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My wife and I have a 2 month old 46G Bowfront with 6G HOB refugium with live rock rubble and chaeto, 90lbs live rock, 5-6" live sand bed of mixed sizes, 1/4" screen top, HOB Eshopps protein skimmer, and 2X 96W compact fluorescent light fixture (when the bulbs die we are thinking diy led), and an RO/DI system. We bought most of the system used on craigslist. We also have 25G, 10G, and 2.5G quarantine tanks we've used to introduce the fish.
We have a few fish and a couple corals and have been trying to figure out what fish to add next and in what order (probably not until January) and how many more the system can handle.
We currently have:
Fish
2 Juvenile Occellaris Clownfish (first fish. The bigger of the two is the tank bully)
1 Pearly Jawfish (we re-arranged the tank before adding)
2 Bangaii Cardinal Fish (added last)
Corals
2 head frogspawn
1 polyp red mushroom (smaller than a dime)
CUC
50 blue legged hermit crabs (fair number in refugium)
100 dwarf cerith snails
10 Florida cerith snails (bought 50 but most were DOA)
10 Astraea
?? Nassarius snails (must have come in on sand don't know how many maybe 20)
2 Peppermint Shrimp (will be sold soon - if I can catch them)
Everything seems to be going well. We got a tiny ammonia spike (just barely detectable on our Instant Ocean kit) when we added the jawfish but none when we added the Bangaiis. Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia have otherwise all stayed undetectable. Our initial diatom bloom is long gone (it got bad though).
Thoughts on other fish (guessing we can add 2-3 more fish depending on size and habits)
We have a few fish and a couple corals and have been trying to figure out what fish to add next and in what order (probably not until January) and how many more the system can handle.
We currently have:
Fish
2 Juvenile Occellaris Clownfish (first fish. The bigger of the two is the tank bully)
1 Pearly Jawfish (we re-arranged the tank before adding)
2 Bangaii Cardinal Fish (added last)
Corals
2 head frogspawn
1 polyp red mushroom (smaller than a dime)
CUC
50 blue legged hermit crabs (fair number in refugium)
100 dwarf cerith snails
10 Florida cerith snails (bought 50 but most were DOA)
10 Astraea
?? Nassarius snails (must have come in on sand don't know how many maybe 20)
2 Peppermint Shrimp (will be sold soon - if I can catch them)
Everything seems to be going well. We got a tiny ammonia spike (just barely detectable on our Instant Ocean kit) when we added the jawfish but none when we added the Bangaiis. Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia have otherwise all stayed undetectable. Our initial diatom bloom is long gone (it got bad though).
Thoughts on other fish (guessing we can add 2-3 more fish depending on size and habits)
- Shrimp Goby with pistol shrimp - I like the yellow watchman but its a bit big. The others just seem plain, maybe a Pinkbar or Randall's.
- Flame Angel - Worried about reef compatibility and the size.
- Midas Blenny - Seems like a popular fish with great personality, but might be too big.
- Tailspot Blenny - Seems to have nice color.
- Purple or Helfrichi firefish - nice color but a bit pricey. Would it harass the jawfish?
- Royal Gramma Basslet - Pretty but on a lot of people's least favorite fish lists. Do they hide or are they just boring?
