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[neptunestender]

This is a revised stocking wish list for a 75gal with rockwall and 40gal sump/fuge. I will be raising pods in sump and in culture. I know I most likely can not have all these blennies, dartfish and gobies together but thought I would get a pros prospective.

Nemateleotris Decora, Mated Pair
Cryptocentrus Cinctus, Mated Pair Or
Cryptocentrus Pavoninoides Mated Pair
Acanthemblemaria (Barnacle Blennie, Have Barnacles Built In To Rock Wall) More Than One?
Ecsinius Midas
Nemateleotrus Zebra... More Than One?
Gobiodon Atrangulatus (When Acan Coral Is Large Enough)
2 Cromis Viridis
Echidna Nebulosa (Would This Preclude All Ornimental Shrimp Even If Well Fed?)
Wetmorella Nigropinnata
Pteropogon Kauderni Mated Pair

Thanks you Steve for being such a "giver",
Ed

P.S. I found your QT blog very helpful.

 

[yachtdr22]

Hi Steve,

My Ich Survivors are now back swimming in the DT.
It is time for me to start my new comers in the QT.
I would like to QT the following together in a cycled BB 75gal, 18g Bio ball, skimmer & ato

Rainford's Goby, Amblygobius rainfordi, Medium: over 1-2", Coral Sea
Pajama Cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera, 1"-2.5", Indo Pacific
Lawnmower Blenny , Salarias fasciatus, Small: over 1.5-2", Indo Pacific
(2) Purple Firefish, Nemateleotris decora, Medium: over 1.5-2.5", Maldives
Resplendent Anthias, Pseudanthias pulcherrimus, 1"-2", Maldives, Male
Powder Blue Tang, Acanthurus leucosternon, Medium: over 2.5-4.5", Sri Lanka
Longnose Hawkfish , Oxycirrhites typus, Medium: over 1.5-3.5", Indo Pacific
Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, 1"-2", Indo Pacific

if this is not already pushing it..

Dot-and-Dash Flasher Wrasse, Paracheilinus lineopunctatus, 1"-2", Indo Pacific

My intention is 4 weeks Copper, 2 weeks Prazipro.

your thoughts, recommendations?

thanks
Drew

 

[seasmurf]

A question about Blue Reef Chromis

A question about Blue Reef Chromis

I am finished cycling my 90 gallon tank and was thinking of starting out with 3 small blue reef chromis. I rea in numerous links that these are very peaceful chromis, who like to school and swim in the upper water column. Yet I see many postings that talk about these fighting until only one remains.

Are we discussing the same fish? Are there more than one type of Blue reef Chromis?

Thank You.

 

[snorvich]

This is a revised stocking wish list for a 75gal with rockwall and 40gal sump/fuge. I will be raising pods in sump and in culture. I know I most likely can not have all these blennies, dartfish and gobies together but thought I would get a pros prospective.

Generally fish that inhabit the same ecological niche do not do well together except as mated pairs. As such, multiple blennies are not going to do well together and similarly with gobies and dartfish.

Nemateleotris Decora, Mated Pair
Cryptocentrus Cinctus, Mated Pair Or
Cryptocentrus Pavoninoides Mated Pair
Acanthemblemaria (Barnacle Blennie, Have Barnacles Built In To Rock Wall) More Than One? I have only kept one but generally fish that inhabit the same ecological niche do not do well together. As such, multiple blennies are not going to do well together and similarly with gobies
Ecsinius Midas
Nemateleotrus Zebra... More Than One? only mated pairs
Gobiodon Atrangulatus (When Acan Coral Is Large Enough)
2 Cromis Viridis
Echidna Nebulosa (Would This Preclude All Ornimental Shrimp Even If Well Fed?)
Wetmorella Nigropinnata excellent fish
Pteropogon Kauderni Mated Pair you want tank raised

Thanks you Steve for being such a "giver",
Ed

P.S. I found your QT blog very helpful.

