Help with stocking plan

[SeanS2]

Hello all,
I am trying to finalize my stocking plan for my 30 cube, and could use some suggestions.

Current stock:
Requisite Ocellaris clown
Azure Damsel (friendly)
Tail Spot Blenny
Assorted dwarf hermits
Nassarius snail

Creatures I am interested in, fish:
Flasher Wrasse
Possum Wrasse (pricey!)
Firefish
Pipefish
Sand sifting goby

Inverts:
Cleaner shrimp
Sexy shrimp
Tuxedo urchin

Any thoughts on some combination of the above? Anything awesome I'm missing?

 

[tzylak]

I have no answers to you since I am new to the hobby. At the same time I had the very same question as yours and you gave me answers to my question that I did not even ask. Thank you for giving me the idea to get a Blenny and/or Damselfish. Tom

My tank:
Fish: 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Green Mandarin, 1 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Fire Shrimp, 1 Corral Banded Shrimp, 1 Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp plus bunch of Bristle Worms and CUC.
Reef: 50 lb. Sand, 70 lb. Rock, Frog Spawn, Button Polyps, Mushrooms, Kenya Trees, Feather Star, and recently, several aiptasias. . . :-(.
Tank: 50g hex, overflow, 20um filter, 23 gal sump, 2 pumps, 3 in-tank circulators, 5 UH fluorescent, chiller 650, heater 150W, skimmer 65, I got it on 7/18/2014 but it is established for over 15 years!!
BTW, Getting the Green Mandarin and Feather Star was an ignorant mistake on my part. . . .

 

[thegrun]

Creatures I am interested in, fish:
Flasher Wrasse Good choice, great fish
Possum Wrasse (pricey!) They are shy and stay in the rocks. They can be pickey eaters, mine will not eat flake food or pellets
Firefish Another good choice, although they can be shy
Pipefish It would be difficult for a pipefish to compete for food in your tank unless you spot feed it often, I would pass
Sand sifting goby Good choice, but they will deposit sand all over your tank

 

[thegrun]

Inverts:
Cleaner shrimp A great addition to your tank, fun to watch, one of my favorites
Sexy shrimp They hide too much for my liking
Tuxedo urchin A fun animal to watch and great cleaner. You may need to supplement its diet with nori if you don't have much algae for it to eat. They will knock over unattached corals or even pick them up and carry them around.

 

[SeanS2]

Thanks!

I'll go with a cleaner shrimp, and either the firefish or the wrasse.
Would both be too much?

 

[mixedreeftank]

+1 on the Firefish

 

[thegrun]

Thanks!

I'll go with a cleaner shrimp, and either the firefish or the wrasse.
Would both be too much?

You could add one or both. The wrasse will be very active, swimming all over the tank investigating things. Firefish tend to be shy and will mostly stay near their cave.