In a new small tank, they will starve to death. Even in large mature tanks, starfish are problematic in the long run.
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In a new small tank, they will starve to death. Even in large mature tanks, starfish are problematic in the long run.
Hi, I'm still in the planning stage and starting to buy equipment for my tank but I've been researching fish too and trying to figure out what I could keep. I've come up with a list of fish I fancy and I'd appreciate any advice/opinions!
The tank is 5', 120g and I want to go reef. I also want to stick to as peaceful fish as possible, don't want too many aggression issues. Also obviously I'll be adding these over a long time and cycling the tank fully first.
My ideas:
-Kole tang add last
-Chromis - can I have a group? at this point I am discouraging chromis being purchased due to the high incidence of uronema marinum
-flasher wrasse a male plus female is nice; be sure your tank is covered
-watanabei angel - 2 if I could get hold of them together but more likely 1 two of this species is difficult because males are a problem
-pair of clownfish - no idea which If you pick less aggressive ones such as A. percula or A. ocellaris or any genotype designer clowns, you would be better off
-one-spot foxface
-Cleaner wrasse they do not do well and have no effect on parasite eradication
-royal gramma
-copperband butterfly- I know the issues with this fish feeding etc- this would be if I had the tank established for a long time and was advanced enough to try it!
Please be nice if I've made any glaring errors!
I am always nice and am simply here to make sure you are successful.
I wasn't accusing you of not being nice! :lolspin: I was just expecting that at least one of my suggestions was going to be ridiculous and I was expecting a bit of backlash from someone!
Thanks very much for your advice, I will go with the one angel and miss out the cleaner wrasse. I'm glad to hear I can have a pair of flasher wrasse, can you recommend any replacements for the Chromis? I don't really want to go with anthias due to the high feeding needs.
Well, I normally avoid recommendations for a variety of reasons. But if you wish to check back, I would be happy to reanalyze any stocking plan.
avijay23
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Hi Steve,
I have a 55 gal running for the past 3 months, 10 gal sump, Tunze skimmer, LED
Current inhabitants
Ocellaris Clown x 2
Starry Blenny x 1
Yellow Clown Goby x 1
McCoskers flasher wrasse x1
Yellow banded pygmy wrasse x1
Rainfordi goby x1
Orange spotted goby- bonded pair
PJ cardinal x2
Fire Shrimp x 2
Peppermint shrimp x 1
Red mithrax crab x 1
Astrea snails
Nassarius snails
hermit scarlet legged crab x 2
Bumblebee snails
Some softies and LPS corals
Planning to add more active colorful fishes to the tank- Reef safe and not aggressive to each other.
Plan to add
1) Pistol shrimp- Alpheus yaldwyni or randali
2) Royal gramma- I know you love them. Will it be too many fishes?
Thanks,
Vijay
I have a 55 gal running for the past 3 months, 10 gal sump, Tunze skimmer, LED
Current inhabitants
Ocellaris Clown x 2
Starry Blenny x 1
Yellow Clown Goby x 1
McCoskers flasher wrasse x1
Yellow banded pygmy wrasse x1
Rainfordi goby x1
Orange spotted goby- bonded pair
PJ cardinal x2
Fire Shrimp x 2
Peppermint shrimp x 1
Red mithrax crab x 1
Astrea snails
Nassarius snails
hermit scarlet legged crab x 2
Bumblebee snails
Some softies and LPS corals
Planning to add more active colorful fishes to the tank- Reef safe and not aggressive to each other.
Plan to add
1) Pistol shrimp- Alpheus yaldwyni or randali
2) Royal gramma- I know you love them. Will it be too many fishes?
Thanks,
Vijay
Unfortunately, you really have a rather high population of fish for this sized tank and I would not add any additional fish.
avijay23
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There are two issues: first, over time the vast majority of folks that have more than one end up with one as the most aggressive of the bunch kills the remainder. Second, at this point I do not advocate chromis because of the high incident rate of uronema marinum for these fish.
salvador.gc
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Hi guys I'm kinda new and learning about this interesting hobby.
I've got a 55 gal tank with just corals in it. Been running for 2 months now. Water levels acceptable... Ammonia almost 0, nitrates and nitrates 0, salinity of 1.024 sp.g
I can see a bit of purple Cyanobacteria (is this normal during cycling?, will It go away eventually?) forming on the sand and also, something is forming on my glass which I have no idea, a pattern of clear lines, are these snail eggs? Help would be appreciated! Thanks!
I've got a 55 gal tank with just corals in it. Been running for 2 months now. Water levels acceptable... Ammonia almost 0, nitrates and nitrates 0, salinity of 1.024 sp.g
I can see a bit of purple Cyanobacteria (is this normal during cycling?, will It go away eventually?) forming on the sand and also, something is forming on my glass which I have no idea, a pattern of clear lines, are these snail eggs? Help would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Alright. I have a 36 gal bowfront tank. Tank is FOWLR and waiting on lighting and a skimmer to go full reef. Right now the occupants are as follows:
-2 clowns (b&w osc, snowflake osc)
-YWG
-Hi-Fin banded goby (think I'm going to set up my 10 gallon and get him out of there, have been having territory issues b/t him and the YWG. He was an impulse buy and the YWG wasn't happy about it)
-2 cleaner shrimp
-3 sexy shrimp (these guys have been hard to spot, is this normal?)
As previously stated, I want to get the Hi-Fin out of there because I never see either of my gobies now and I believe it's because there isn't enough room for the two of them at the bottom of the tank. This being said, I think I want one more swimmer and I'm going to call it a day as I don't want the tank to be crowded.