Thanks. I like giving back to the hobby and do so as much as possible.

 

[cniles]

Currently have a 90 gl with
1 ocellaris
1 six line wrasse
1 diamond watch goby
3 PJ cardinals
1 algae blenny
3 chromis
Wanting to add a tang,Possibly a Yellow Hippo or Kole tang.Only considering Hippo cause want to upgrade next year.
pair of firefish
royal gramma

 

[patrikk]

Thank you for the reply and you do not need to apologies. Im just happy that I got a reply. One thing that I forgot to mention is that I would like to have one female and one male of each. I know that some are impossible to tell apart but that would be the goal.

and regarding the hermit crabs I will have spare shells in the aquarium so hopefully they will take one of the empty ones instead.

 

[snorvich]

Currently have a 90 gl with
1 ocellaris
1 six line wrasse
1 diamond watch goby
3 PJ cardinals
1 algae blenny
3 chromis
Wanting to add a tang,Possibly a Yellow Hippo or Kole tang.Only considering Hippo cause want to upgrade next year. The RC recommended size for a hepatus tang is 240 gallons; wait until you update before getting this fish (they are very common). The Kole tang would work.
pair of firefish
royal gramma

 

[snorvich]

Thank you for the reply and you do not need to apologies. Im just happy that I got a reply. One thing that I forgot to mention is that I would like to have one female and one male of each. I know that some are impossible to tell apart but that would be the goal.

Some have morphologic differences, others do not.

and regarding the hermit crabs I will have spare shells in the aquarium so hopefully they will take one of the empty ones instead.

It does not work that way. They will still kill snails.

 

[malawinovice]

[Quote:
Originally Posted by malawinovice
Room for one more?

75 mixed reef, established 3 years

pair osc clowns
flame angel
leopard wrasse
kupang damsel pair
trio bartlett anthias

Do I have room for more?

thinking of kole tang,
or a trio of pajama cardinals, or a
coral beauty

I would not with the possible exception of the coral beauty; the flame angel will chase for a while, however.


Really,, why no kole tang?


and how big for an aclimation float for coral and flame to figure it out. I have one the is 6 x 4 inches.

thanks

 

[snorvich]

[Quote:
Originally Posted by malawinovice
Room for one more?

75 mixed reef, established 3 years

pair osc clowns
flame angel
leopard wrasse
kupang damsel pair
trio bartlett anthias

Do I have room for more?

thinking of kole tang,
or a trio of pajama cardinals, or a
coral beauty

I would not with the possible exception of the coral beauty; the flame angel will chase for a while, however.


Really,, why no kole tang?

While the RC minimum recommended size for a Kole tang is 75 gallons, with additional grazers I would be careful.


and how big for an aclimation float for coral and flame to figure it out. I have one the is 6 x 4 inches.

that should be sufficient.

thanks

 

[AZBigJohn]

Okay, I am looking at stocking my 28 gallon all-in-one system. It is going to be a reef tank (currently has a small red mushroom frag and a small zoa frag that was a "gimme" from LFS) as well as two peppermint shrimp, two red-legged crabs, two narcissus snails, one Mexican turbo snail and two nerite snails.

I would like to begin with:
2 fire fish
1 high-fin red banded goby
1 Tail spot blenny

A secondary question is, will these fish co-exist in a 29 gallon QT tank with plenty of PVC pipe for hiding?

And a third question. I also have a 55 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump/refugium, that currently has 3 tank-raised ocellarius clowns (who have been raised together, and co-existed for 2+ years). Reading all I have in this thread about Clowns once established, am I going to be able to introduce a similar fish list into the 55, or are the clowns going to be angry and aggressive towards the newcomers? (edited to add, there is a large cleanup crew in there, too - several snails, red-legged crabs, 2 peppermint shrimp)

And a final question, would the list above doubled be okay in the 29 gallon QT tank for a month, or would I need to QT them separately? (QT fish for first tank, then get fish for second tank)

Thanks as always, Steve!

