nanomania
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Oh... its 3" as of now, at this size will it kill my fish? Or I was plannin to make a seperate setup for it
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Oh... its 3" as of now, at this size will it kill my fish? Or I was plannin to make a seperate setup for it
later...
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Okidoki, but do you have an answer? I am quite interested to know at what size they would become a threat (which is actually why I commented). Apologies if that crosses the line.
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Itchy Trigger
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75g Stocking Ideas
75g Stocking Ideas
OK... I'm still aways off from actually buying fish (just setting up the tank this weekend and will be adding live rock next week sometime). But I'd like to get my stock list planned out in advance and know which order I should add the fish, etc., so I thought I'd post here and get some feedback / suggestions. I'd like to eventually keep soft corals & LPS in the tank, so I'm going with only reef-safe fish. The tank is a standard 4 ft. 75g tank. Reef Octopus BH-2000 skimmer will be on the tank.
Here are fish I'm considering (I don't mean that I want to add ALL of these; just some combo of these or others, as I'm certainly open to suggestions!):
1. Royal Gramma
2. Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (or other reef safe wrasse)
3. Blue or blue/green chromis (maybe a small group?)
4. Cardinalfish (group of either Pterapogon kauderni or Sphaeramia nematoptera)
5. Firefish (purple or helfrichi, maybe one of each?)
6. Blue Gudgeon dart fish
7. Yellow Watchman Goby
8. Yellow Jawfish (not sure my sand bed is deep enough for them - it's about 3" or so)
9. Kole Tang (I'd love to have ONE larger fish in here, and I've read that a Kole could be ok in a 75g. I have lots of open space in the tank for swimming... Pretty sure any other tang would be too big for a 75g correct?)
What do you think? Any of these I should drop or reconsider? Anything else that might work well?
75g Stocking Ideas
OK... I'm still aways off from actually buying fish (just setting up the tank this weekend and will be adding live rock next week sometime). But I'd like to get my stock list planned out in advance and know which order I should add the fish, etc., so I thought I'd post here and get some feedback / suggestions. I'd like to eventually keep soft corals & LPS in the tank, so I'm going with only reef-safe fish. The tank is a standard 4 ft. 75g tank. Reef Octopus BH-2000 skimmer will be on the tank.
Here are fish I'm considering (I don't mean that I want to add ALL of these; just some combo of these or others, as I'm certainly open to suggestions!):
1. Royal Gramma
2. Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (or other reef safe wrasse)
3. Blue or blue/green chromis (maybe a small group?)
4. Cardinalfish (group of either Pterapogon kauderni or Sphaeramia nematoptera)
5. Firefish (purple or helfrichi, maybe one of each?)
6. Blue Gudgeon dart fish
7. Yellow Watchman Goby
8. Yellow Jawfish (not sure my sand bed is deep enough for them - it's about 3" or so)
9. Kole Tang (I'd love to have ONE larger fish in here, and I've read that a Kole could be ok in a 75g. I have lots of open space in the tank for swimming... Pretty sure any other tang would be too big for a 75g correct?)
What do you think? Any of these I should drop or reconsider? Anything else that might work well?
Itchy Trigger
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Thanks! All others ok? And other than adding the Kole tang last, is the order for the others less important?
maddmaxx
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told ya trigger, he gives great advice, and i was almost dead on with the advice i gave ya in your other thread.. im learning snorvich lol..
most passive first (firefish/dartfish), most aggressive last (kole tang, fairy wrasse, chromis) but I am assuming that you do not do groups from a bioload perspective.
Itchy Trigger
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Got it! Planning to add one at a time only. Thanks very much.
steve, i'll be setting up my 75g in another few weeks. i will be transferring 2 snowflake clowns, 1 orange spotted goby, 1 royal gramma, 1 longnose hawkfish. my question is, can i have 2 hawkfish in this tank? i would love 2 longnose hawkfish but wonder if i'd be pushing my luck.
thanks!
thanks!
I have never tried two of longnose hawkfish in the same tank; however since they occupy the same ecological niche and the tank is relatively short, I would guess that it would not work because they would fight. In very long tanks, it would work with near certainty.
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I have a new 55gallon tank with an octopus 1000 skimmer, 60lb LR, 40lb live sand. I currently have 2 clownfish and am planning on eventually adding corals. These are the other fish I would like to add but would like advice on what order (if i can/should add any in pairs) and if I have enough space:
Blue hippo tang
flame angelfish
foxface rabbitfish
royal gramma
maybe some type of hawkfish
stocking
I have a new 55gallon tank with an octopus 1000 skimmer, 60lb LR, 40lb live sand. I currently have 2 clownfish and am planning on eventually adding corals. These are the other fish I would like to add but would like advice on what order (if i can/should add any in pairs) and if I have enough space:
Blue hippo tang
flame angelfish
foxface rabbitfish
royal gramma
maybe some type of hawkfish
shermanator
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I'm a newbie to this hobby with a 55 gal (HOB skimmer, HOB refugium, aqua clear 70). For a year it will be FOWL, but if that goes well, then will look into easier corals. A standard CUC is all that I have now. This is still a work in progress, but here is what I'm thinking:
- For sure: bonded pair of Occ. clown (plan to get these into QT this weekend)
- flame angel (is the tank size OK? LiveAquaria says they need 70 gal, a book I have says 50)
- green mandarin (once I get the pods in enough number)
- clown goby
- bicolor dottyback
- purple firefish
Is that too many fish? Would it be possible to have a pair of the bicolor dottybacks and/or purple firefish?
And which would need to go in last -- the flame angel?
Thanks!
- For sure: bonded pair of Occ. clown (plan to get these into QT this weekend)
- flame angel (is the tank size OK? LiveAquaria says they need 70 gal, a book I have says 50)
- green mandarin (once I get the pods in enough number)
- clown goby
- bicolor dottyback
- purple firefish
Is that too many fish? Would it be possible to have a pair of the bicolor dottybacks and/or purple firefish?
And which would need to go in last -- the flame angel?
Thanks!
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As I do thousands of these, can you please refresh my memory of tank size and stocking?
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