PLEASE check out your intended fish purchases here first!

[snorvich]

Would I be ok to add a dragonet to this lineup down the line (once tank is established)?

Well, no, at least not without lots of exceptional effort. Mandarins feed constantly, and even if they eat frozen (most do), you would need sufficient copepods in the tank, which this size would not provide.

 

[KatB]

Rebuilding my tank after a 2 yr break (after a cross country move)

28 Gal JBJ LED
Skimmer
LiveRock
1 ½ "œ sand bed (can go deeper if needed)

Will be a Reef tank (various soft corals)

Inverts:

Appropriate CUC snails (no hermits or other crabs)

& Shrimp: (All or best combo for compatibility...?)

Skunk cleaner shrimp (x1)
Peppermint shrimp (x2)
Sexy shrimp (x 2-3)

Fish:

1 Tank Bred Ocellaris Clown
1 Shrimp Goby + Pistol Shrimp (x2)

Also (or best combo of) Fish: (added about a mo apart min.)

1 Purple Firefish
1 Possum Wrasse
1 Chalk Bass

LiveAquaria says a Tuxedo Urchin is ok in 20 Gal Min.... Would it cause an issue to add this at a later date? (Other than making sure I have everything glued down) I am patient and can wait until I set up a bigger tank if that's what is best.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

Kat

 

[snorvich]

Rebuilding my tank after a 2 yr break (after a cross country move)

28 Gal JBJ LED
Skimmer
LiveRock
1 ½ "œ sand bed (can go deeper if needed)

Will be a Reef tank (various soft corals)

Inverts:

Appropriate CUC snails (no hermits or other crabs)

& Shrimp: (All or best combo for compatibility...?)

Skunk cleaner shrimp (x1)
Peppermint shrimp (x2)
Sexy shrimp (x 2-3)

Fish:

1 Tank Bred Ocellaris Clown
1 Shrimp Goby + Pistol Shrimp (x2)

Also (or best combo of) Fish: (added about a mo apart min.)

1 Purple Firefish introduce early
1 Possum Wrasse
1 Chalk Bass not shrimp safe; I would skip this one based on the invert plans above

LiveAquaria says a Tuxedo Urchin is ok in 20 Gal Min.... Would it cause an issue to add this at a later date? (Other than making sure I have everything glued down)

No issue except the one you are already cognizant of

I am patient and can wait until I set up a bigger tank if that's what is best.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

Kat

 

[KatB]

Perfect! Thank you.

 

[donkeys4hire]

60g mixed reef.
Current inhabitants yellow watchman, female lyretail anthias.

Wanting to add green coris wrasse.

 

[snorvich]

60g mixed reef.
Current inhabitants yellow watchman, female lyretail anthias.

Wanting to add green coris wrasse.

Should be fine assuming you have sand

 

[jwwalker]

I'm considering adding a dwarf golden moray eel to my 90 gallon mixed reef. Current stock: clown
coral beauty
kole tang
lyretail anthias
purple firefish,
bangaii cardinal,
mandarin.

I also plan to add a flame angel at the same time as the eel.

 

[snorvich]

I'm considering adding a dwarf golden moray eel to my 90 gallon mixed reef. Current stock: clown
coral beauty
kole tang
lyretail anthias
purple firefish,
bangaii cardinal,
mandarin.

I also plan to add a flame angel at the same time as the eel.

both should be fine; you most likely will have to feed the moray with a feeding stick

 

[reeferoni]

Hi, thanks so much for helping out.

I'm downgrading tank size from a 120g to a 55g cube (roughly 24x24x24) SPS tank. I'm selling some of my livestock to lighten the bioload and wanted your input on those I'd like to keep in the smaller space (all have lived peacefully in 120 for about a year but I anticipate change with the downgrade):

1 bicolor dottyback
2 (bonded pair) oscellaris clowns
1 blue chromis
1 blue damsel

Am I okay as is? Could I add one more, perhaps a blenny?

Thank you again

 

[snorvich]

Hi, thanks so much for helping out.