 

[snorvich]

Okay, I am looking at stocking my 28 gallon all-in-one system. It is going to be a reef tank (currently has a small red mushroom frag and a small zoa frag that was a "gimme" from LFS) as well as two peppermint shrimp, two red-legged crabs, two narcissus snails, one Mexican turbo snail and two nerite snails.

I would like to begin with:
2 fire fish
1 high-fin red banded goby
1 Tail spot blenny

no problem, ideally the firefish first

A secondary question is, will these fish co-exist in a 29 gallon QT tank with plenty of PVC pipe for hiding?

sand and live rock is preferred, but PVC will work

And a third question. I also have a 55 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump/refugium, that currently has 3 tank-raised ocellarius clowns (who have been raised together, and co-existed for 2+ years).

Once the clowns have bonded, only two will survive

Reading all I have in this thread about Clowns once established, am I going to be able to introduce a similar fish list into the 55, or are the clowns going to be angry and aggressive towards the newcomers? (edited to add, there is a large cleanup crew in there, too - several snails, red-legged crabs, 2 peppermint shrimp)

Given that they have not bonded, newcomers will be fine. In any case that species of clown wants to control 25-30 gallons even once bonded so you would be fine.

And a final question, would the list above doubled be okay in the 29 gallon QT tank for a month, or would I need to QT them separately? (QT fish for first tank, then get fish for second tank)

They should be fine. One month might be pushing it a bit from a disease isolation perspective. I personally do not like QT multiple fish because the odds of one sharing with the others increases.

Thanks as always, Steve!

 

[AZBigJohn]

I have more questions, sorry,

In the other sticky on this forum, (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2159172) it says to leave the QT bare, without sand and rock. I assumed this was so if you needed to treat an infection or parasite that you would not have massive die off of your live rock bacteria. Is it better to have a fully cycled quarantine tank, or a bare-bones quarantine tank?

I'm confused about the Clown bonding, too. These three clowns (which were, a long time ago, four) have been a "pod" or "buddies" (I know, people terms, not fish terms) for well over two years in the same tank they are still in, a 55 gallon tank that has been fish-only for years (even before the clowns were in the tank). This is the same tank I am converting to a reef system. Is it just my dumb luck these three seem to co-habitate? They literally are like the three stooges; they go everywhere together, do everything together. Have they just not bonded, or do I have weird, poly-amorous clowns?

I do appreciate all of the advice from you, and the other experts on this forum. I always thought I was pretty solid on my salt water stuff, but every time I log in, I find out just how much I don't know.

 

[snorvich]

I have more questions, sorry,

In the other sticky on this forum, (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2159172) it says to leave the QT bare, without sand and rock. I assumed this was so if you needed to treat an infection or parasite that you would not have massive die off of your live rock bacteria. Is it better to have a fully cycled quarantine tank, or a bare-bones quarantine tank?

My preference is described in my blog for fish acclimation. Which is tank transfer to eliminate ich (cryptocaryon irritans) then observation in a fully cycled quarantine tank which is treated with Prazipro. If you need to treat for brook or velvet, one of the tank transfer tanks can be used.l

I'm confused about the Clown bonding, too. These three clowns (which were, a long time ago, four) have been a "pod" or "buddies" (I know, people terms, not fish terms) for well over two years in the same tank they are still in, a 55 gallon tank that has been fish-only for years (even before the clowns were in the tank). This is the same tank I am converting to a reef system. Is it just my dumb luck these three seem to co-habitate? They literally are like the three stooges; they go everywhere together, do everything together. Have they just not bonded, or do I have weird, poly-amorous clowns?

That will change. One of the clowns will become female, then will pick one of the remaining to be a male, then kill the third one.

I do appreciate all of the advice from you, and the other experts on this forum. I always thought I was pretty solid on my salt water stuff, but every time I log in, I find out just how much I don't know.

I have been doing this a long, long time. What I know, I learned from screwing up, so I want others to profit without doing so.

