Nano reef invert or other crazy cool addition ideas?

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Dimitrios555

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After 30 years of school and training I'm fortunate to have virtually no budget on this new endeavor of mine. I have a beutiful reef tank nano 24 gallon with 10 gallon sump. I have two star fish, some small hermits, cleaner shrimp, Snails, and a fire shrimp. I have some clowns and goby hawk etc.

I want ideas for something crazy to add! I have bunch of coral.... Duncan, anemone, gionorpora, etc.

Anything really unique I can add? I'm particularly interested in inverts. I added two sea urchins they are awesome



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Love love love this tank...I saw it yesterday at my LFS and WANT it !!!

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what kind of starfish do you have? 24 gallon tank is too small to keep most alive long term. unless they are brittle stars

Also 1 sea urchins in a 24 gallon tank is a 1 to many in a 24 gallon tank, let alone 2. They are eating machine, and will just eat all the good stuff off the rock.
 
anthonys51 said:
what kind of starfish do you have? 24 gallon tank is too small to keep most alive long term. unless they are brittle stars

Also 1 sea urchins in a 24 gallon tank is a 1 to many in a 24 gallon tank, let alone 2. They are eating machine, and will just eat all the good stuff off the rock.
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I think they are sand sifters? I have a company that does basically everything now. Clearly I'm a poser here but I'm just too busy at work - once tank is stable and I learn more of hobby I will make less mistakes I suppose. Regarding the urchins - I hear u cuz they sure to move around and eat a ton but they have been cool for 2 mo so far. Should I get rid of one? I feed a variety of stuff to this tank and can afford aggressive feeds cuz I do weekly water changes....


Anyway.... back to my original question! What other crazy stuff can I add?!


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Sand sifting starfish aren't really good to get in tank. They eat the micro organisms and worms in the sand. In a 24 gallon there will never be enough food. Imo even in a large tank. Why would you want them eating all the good stuff in your sand that breaks down detritus. Yes I would get ride of one urchin


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how about a pistol shrimp/goby pair? Do you have a hawkfish? You said "hawk" so I wasn't sure. Just asking because they will eat small inverts so you might want to avoid things like boxing shrimp or sexy shrimp. Sand sifting stars will starve in there - they need a very large, well established system. When your tank is stable and assuming you have the correct lighting, a bubble tip nem would be fun with the clowns.
 
OrQidz said:
how about a pistol shrimp/goby pair? Do you have a hawkfish? You said "hawk" so I wasn't sure. Just asking because they will eat small inverts so you might want to avoid things like boxing shrimp or sexy shrimp. Sand sifting stars will starve in there - they need a very large, well established system. When your tank is stable and assuming you have the correct lighting, a bubble tip nem would be fun with the clowns.
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Ok. I ordered a shrimp goby. Great idea. I have 2 cleaner shrimp and One fire. I also have a nice bubble tip I hope he grows though


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anthonys51 said:
Sand sifting starfish aren't really good to get in tank. They eat the micro organisms and worms in the sand. In a 24 gallon there will never be enough food. Imo even in a large tank. Why would you want them eating all the good stuff in your sand that breaks down detritus. Yes I would get ride of one urchin


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Ok I got rid of both urchins since they were size of baseballs and knocking over everything. In its place I got a very small long spine urchins (just one). Tks for advice


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How about a walking dendro, it is a coral and it moves around your tank because inside it's body the coral cohabitates with a peanut worm that lives inside of the coral.
 
So I got a Pom Pom crab but he hides so much I hardly see him! Could I get 4-5 of them for the nano or is that crazy too much?


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