Comments Please !!!! :)

Mendozasreef · 01/15/2018, 07:30 PM

I'm starting up a 90 gal.. it'll be ready in April once cycled.. I'm thinking
of putting 10 blue/green Chromis, 10 Red Light Cardinals and 5 Yellow Wrasse
and of course filling with beautiful colorful corals ......

organism · 01/15/2018, 07:36 PM

That sounds like a series of really bad ideas. Doing research yourself is one of the most important parts of having a reef tank and a good habit to get into sooner rather than later. How much research did you do regarding these fish choices?

kingfish22 · 01/16/2018, 01:02 PM

do you know how to test for things like calcium, ph, magnesium, etc. are you going to start with dry rock or live rock. are you going to have a bare bottom or sand what kind of coral are you going to keep. what temp, salinity, ph, and hardness. do you have all the equipment you need?

Mark9 · 01/16/2018, 01:27 PM

Tough crowd.

HBtank · 01/16/2018, 01:30 PM

No sea turtles?

oldhead · 01/16/2018, 02:10 PM

Don't forget to stock with a nice eel too to fix your bad fish making decisions.

Cliving1 · 01/16/2018, 04:24 PM

I would not suggest the chromis. You have many options on a tank that size. I prefer to see larger tanks with multiple smaller fish. Goby, blenny, hawkfish, anthias, wrasse, pygmy angel, 1 tang. Many options here.

Vinny Kreyling · 01/16/2018, 04:51 PM

Chromis a famous for killing each other until only 1 remains so no to that idea.
5 yellows, I had 3 in a much larger tank. Now I have 2, not too sure here either.
Cardinals are a yes though.

01/15/2018, 07:30 PM	#1
Mendozasreef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 36	Comments Please !!!! :) I'm starting up a 90 gal.. it'll be ready in April once cycled.. I'm thinking of putting 10 blue/green Chromis, 10 Red Light Cardinals and 5 Yellow Wrasse and of course filling with beautiful colorful corals ......

01/15/2018, 07:36 PM	#2
organism code monkey Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: south bay Posts: 6,223	That sounds like a series of really bad ideas. Doing research yourself is one of the most important parts of having a reef tank and a good habit to get into sooner rather than later. How much research did you do regarding these fish choices? __________________ I don't always grow frags... but when I do, I prefer Dos Acros

01/16/2018, 01:02 PM	#3
kingfish22 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: columbus ohio Posts: 34	tests do you know how to test for things like calcium, ph, magnesium, etc. are you going to start with dry rock or live rock. are you going to have a bare bottom or sand what kind of coral are you going to keep. what temp, salinity, ph, and hardness. do you have all the equipment you need?

01/16/2018, 01:30 PM	#5
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	No sea turtles? __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

01/16/2018, 04:51 PM	#8
Vinny Kreyling Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Miller Place, NY Posts: 7,206	Chromis a famous for killing each other until only 1 remains so no to that idea. 5 yellows, I had 3 in a much larger tank. Now I have 2, not too sure here either. Cardinals are a yes though. __________________ 250 gallon mixed reef, 2 Reefbreeder's Photon V 2, Deepwater BLDC 12, DAS EX-3 Skimmer, MTC mini cal, 2-3/4" Sea Swirls, Aquacontroller & 6 Tunze pumps.

01/16/2018, 01:27 PM	#4
Mark9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,497	Tough crowd.

01/16/2018, 02:10 PM	#6
oldhead Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: New Jersey Posts: 527	Don't forget to stock with a nice eel too to fix your bad fish making decisions.

01/16/2018, 04:24 PM	#7
Cliving1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,923	I would not suggest the chromis. You have many options on a tank that size. I prefer to see larger tanks with multiple smaller fish. Goby, blenny, hawkfish, anthias, wrasse, pygmy angel, 1 tang. Many options here.