 

[malawinovice]

[Quote:
Originally Posted by malawinovice
Room for one more?

75 mixed reef, established 3 years

pair osc clowns
flame angel
leopard wrasse
kupang damsel pair
trio bartlett anthias

Do I have room for more?

thinking of kole tang,
or a trio of pajama cardinals, or a
coral beauty

I would not with the possible exception of the coral beauty; the flame angel will chase for a while, however.


Really,, why no kole tang?


and how big for an aclimation float for coral and flame to figure it out. I have one the is 6 x 4 inches.

thanks

what about an ebili angel, lfs has one, looks really cool?

 

[snorvich]

what about an ebili angel, lfs has one, looks really cool?

same issue with acclimation with existing dwarf angel.

 

[Jsberry]

Hello, new to the hobby, going to start with a 10 gallon (already have because just had 7 cichlids outgrow it and setup a new 40 br last week for them) already purchased 20lbs sand (petco), hydrometer, 25lbs instant ocean, 245 hydor powerhead, 20 Gal hangonback filter (no filter just going to run for CO2 exchange/water flow. 50W heater, marineland LED hood. Ordered 12lbs Fiji premium hand picked LR from Saltysupply.com will ship to me sometime next week.
Was going to add rock and sand let cycle for 2 weeks test for 0 ammonia & nitrites , then add few snails, hermits for cleanup crew for a couple weeks, then add a fish. I ran a program that recommended for the size tank to only have 4" of fish. I didn't want clowns because that's what everyone does (just want something else). Was thinking of 1 mandrian dragonet, but heard they are difficult to care for in a 10 gallon because of their feeding requirements and I don't want the fish to be unhealthy. Was thinking maybe a yellow watchman golby or something else, any ideas? I plan on purchasing an AI SOL LED system in the future and put corals in the tank and eventually upgrade to a larger tank in the future.

 

[snorvich]

Hello, new to the hobby, going to start with a 10 gallon (already have because just had 7 cichlids outgrow it and setup a new 40 br last week for them) already purchased 20lbs sand (petco), hydrometer, 25lbs instant ocean, 245 hydor powerhead, 20 Gal hangonback filter (no filter just going to run for CO2 exchange/water flow. 50W heater, marineland LED hood. Ordered 12lbs Fiji premium hand picked LR from Saltysupply.com will ship to me sometime next week.
Was going to add rock and sand let cycle for 2 weeks test for 0 ammonia & nitrites , then add few snails, hermits for cleanup crew for a couple weeks, then add a fish. I ran a program that recommended for the size tank to only have 4" of fish. I didn't want clowns because that's what everyone does (just want something else). Was thinking of 1 mandrian dragonet, but heard they are difficult to care for in a 10 gallon because of their feeding requirements and I don't want the fish to be unhealthy. Was thinking maybe a yellow watchman golby or something else, any ideas? I plan on purchasing an AI SOL LED system in the future and put corals in the tank and eventually upgrade to a larger tank in the future.

Those that follow this thread know I do not provide recommendations. However a watchman goby with one or two pistol shrimp would work well. A ten gallon tank does not provide many options. In saltwater there is no rule of inches per gallon.

 

[steve888]

50G FOWLR Tank

50G FOWLR Tank

Hello:

I'm going to upgrade from a 14G BioCube to a 50G FOWLR tank soon and was wondering if you think these fish would all get along okay:

Sharknose Goby
Purple Firefish
Blue/Green Chromis (X3)
Black and White Clownfish
Coral Beauty Angelfish

I think the only issue might be with the Chromis but I'm not sure so thanks in advance very much for your suggestions and advice! :beachbum:

 

[eidels]

I have a 260 reef and want to add several fish to work over the rock and spots of hair algae. Current fish are anthers, blennies, gobies and wrasses. Will definitely be getting a one spot rabbitfish. I would like a kole as well as a Zebrasoma or Acanthurus. A friend has a small kole. Would an Achilles work?