PLEASE check out your intended fish purchases here first!

[jspearse]

Probably one too many fish; the one I suggest eliminating is the clownfish since it will become aggressive once sexually mature and want to control about 25 gallons of tank space

Thank you for your advice.

 

[m0nkie]

100 gal + 40 gal sump with fuge.

I have a mandarin for about 3 months now. Very fat, does not eat prepared food.

would it be safe to add a yellow corris wrasse for some pest control? have a nudi problem.

thanks

 

[Hayden280]

Hi I am new to R2R but not to the hobby! Glad to see that everyone gets along and helps out with each other problems. Awesome!!!

I just started up a new tank cause my wife and I moved to Crystal Lake IL from Texas and was forced to sell my stuff. I don't know why its to cold up here for a Texas boy. Actually we had our first child and with her parents being older we decided to make that hike up north. Anyways I'm glad to be back in the hobby and super excited to learn new stuff on here.

I currently just started a JBJ 30 GAL rimless cause that all my wife said i could get...... But its something. its been running for 3 and a half weeks now with 20ibs live rock 2 bags of the live sand, the JBJ trinity T5 lights, Hydor ATO, Jebao doser, and ex.... glad to be back!!!!

 

[silvercharm]

50 gallon w/ 30 gallon sump. Liverock, reef octopus skimmer.

Ok so here is my tentative fish plan:
Pair of clownfish (already have in my 29 gallon)
Bengaii cardinal
Orange Spot Goby
Firefish
Six Line or Carpenter Wrasse

Is this too many fish for 50 gallon? What, if anything, would you change?

 

[snorvich]

100 gal + 40 gal sump with fuge.

I have a mandarin for about 3 months now. Very fat, does not eat prepared food.

would it be safe to add a yellow corris wrasse for some pest control? have a nudi problem.

thanks

I would not. halichores wrasses do consume copepods as well as undesirables and your tank size is ok for one, but not for two.

 

[snorvich]

Hi I am new to clay-boa but not to the hobby! Glad to see that everyone gets along and helps out with each other problems. Awesome!!!

I just started up a new tank cause my wife and I moved to Crystal Lake IL from Texas and was forced to sell my stuff. I don't know why its to cold up here for a Texas boy. Actually we had our first child and with her parents being older we decided to make that hike up north. Anyways I'm glad to be back in the hobby and super excited to learn new stuff on here.

I currently just started a JBJ 30 GAL rimless cause that all my wife said i could get...... But its something. its been running for 3 and a half weeks now with 20ibs live rock 2 bags of the live sand, the JBJ trinity T5 lights, Hydor ATO, Jebao doser, and ex.... glad to be back!!!!

This is not clay-boa, it is Reef Central. This thread is only about Marine fish compatibility; if you have questions in that area, check back with stocking plans and tank size.

 

[snorvich]

50 gallon w/ 30 gallon sump. Liverock, reef octopus skimmer.

Ok so here is my tentative fish plan:
Pair of clownfish (already have in my 29 gallon)
Bengaii cardinal
Orange Spot Goby
Firefish
Six Line no six line wrasse; very aggressive especially in small tanks or Carpenter Wrasse marginal in this sized tank.

Is this too many fish for 50 gallon? What, if anything, would you change?

Fine except as noted

 

[zamboni200000]

Snorvich,

Do you think a candy basslet (if I can find one) would do ok in a 10g nuvo fusion? Nano box tide light and an upgraded pump for more flow. It would be the only fish in the tank.

 

[snorvich]

Snorvich,

Do you think a candy basslet (if I can find one) would do ok in a 10g nuvo fusion? Nano box tide light and an upgraded pump for more flow. It would be the only fish in the tank.

Yes. But only if it is the only fish.

 

[c_wags9]

I have a 55 gallon and was planning on restocking. Here are my ideas:

- 2 occelaris clowns
- Midas blenny
- royal gramma
- melanarus wrasse
- some kind of goby but not sure yet.

 

[DylanF1]

I'm currently quarantining two Ocellaris Clowns and a blue neon goby for a new 29 gallon standard and 10 gallon refugium/sump setup. I plan on having a mixed reef. Running a BH-1000 skimmer and GFO/carbon reactors. I would like to add a green or red mandarin and a fire fish later. Using the surface area/inch of fish method this seems borderline but probably ok. Would this combination of fish be ok?

