55G stocking...Is this ok?

[kevin21]

hey,

I have a 55g reef. its about a year old but couple weeks back i had a problem when my heater turned on to make it about 95 degrees in the tank!!

i lost alot of stock. the survivors are 2 clowns, yellow watchman goby...rbta...GSP...and a couple heads of my favia and my snails..emerald crab and scarlet hermit.

Now the water is stable and at 83.4 degrees. all params seem fine.

i was wondering what else to stock...my idea...

list- 2 occel. clown(already have)
yellow wathcman goby(already have)
copperband butterfly
whitecheek tang
and maybe a small clown goby or something

i do every other week 20% water changes.

does this sound good?

thanks

 

[hgbarwick]

I wouldn't but a tang in a 55 gallon. I would try to get your water temperature down to 82 degrees.

 

[Jens Kallmeyer]

HI Kevin

Drop the whitecheek tang, a 55 is too small for that kind of fish.
Regarding the Copperband, I would not do it, but I may be a bit extreme.
Why don't you have a look for some nice reefsafe wrasse?
Other great fishes are these little basslets, either Pseudochromis species or Gramma, Assessor, Liopoproma, Chromis.
Also the great group of gobies has a lot to offer for a 55er.
I would add a pistol shrimp for the YWG, it is so interesting to watch them.

Good luck

Jens

 

[kevin21]

hey thanks alot...some good ideas...but i wouldnt go with the psueds because they like to eat shrimps and such.
hmm maybe a royal gramma.
any other suggestions is welcome.
maybe a yellow tang...as i hear they like 55g sizes. mor tolerate then other tangs.

thanks

 

[Bret61081]

I had a yellow tang in my 55g for a while....once it got settled in, it became VERY aggressive. personally I wouldn't do it again. I thought about a blue eyed Kole but I dont think I want to do another tang to risk the aggression again. How about a nice angel or wrasse? I have 3 fairy wrasses in my 55g and so far they all get along great!

 

[hgbarwick]

Take out the copper band and the whitecheek.

Here is a good list.
2 Ocellaris Clowns
1 Yellow Watchman Goby (Get him a Pistol Shirmp)
1 Bicolor Blenny
1 Flasher Wrasse

 

[Serioussnaps]

No tang.......definitely no tang for any reason(especially if you want a CBB, they wont coexist in such small quarters and you will have unbelievably high nutrient level)

I HAVE A CBB IN MY 55 AND HAVE HAD HIM/HER(LIKELY A HER BUT WE WONT GO INTO THIS) FOR 2 YEARS NOW AND IT JUST SURVIVED A MOVE AS WELL BUT SHE IS THE ONLY FISH IN THE TANK BESIDES A CLOWN

 

[Serioussnaps]

FLAME ANGEL, coral beauty, six line wrasse, blennies , gobies, royal grammas(will spawn) a mandarin if you have a very nice and loaded and large fuge...

again heck no to a tang... will get very aggressive in there and wont be happy anyways

 

[Torno]

If you are up for a challenge, a copperband butterfly will be fine in a 55 gallon, just try to get one thats eating and provide proper hiding places, as well as appropriate tankmates.

 

[kevin21]

thanks guys...i guess ill stay toward the smaller side.

the fish that i had that died from the move is a flame angel, yellow eyed kole tang(settled in very nicely and was with me for about 6 months) and a green clown goby.

so id like to change it up a bit. i would like a blenny.

i guess ill have to search around and see what comes to me.

thanks guys

 

[MarvinsReef]

have you considered the flasher or fairy wrasse family.. check out the post above this forum.. they're my favorite group of fishes...

Marvin

 

[hgbarwick]

Get a Bicolor blenny. I really recomend them. he is the star of my 12 gallon. Has tons of personality!

 

[thor32766]

i had a kole in a 55 for about 5 yrs, before i sold the tank, he was great in there.

 

[kevin21]

thanks for the posts...flasher wrasse could be a possiblilty. ive always liked bi-color blennies...just never found a healthy one.

thanks...lots of choices to make.

 

[hgbarwick]

My LfS has tons of healthy bicolor blennys.