2ft Cube Suggestions

[english]

Hi all, if i am wanting to setup my cube as a FOWLR Predator system what would be the best recommendations that could be offered for me to research further on.

I would like a Picasso Trigger as a starting point - Unsure how many more predators and which I could safely add and what could I be expecting realistically?

How do you guys go about keeping your system clean and are there any possible clean up critters that could be added safely?

Specs of System:

Tank
2ft x 2ft x 2ft

Lighting
Mozoo 150w MH x2 24w Actinic

Powerheads
x2 Hydor Koralia 2 (2300lph)

Filtration
Deltec MCE600 Skimmer
34kg Live Rock

Heating
Jager Heater 150w

Any help appreciated...

 

[Chef Choy]

micron socks...........they kick butt!

 

[jay2525]

i wouldn't recommend a picasso in a 2ft tank...what about dwarf lions...

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

I'd stay away from all triggers. A dwarf lion is a good idea, maybe with a pygmy angel (flame) and another fish or two (jawfish)? That is a really cool coral tank though!

 

[english]

why the push against triggers?

will research into the lion's and have been looking at the leaf scorpionfish..

 

[LukFox]

Two feet of "running room" just isn't enough for a trigger, is why. Honestly this set up is more suited to be a reef with small reef fish. You won't be able to get anything that is too active or large in there. A pair of Pseudochromis steenei would be cool, though. Beautiful fish and as quoted, "Ounce for ounce the most aggressive fish in the sea." You could even get them to breed in there, even if you don't intend to raise any young. They don't get very large, but they're quite impressive fish with a big bite and a terrible temper.

 

[Laggy]

"Ounce for ounce the most aggressive fish in the sea."

My neon dottyback confirms this, he is fearless and the king of the tank.

 

[LisaD]

definitely not enough room for any trigger.

you could set it up with small, less active predators. here is a list to consider (I happen to have these fish together, and like the combination a lot):

green wolf eel blenny
waspfish (I have a pair) or some other small scorpion
pair or trio of Hawaiian leaf fish
for color and midwater swimming, a dwarf angel

you'd have room for another fish or two, like a dwarf lionfish or a flame hawkfish. if you got something that might pick, like a sharpnose puffer, lose the leaf fish. they are pretty defenseless. (also, leaf fish generally need live food, another negative, though they are very cool fish).

I'd still have the tank with enough light to support some nice macroalgae, some very hardy corals (mushrooms, polyps, softies) and coralline algae on live rock.