I'm downgrading tank size from a 120g to a 55g cube (roughly 24x24x24) SPS tank. I'm selling some of my livestock to lighten the bioload and wanted your input on those I'd like to keep in the smaller space (all have lived peacefully in 120 for about a year but I anticipate change with the downgrade):

1 bicolor dottyback this is the biggest risk since they are aggressive, especially in smaller tanks
2 (bonded pair) oscellaris clowns
1 blue chromis
1 blue damsel

Am I okay as is? Could I add one more, perhaps a blenny? Instead of the dottyback, this would be fine

Thank you again

 

[Dolinka]

New tank is comming!
125G (50x26x22) 30G sump, skimmer JNS U3, 130 lbs LR, 2" aragonite sand, mixed reef and invert

I have:
1 oscellaris clown fish
1 royal gramma
1 pajama cardinal

Wich list:

1 femelle or 1 pair M/F watanabe angel
1 heniochus diphreute or 1 withechek tang
1 firefish purple with a mesh top 1/4" hole
2 purple tilefish
6 anthias (1M/5F) resplendant? Carrberryi? Dspar? Or Lori?
1 green wrasse and/or 1 red velvet wrasse
Black bar chromis?? How many?
1 little clown fish to make pair

Thanks!

 

[snorvich]

New tank is comming!
125G (50x26x22) 30G sump, skimmer JNS U3, 130 lbs LR, 2" aragonite sand, mixed reef and invert

I have:
1 oscellaris clown fish
1 royal gramma
1 pajama cardinal

Wich list:

1 femelle or 1 pair M/F watanabe angel pairs must be introduced concurrently; males are very difficult shippers
1 heniochus diphreute or 1 withechek tang
1 firefish purple with a mesh top 1/4" hole
2 purple tilefish
6 anthias (1M/5F) resplendant? Carrberryi? Dspar? Or Lori? anthias need multiple feedings per day; Resplendent and Carberryi are superb
1 green wrasse and/or 1 red velvet wrasse
Black bar chromis?? How many? If you are doing a group of anthias, I would pass on a group of chromis
1 little clown fish to make pair be sure it is tiny of the same species

Thanks!

 

[Dolinka]

Thank you for quik come back

If I dont put anthias, a group of 7 black bar chromis will reduce to 1 or two or black bar chromis will stay in goup?

 

[snorvich]

Thank you for quik come back

If I dont put anthias, a group of 7 black bar chromis will reduce to 1 or two or black bar chromis will stay in goup?

chromis over time, in the vast majority of circumstances, reduce their number down to one or two.

 

[Jrod4]

You previously ok'd this list for my oceanic 58g mixed reef:
Flame angel
Pair of black occelaris clowns
Lawnmower goby
Exquisite fairy

Now I am wondering if I could add another fairy wrasse to the list? Is that too much fish? Would two fairy wrasses get along?

 

[snorvich]

You previously ok'd this list for my oceanic 58g mixed reef:
Flame angel
Pair of black occelaris clowns
Lawnmower goby
Exquisite fairy

Now I am wondering if I could add another fairy wrasse to the list? Is that too much fish? Would two fairy wrasses get along?

I would not try it in this sized tank. Unless you were able to get a female exquisite

 

[Coral Head]

Adding fish

Adding fish

I currently have a Rabbitfish, a Yellow Tang, a six-line wrasse and a breeding pair of Ocellaris Clowns.

I am thinking of adding a Flame Angel and a Green Coris.

Any potential problems?

 

[snorvich]

Not necessarily. However the yellow tang once established will not be happy about ANY additions.

 

[browning_boy20]

chromis over time, in the vast majority of circumstances, reduce their number down to one or two.

So if I get 8 green chromis to go in my 350gallon, more than likely they will kill each other until there is only 1-2 left?

 

[snorvich]

So if I get 8 green chromis to go in my 350gallon, more than likely they will kill each other until there is only 1-2 left?

Less predictable in a 350 gallon tank, but probably so. Best chance would be very high flow, multiple plankton feedings per day, large tank (long is the most critical dimension) . Of course in your 40 gallon breeder the results are a foregone conclusion.