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bluecoyote79
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I doubt that there will be significant aggression, but more tank space would mean less enforced interaction. They will flash for sure. Bioload is probably ok but marginally so.
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Thanks, so far your advice has been spot on.
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125 gallon with 45 gallon sump. Lot's of live rock and two inch sand bed. Temperature would be kept at 72 - 74 range. Corals would be sps, mainly deepwater acroporas.
centre piece would be chaetodon declivis (deepwater species) 3x
I have read, that they like the precense of dither fish, so have been thinking of adding zoramia leptacantha 30x or pseudanthia parvirostris (deepwater species) / nemathias carberryi 10x (1 male, 9 female).
Are these really considered as a dither fish? Suggestions?
Valenciannea puellaris (for keeping the sandbed clean, though is this necessary?) or opistognathus rosenblatti.
Elacatinus oceanops, for parasite eating.
CUC:
Lysmata amboinensis
hermit crabs (have lot's of empty shells of different sizes)
snails
strombus spp.
Any other suggestions for stocking? ��
centre piece would be chaetodon declivis (deepwater species) 3x
I have read, that they like the precense of dither fish, so have been thinking of adding zoramia leptacantha 30x or pseudanthia parvirostris (deepwater species) / nemathias carberryi 10x (1 male, 9 female).
Are these really considered as a dither fish? Suggestions?
Valenciannea puellaris (for keeping the sandbed clean, though is this necessary?) or opistognathus rosenblatti.
Elacatinus oceanops, for parasite eating.
CUC:
Lysmata amboinensis
hermit crabs (have lot's of empty shells of different sizes)
snails
strombus spp.
Any other suggestions for stocking? ��
I have also kept chaetodon mitratus which is a much more outgoing fish. However I have never tried both together.
I need your advice on this livestock for a 75 gallon DT (with a 30 gallon sump). This is my first tank, so I am still trying to get a feel on how much of a biomass the system can handle!
I have tried to get a variety of body types and colors for a nice tank. I also tried to get a good mix of those that hang out by the sand bed, those that hover over rock work, and those that swim in the water column. For coral, my goal is to have few corals but let them grow large "” that's what I find appealing.
Also, I am going to post this on two forums and send it to a few friends in email "” so if you see this more than once, I apologize. (Unless you are on of my friends "” in which case you have my sincere sympathies.)
Okay:
Fish:
Mandarin Dragnet (note: this won't be purchased for a year after the DT is up and running "” but this is the only fish I truly want "” so if I have to cut back on the bio load it WON'T be this one)
Starcki Damselfish
Firefish x2 (this is the only fish where I intend to get more than one "” until I get feedback to this message)
Red Hat Solon Fairy Wrasse (note: if this guy eats pods then he's out "” they're for the mandarin)
gold stripe maroon clownfish
Corals:
Open Brain Coral
Starburst Polyp
Cauliflower Colt Coral
Toadstool Mushroom Leather
Mushroom Rock Rhodactis
Inverts:
Blood shrimp
Blue leg and red leg hermit crabs
peppermint shrimp
skunk cleaner shrimp
Note: I didn't add any snails because I've heard too many horror stories about them breeding like rabbits on viagra. If you can recommend snails that don't have that problem then please let me know. (Or if you think the hassle is worth their benefit.)
Thanks for your feedback!
I have tried to get a variety of body types and colors for a nice tank. I also tried to get a good mix of those that hang out by the sand bed, those that hover over rock work, and those that swim in the water column. For coral, my goal is to have few corals but let them grow large "” that's what I find appealing.
Also, I am going to post this on two forums and send it to a few friends in email "” so if you see this more than once, I apologize. (Unless you are on of my friends "” in which case you have my sincere sympathies.)
Okay:
Fish:
Mandarin Dragnet (note: this won't be purchased for a year after the DT is up and running "” but this is the only fish I truly want "” so if I have to cut back on the bio load it WON'T be this one)
Starcki Damselfish
Firefish x2 (this is the only fish where I intend to get more than one "” until I get feedback to this message)
Red Hat Solon Fairy Wrasse (note: if this guy eats pods then he's out "” they're for the mandarin)
gold stripe maroon clownfish
Corals:
Open Brain Coral
Starburst Polyp
Cauliflower Colt Coral
Toadstool Mushroom Leather
Mushroom Rock Rhodactis
Inverts:
Blood shrimp
Blue leg and red leg hermit crabs
peppermint shrimp
skunk cleaner shrimp
Note: I didn't add any snails because I've heard too many horror stories about them breeding like rabbits on viagra. If you can recommend snails that don't have that problem then please let me know. (Or if you think the hassle is worth their benefit.)
Thanks for your feedback!
CafeReef
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21 gallon Nanocube.
Current:
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
Small CuC
Want:
I am wanting to add either a Cardinal and a purple firefish, or a purple firefish and a red firefish.
Thoughts? Concerns with adding either of the two pairs mentioned above. I will do one or the other, more leaning fire and cardinal. I will also be adding a goby of some type, have not decided yet.
Current:
2 Ocellaris Clownfish
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
Small CuC
Want:
I am wanting to add either a Cardinal and a purple firefish, or a purple firefish and a red firefish.
Thoughts? Concerns with adding either of the two pairs mentioned above. I will do one or the other, more leaning fire and cardinal. I will also be adding a goby of some type, have not decided yet.
Your tank is barely large enough for a pair of clownfish. Adding additional fish would be undesirable.
Steve, thanks for the advice! I hadn't realized that the coral ate fish!
Why do you prefer snails over hermit crabs?
If I got rid of the wrasse and only had one Firefish, how do you think that bioload would be for a 75? Think it could handle more? Already too much? Fine as is?
Why do you prefer snails over hermit crabs?
If I got rid of the wrasse and only had one Firefish, how do you think that bioload would be for a 75? Think it could handle more? Already too much? Fine as is?
It is not a bioload issue, it is behavioral. If I were reducing, I would start with the GSM first, damsel second. But those are behavioral issues rather than bioload issues.
Good Evening Folks!, This is just a quick update on an earlier list that I had, please let me know what you think and in what order I should introduce them. I have a biocube 29, it's been running for 1 month now Bare bottom. It is stock, except for I took the bio balls out, and I didnt bother putting the filter in. Ive been doing a 10% WC weekly and havent missed one yet. Currently I have a small Colt coral, 2 skunk shrimp, and 3 Turbos (I had an algae issue and the LFS recommended 3 but I didnt realize how fast these guys actually work, I am currently trying dry seaweed sheets to supplement as my tank is super clean of algae now and I dont want this little guys to starve) Thanks in Advance!
1)Ocellaris Clownfish x 2
2)Firefish x1
3)banggai Cardinal x 2?
4)Royal Gamma x 1
5)Sailfin blenny x 1
6)manderin Blenny x1
7)trumpet coral
8)ricordea coral
1)Ocellaris Clownfish x 2
2)Firefish x1
3)banggai Cardinal x 2?
4)Royal Gamma x 1
5)Sailfin blenny x 1
6)manderin Blenny x1
7)trumpet coral
8)ricordea coral
What I have done (for the tank that only exists in my dreams -- so take this with a grain of salt) is look up each fish on liveaquaria and go from nicest temperament to harshest -- so the nice guys can have the home court advantage when the meaner ones are introduced.
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