Advice on stocking a 40b

[Roberthider]

So to start my name is Rob and I've been following this site for a while but have yet to actually make a post I found a lot of the stuff on here helpful. I'm a bit of an insomniac so while I'm up I usually think about my tank. I have a 40b with 5 red leg hermit crabs, 2 kauderns cardinals, 4 ocellaris clowns, and an orange diamond watchman goby. I've had my system running for 3 months. It has 40lbs of dry bulk rock I bought from lfs, 10 lbs of live rock from the same store, and 60 lbs of live sand. I'm running a eshopps 75 protein skimmer, a maxspect gyre xf 130, and a fluval marine and reef 2.0 L.E.D. (which I can't stand) but back to the stocking. I was thinking of adding some chromis or something like that and a bubble tip anemone for the clowns in the new year. Any ideas of other fish that would make a good community tank, and not eat or be eaten by the anemone? I eventually plan on purchasing a larger tank this coming summer. I'd like to get a 120 but, I have a problem deciding because I keep the tank in my room and don't want it to go through the floor and into the basement. I like the larger layout tank s instead of the tall ones. Any advice on a larger tank would be great to. Thanks.

 

[oscarinw]

I love chromis. However, in your situation at 7 fish already, it might not be a wise decision. With a 3 month old system, you might run into problems. My advice is enjoy your tank as is for now, get to know your system and its needs and think about adding more filter surface (rock) and bio load (more pets) when you actually move to your larger system. As a general compatibility idea, the chromis would and should fit nicely into your environment.

 

[Bogue Chitto]

I agree with oscar.