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[Jeremiah_Conway]

Hi and thanks for doing this
I have a 40g 8 weeks old fowler with plans for corals later on
Current residents are cuc hermits and turbo snails
Two cleaner shrimp
One fire shrimp
A black long spine urchin
One firefish added last week

The plan is to add a yellow or diamond watchman
And or scooter blennie
A pair of clowns

Anemone in another 6 months

 

[snorvich]

Hi and thanks for doing this
I have a 40g 8 weeks old fowler with plans for corals later on
Current residents are cuc hermits and turbo snails
Two cleaner shrimp
One fire shrimp
A black long spine urchin
One firefish added last week

The plan is to add a yellow or diamond watchman
And or scooter blennie Insufficient copepods in this sized tank
A pair of clowns depends on clown species

Anemone in another 6 months

Fine except as annotated

 

[zxknight]

fish wish list for a 90 gallon tank and a 40 gallon sump. let me know your thoughts.
midas blenny
clownfish x2 dont know what type yet.
blue spot jawfish
watanabe angle
blue star leopard wrasse
hipo tang
Dragonet mandarins x2 after a year or so.

 

[ryguylears]

45g corner tank that is about 3 months old.

I currently have a pair of ocellaris and a pistol goby pair.

Waiting 9 months for a mandarin, also thinking a pair of bengaii cardinals and some type of wrasse. Will this work, am I close to overstocking?

 

[snorvich]

fish wish list for a 90 gallon tank and a 40 gallon sump. let me know your thoughts.
midas blenny
clownfish x2 dont know what type yet.
blue spot jawfish needs cooler temperature and gentle tank mates
watanabe angle needs a larger tank
blue star leopard wrasse
hipo tang needs a much larger tank
Dragonet mandarins x2 after a year or so. Your tank is not large enough for two mandarins, and a leopard wrasse would preclude a mandarin in this sized tank

 

[snorvich]

45g corner tank that is about 3 months old.

I currently have a pair of ocellaris and a pistol goby pair.

Waiting 9 months for a mandarin, also thinking a pair of bengaii cardinals and some type of wrasse. Will this work, am I close to overstocking?

Your tank cannot sustain a mandarin without exceptional effort. The pair of Bangaii cardinals are fine but not a wrasse in this sized tank

 

[zxknight]

That just killed my dreams, lol. Time to rethink my options.

 

[Scoted]

Hello, I have a 60 gallon cube with 45 gallons of water in sump.
Existing fish are 2 black ice clowns and a orange spot/ red banded pistol shrimp.
I would like to add another shrimp (cleaner or coral banded) and an orchid dottyback, green chromis and a wrasse (fairy or flasher)

 

[snorvich]

Hello, I have a 60 gallon cube with 45 gallons of water in sump.
Existing fish are 2 black ice clowns and a orange spot/ red banded pistol shrimp.
I would like to add another shrimp (cleaner or coral banded) and an orchid dottyback, green chromis and a wrasse (fairy or flasher)

All is fine, but a cleaner shrimp is much better than a coral banded shrimp since a CBS can take fish.

 

[ryguylears]

Your tank cannot sustain a mandarin without exceptional effort. The pair of Bangaii cardinals are fine but not a wrasse in this sized tank

I have started seeding my refugium with pods now, I figure if I build a healthy population in the next 5 months or so I should be good. Outside of that what do I need to do to prepare?

 

[snorvich]

I have started seeding my refugium with pods now, I figure if I build a healthy population in the next 5 months or so I should be good. Outside of that what do I need to do to prepare?

Our opinions differ on whether that would be sufficient.

 

[JakeK]

Hi Everyone,
I'm extremely new to saltwater and reef tanks. My only experience with fish is with bettas, but willing to learn as much as I can.

Here's my proposed set up. I only have the tank currently.
Coralife Biocube 29
Hydor Koralia 425
Media basket with poly-fill, purigen and chemipure
Stock lighting
25# of live rock
25# of sand

A few zoas, mushrooms, a toadstool coral and a frogspawn coral.

Right now I'm thinking about the following for fish:
2 ocellaris clownfish
1 purple firefish
1 banggai cardinalfish

After 4-5 weeks I'll start adding the clean up crew and then the fish and coral over a couple months.

What do you think? Too many fish? Incompatible fish?
Thank you,
Jake

 

[snorvich]

Hi Everyone,
I'm extremely new to saltwater and reef tanks. My only experience with fish is with bettas, but willing to learn as much as I can.

Here's my proposed set up. I only have the tank currently.
Coralife Biocube 29
Hydor Koralia 425
Media basket with poly-fill, purigen and chemipure
Stock lighting
25# of live rock
25# of sand

A few zoas, mushrooms, a toadstool coral and a frogspawn coral.

