'. It is iffy for the PT but since it'll be last maybe that'll give me time to think of something else. It's just such a beautiful fish, but I'm not married to it. I could probably skip it and use it as motivation to upgrade to a 180g, down the road. Maybe throw in some reef safe wrasses in it's place until then.

thegrun · 08/11/2016, 10:04 AM

It is unlikely the two angels will tolerate each other in a 120, I would go with one or the other but not both. Either angel is likely to pick at your corals down the road when you add them, so if your goal is a reef tank I would skip the angels altogether. Any of the flasher wrasses would be great, I like the carpenter wrasse.

Rubasu · 08/11/2016, 01:54 PM

+1 on the Carpenter flasher wrasse. They are beautiful fish.

deschet13 · 08/11/2016, 02:11 PM

I'm going to take your advice and forgo the angels all together. No need in worrying about when the day comes that they decide to start munching on my corals. The bonus to that is not having angels now opens me up to having clams. Something that I would have really liked to have but initially decided on the angels instead. Now there's nothing stopping me....I hope.

illinijoe · 08/11/2016, 06:53 PM

Six line wrasse rocks. I love how their eyes move! And watching it glide through rocks is so cool!

08/11/2016, 08:15 AM	#1
deschet13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 4	A quick HELLO & stocking advice First, I want to say hello. I’ve been lurking around this whole site absorbing as much as I can to do this RIGHT. I will be starting my first salt water tank’s cycle within the next 2 weeks. And I wanted to run by you all what I am hoping to stock into my tank and any suggestions that there may be. Ultimately I do plan on adding corals, but would prefer to get a healthy fish population first and then expand from there. A few details about my setup are: it’s a 120g peninsula tank, 40g Breeder sump (with 12.5g of it being a refugium for copepods & 3x 4” thick Marinepure blocks), skimmer is an Aquamaxx ConeS CO-2 & about 60lbs of BRS Pukani rock. If you need more info feel free to ask. With that being said here are the fish that I plan on adding over the course of MONTHS (in their intro order) 1) 2x Clowns 2) One Spot Foxface 3) Black Combtooth Blenny 4) Diamond Watchman Goby 5) Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel 6) Flame Dwarf Angel 7) Reef Safe Wrasse(s) – Any suggestions would be great 8) Red Mandarin (when a sufficient copepod population has been established) 9) Purple Tang (I feel I can get away with this b/c it grows slow and I will have open rock work) Thoughts?

08/11/2016, 01:54 PM	#5
Rubasu Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 230	+1 on the Carpenter flasher wrasse. They are beautiful fish. __________________ 40 Breeder / 20L Sump: Ocellaris Clown - Green Star Polyps, Kenya Tree, Brown Palys, Blue Mushrooms...and the clean up crew.

08/11/2016, 08:28 AM	#2
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	what is the length of the 120..if it is 4ft, I would be iffy to put the Purple Tang in there. Other than that looks good to me.

08/11/2016, 08:35 AM	#3
deschet13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 4	Small world, scooter. I live in Yorktown, VA. Yeah, it's your standard 4'x2'x2'. It is iffy for the PT but since it'll be last maybe that'll give me time to think of something else. It's just such a beautiful fish, but I'm not married to it. I could probably skip it and use it as motivation to upgrade to a 180g, down the road. Maybe throw in some reef safe wrasses in it's place until then.

08/11/2016, 10:04 AM	#4
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	It is unlikely the two angels will tolerate each other in a 120, I would go with one or the other but not both. Either angel is likely to pick at your corals down the road when you add them, so if your goal is a reef tank I would skip the angels altogether. Any of the flasher wrasses would be great, I like the carpenter wrasse.

08/11/2016, 02:11 PM	#6
deschet13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 4	I'm going to take your advice and forgo the angels all together. No need in worrying about when the day comes that they decide to start munching on my corals. The bonus to that is not having angels now opens me up to having clams. Something that I would have really liked to have but initially decided on the angels instead. Now there's nothing stopping me....I hope.

08/11/2016, 06:53 PM	#7
illinijoe Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 44	Six line wrasse rocks. I love how their eyes move! And watching it glide through rocks is so cool!