 

[snorvich]

I have a 55 gallon and was planning on restocking. Here are my ideas:

- 2 occelaris clowns
- Midas blenny
- royal gramma
- melanarus wrasse
- some kind of goby but not sure yet.

should be fine

 

[snorvich]

I'm currently quarantining two Ocellaris Clowns and a blue neon goby for a new 29 gallon standard and 10 gallon refugium/sump setup. I plan on having a mixed reef. Running a BH-1000 skimmer and GFO/carbon reactors. I would like to add a green or red mandarin and a fire fish later. Using the surface area/inch of fish method this seems borderline but probably ok. Would this combination of fish be ok?

There is no such thing as a "surface area/inch of fish method". The firefish will be fine, the mandarin will starve to death without exceptional efforts.

 

[DylanF1]

There is no such thing as a "surface area/inch of fish method". The firefish will be fine, the mandarin will starve to death without exceptional efforts.

I have read several places that a good tool to estimate the total linear inches of fish for a tank is take the surface area of the water exposed to air dived by 48in^2. If there is no such thing as that, do you have a suggestion for estimating the total number of fish that should be put in an aquarium? I understand there are many of factors that determine what can be kept. Just looking for a simple method to estimate quantity.

 

[shiftline]

PLEASE check out your intended fish purchases here first!

Hey guys. I'm new to salt from the planted tank realm and am planning out a nano salt tank

It will be a reef tank. However the coral selection is still TBD

Tank 12G Fluval edge

10-12lbs live rock.
Jebao RW-4 Wavemaker
Stock aquaclear 20 (mechanical filtration for now. may turn into amini fuge..)
Lighting 36W led which will be dimmed down. room for future coral expansion

1x Yellow Clown Goby
1x Banggai CardinaFish (possibly? Oky for 12g?) .. Still searching for other appropriate nano fish

Bottom Dweller
Green Glown Goby or watchamnn goby

Inverts
1x Fire Shrimp
1-2x Cleaner shrimp

Thanks for the help/advice!

 

[mike1024]

Hi. Here's a revised list, if you don't mind. This is a 30 gallon tank (some of which is used by a built-in sump), no external sump, 25lbs of live rock. No fish yet. How's this for a plan, in order of introduction?

Banggai cardinal (in QT)
Royal gramma
Orange stripe prawn goby
Zebra barred dartfish
Pair of Occelaris clownfish

This list used to have a firefish instead of the dartfish, which you thought was ok, but the dartfish gets a little bigger so I was wondering if its still ok.
Thanks in advance!

 

[snorvich]

I have read several places that a good tool to estimate the total linear inches of fish for a tank is take the surface area of the water exposed to air dived by 48in^2. If there is no such thing as that, do you have a suggestion for estimating the total number of fish that should be put in an aquarium? I understand there are many of factors that determine what can be kept. Just looking for a simple method to estimate quantity.

There are no simple or even complex rules. You need to consider fish size, fish behavior, fish ecological niche, fish need for territory, and fish activity level, and for some fish, tank length. If you are reading that there are rules like that, you are reading the wrong stuff.

 

[snorvich]

Hey guys. I'm new to salt from the planted tank realm and am planning out a nano salt tank

It will be a reef tank. However the coral selection is still TBD

Tank 12G Fluval edge

10-12lbs live rock.
Jebao RW-4 Wavemaker
Stock aquaclear 20 (mechanical filtration for now. may turn into amini fuge..)
Lighting 36W led which will be dimmed down. room for future coral expansion

1x Yellow Clown Goby
1x Banggai CardinaFish needs a larger tank (possibly? Oky for 12g?) .. Still searching for other appropriate nano fish

Bottom Dweller
Green Glown Goby or watchamnn goby

Inverts
1x Fire Shrimp
1-2x Cleaner shrimp

Thanks for the help/advice!

You can have two non-territorial requiring small fish in this sized tank. Shrimp of the type you selected are fine.

 

[snorvich]

Hi. Here's a revised list, if you don't mind.

Never a problem, feel free to resubmit

This is a 30 gallon tank (some of which is used by a built-in sump), no external sump, 25lbs of live rock. No fish yet. How's this for a plan, in order of introduction?

Banggai cardinal (in QT)
Royal gramma
Orange stripe prawn goby
Zebra barred dartfish
Pair of Occelaris clownfish

The clownfish, once sexually mature, will be the binding constraint on this sized tank as they will want to control 20-25 gallons of tank space. If you subtract the clownfish, the list above is fine.

This list used to have a firefish instead of the dartfish, which you thought was ok, but the dartfish gets a little bigger so I was wondering if its still ok.
Thanks in advance!

 

[mike1024]

Thanks Steve, really appreciate the help. Just to make sure I understood: it's not firefish vs dartfish, neither would work in a tank this size combined with clowns?