Right now I'm thinking about the following for fish:
2 ocellaris clownfish
1 purple firefish
1 banggai cardinalfish

After 4-5 weeks I'll start adding the clean up crew and then the fish and coral over a couple months.

What do you think? Too many fish? Incompatible fish?
Thank you,
Jake

Sounds good with no obvious issues.

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[JakeK]

Sounds good with no obvious issues.

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Thank you!

 

[Ironwood]

Give us your size of tank, and type of water treatment (filter/live rock, sump y/n?) and tell us what you propose to buy--- But I have just read two really sad posts from people whose lfs sold them impossible-to-keep-alive creatures that are sadly dead or dying right this moment.
We can't answer without info, so describe your system (best yet, fill in those questions in My Profile under My RC, and give detail the way us old hands do)---and we'll be ever so glad to tell you whether your fish will have a good life in your tank.


Hi I have a 72 gallon bow front with 70 lbs of LR 2.5" sand bed and a 20gallon sump (maybe upgrading to a 29 gallon sump). Reef octopus 150sss.
Proposed fish list:
Pair oscellaris clown fish(would like one black and a snowflake)
Six line wrasse
Scooter blenny
Diamond watchman goby
Pair Bangui Cardinal
Kole tang
Tomini tang
Blue/green chromis
Cleanup crew; fire shrimp,2 peppermint shrimp, 2 skunk shrimp, trochus snails,nassarius snails,cerith snails.

Thanks
This thread has been split. You can see the original thread here:

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[snorvich]

Hi I have a 72 gallon bow front with 70 lbs of LR 2.5" sand bed and a 20gallon sump (maybe upgrading to a 29 gallon sump). Reef octopus 150sss.
Proposed fish list:
Pair oscellaris clown fish(would like one black and a snowflake)
Six line wrasse aggressive, will preclude a scooter blenny
Scooter blenny
Diamond watchman goby
Pair Bangui Cardinal tank raised, male plus female
Kole tang one tang only in this sized tank; should be added 6 months down the line
Tomini tang one tang only in this sized tank; should be added 6 months down the line
Blue/green chromis
Cleanup crew; fire shrimp,2 peppermint shrimp, 2 skunk shrimp, trochus snails,nassarius snails,cerith snails.

Thanks

fine except as annotated

 

[Ironwood]

Hi I have a 72 gallon bow front with 70 lbs of LR 2.5" sand bed and a 20gallon sump (maybe upgrading to a 29 gallon sump). Reef octopus 150sss.
Proposed fish list:
Pair oscellaris clown fish(would like one black and a snowflake)
Six line wrasse aggressive, will preclude a scooter blenny
Scooter blenny
Diamond watchman goby
Pair Bangui Cardinal tank raised, male plus female
Kole tang one tang only in this sized tank; should be added 6 months down the line
Tomini tang one tang only in this sized tank; should be added 6 months down the line
Blue/green chromis
Cleanup crew; fire shrimp,2 peppermint shrimp, 2 skunk shrimp, trochus snails,nassarius snails,cerith snails.

Thanks

fine except as annotated

Thank you!!

 

[aprilschutt]

I am wondering if I can have a foxface in the same tank as a blue tang. If so, do they need to both be added at the same time? It's a 75 gallon tank with a 55 gallon sump.

Current inhabitants...
2 blue chromis
1 turbo snail
7 cerith snails

Hoping to add...
2 banggai Cardinalfish
2 clowns (perculas)
1 Mandarin Goby (down the road)
1 Foxface
1 Blue Tang

Corals and anemones as I go. Thank you!

 

[Spinelessspade]

PLEASE check out your intended fish purchases here first!

Hey snorvich, I am setting up a 75 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump, the dimensions of the tank are 48x18x20. Was hoping to add the following fish to it in this order

2 ocellaris clowns (1snowflake,1 reg)
1 royal gramma
1 firefish (purple or red)
1 tailspot blenny or bicolor blenny
3 Pajama Cardinal
2 Bangaii Cardinal
1 one spot fox face
1 yellow or kole tang

What do you think of my stocking list?

 

[snorvich]

I am wondering if I can have a foxface in the same tank as a blue tang. If so, do they need to both be added at the same time? It's a 75 gallon tank with a 55 gallon sump.

Current inhabitants...
2 blue chromis
1 turbo snail
7 cerith snails

Hoping to add...
2 banggai Cardinalfish
2 clowns (perculas)
1 Mandarin Goby (down the road)
1 Foxface
1 Blue Tang needs a much larger (longer) tank

Corals and anemones as I go. Thank you!

All else is fine. Note that the foxface should be added down the line once the tank is mature; they are reef safe only if well fed