I'm thinking that I want a Macneill's Assessor. Something that is going to be pretty active, but not steal the show from my clowns who I've decided I want to be the stars of the tank.
-2 clowns (b&w osc, snowflake osc)
-YWG
-Hi-Fin banded goby (think I'm going to set up my 10 gallon and get him out of there, have been having territory issues b/t him and the YWG. He was an impulse buy and the YWG wasn't happy about it)
-2 cleaner shrimp
-3 sexy shrimp (these guys have been hard to spot, is this normal?)
As previously stated, I want to get the Hi-Fin out of there because I never see either of my gobies now and I believe it's because there isn't enough room for the two of them at the bottom of the tank. This being said, I think I want one more swimmer and I'm going to call it a day as I don't want the tank to be crowded.
I'm thinking that I want a Macneill's Assessor. Something that is going to be pretty active, but not steal the show from my clowns who I've decided I want to be the stars of the tank.
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Neptune 555
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75 gallon fowlr maybe coral w 75 pounds live sand and 75 pounds LR
2 ocellaris clowns
Yellow longhouse butterflyfish
Kole tang
Mystery wrasse
Yellow watchmen goby
Mandarin
Potters angelfish
Will this be the max a 75 gallon w/ sump could contain? Any suggestions on order of stocking?
Neptune
2 ocellaris clowns
Yellow longhouse butterflyfish
Kole tang
Mystery wrasse
Yellow watchmen goby
Mandarin
Potters angelfish
Will this be the max a 75 gallon w/ sump could contain? Any suggestions on order of stocking?
Neptune
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Checking to make sure new add ok
We have a reef tank with mix of corals and fish
Fish and things
Yellow Banded Possum Wrasse (Arrow wrasse)
Fox face rabbit fish
Clownfish X2
Anemone (condy) had one but he split so now two smaller.
Spotted cardinal fish X2
Blue tang
Hermit crabs x 2
Snails x2
Peppermint shrimp x2
Bi colour Blenny
Corals
Hammer
Moonstone
Mushroom
Disk coral
Bubble
Torch coral
Zoo rock
Want to add Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse... Will they be ok together?
Tank is 50gl just over 1 year old.
Checking to make sure new add ok
We have a reef tank with mix of corals and fish
Fish and things
Yellow Banded Possum Wrasse (Arrow wrasse)
Fox face rabbit fish
Clownfish X2
Anemone (condy) had one but he split so now two smaller.
Spotted cardinal fish X2
Blue tang
Hermit crabs x 2
Snails x2
Peppermint shrimp x2
Bi colour Blenny
Corals
Hammer
Moonstone
Mushroom
Disk coral
Bubble
Torch coral
Zoo rock
Want to add Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse... Will they be ok together?
Tank is 50gl just over 1 year old.
Starting a tank this week. It's 56G and no sump. Got a Fluval 306 Filtration unit and about 58 lbs of Indo Dry Live Rock ready to go in soon. About 20-40 lbs of live sand is expected to be used on the bottom of the tank as well.
What I plan to have in the tank, listed in order of my plan to get them and expecting 3-4 weeks in between. I am also hoping to be able to set up a 10 gallon quarantine tank by the second round of fish additions. I also have a reefkeeper elite that's going to control 2 Koralia Evo 850 circulation pumps, a Tunze 3155 ATO, and in-tank refugium (planning to get it started within the first week of the tank being started), and Current USA Orbit Marine LED Lighting kit.
1. 3-5 Blue Green Chromis
2. 2 clownfish (Ocellaris)
3. 2 goby's (maybe sand shifting ones) and a shrimp
After those, I will likely want to start on a clean-up crew, here are some of my ideas for what I want, but I haven't done too much research on some of them:
1. Emerald Crabs
2. some shrimp that'll clean the bottom or clean the fish
3. 1 starfish would be cool but not sure which I could get
Then after a few months of the tank being all set up, I plan to add a Lemon Peel Angel to the tank and then a month or two after that, a Mandarin, which should have enough food because of the refugium running for a very long time.
It would be nice to also get an anemone or two but I understand they move and it may be a bit of work to make sure the tank is safe for them even when I am travelling for a few days. Everything I am doing is to try and create the best environment for the fish so that a pretty regular maintenance schedule can be established and followed along with my automation tools
What I plan to have in the tank, listed in order of my plan to get them and expecting 3-4 weeks in between. I am also hoping to be able to set up a 10 gallon quarantine tank by the second round of fish additions. I also have a reefkeeper elite that's going to control 2 Koralia Evo 850 circulation pumps, a Tunze 3155 ATO, and in-tank refugium (planning to get it started within the first week of the tank being started), and Current USA Orbit Marine LED Lighting kit.
1. 3-5 Blue Green Chromis
2. 2 clownfish (Ocellaris)
3. 2 goby's (maybe sand shifting ones) and a shrimp
After those, I will likely want to start on a clean-up crew, here are some of my ideas for what I want, but I haven't done too much research on some of them:
1. Emerald Crabs
2. some shrimp that'll clean the bottom or clean the fish
3. 1 starfish would be cool but not sure which I could get
Then after a few months of the tank being all set up, I plan to add a Lemon Peel Angel to the tank and then a month or two after that, a Mandarin, which should have enough food because of the refugium running for a very long time.
It would be nice to also get an anemone or two but I understand they move and it may be a bit of work to make sure the tank is safe for them even when I am travelling for a few days. Everything I am doing is to try and create the best environment for the fish so that a pretty regular maintenance schedule can be established and followed along with my automation tools
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