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[Tylerdg]

150 Gallon Reef Aquarium, Dimensions: 72x18x28
Planned stock list:
6 Lyretail Anthias
Kole Tang
Yellow Tang
2 Ocellaris Clowns
Yellow-head jawfish
Orange-back Fairy Wrasse (Male)
McCoskers Flasher Wrasse (Male)
Carpents Flasher Wrasse (Male)
Neon Goby
Midas Blenny
Royal Gramma
Yasha goby / Pistol Shrimp
2 Cleaner Shrimp
Red serpent star
Tile sea star

 

[snorvich]

Yellow tang, fairy wrasses, flasher wrasses, royal gramma, yellow watchman and anthias. Peaceful group.

Since I cannot go backwards in this thread, it is always best (easiest for me) to provide entire stocking list with the question. Of those mentioned, the yellow tang is likely to be problematic.

 

[snorvich]

150 Gallon Reef Aquarium, Dimensions: 72x18x28
Planned stock list:
6 Lyretail Anthias
Kole Tang
Yellow Tang
2 Ocellaris Clowns
Yellow-head jawfish
Orange-back Fairy Wrasse (Male)
McCoskers Flasher Wrasse (Male)
Carpents Flasher Wrasse (Male)
Neon Goby
Midas Blenny
Royal Gramma
Yasha goby / Pistol Shrimp
2 Cleaner Shrimp
Red serpent star
Tile sea star

Yellow tang last and ideally concurrent with the kole tang. Otherwise, fine.

 

[Tylerdg]

Yellow tang last and ideally concurrent with the kole tang. Otherwise, fine.

What order / groups would you add these fish into the tank?

 

[braidensfish]

steve. Thankyou that is awesome to hear.
BTW, so you dont think any of the wrasses listed will eat my inverts?
Also, would the jawfish and the goby/shrimp pairs be ok with the lps corals that i will have in the sand bed?
If it helps i will be adding shells and stuff for the shrimp/goby pairs for their burrows so i could add extra for the jawfish if needed
TIA

 

[bat21]

Plan constantly changing. But I decided to add a possum wrasse even though I hadn't initially planned on it. So I have to know what you think of these possible additions. Don't want anyone to mess with the little wrasse who is such a cool fish. Easily my favorite.

So, it's a 66g fowlr, currently:
2 Occelaris Clowns
Royal Gramma
Yellow Banded Possum Wrasse
2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Dozen or so hermits
3 Nessarius Snails

Almost definitely adding an exquisite wrasse at some point.

Having so much trouble deciding on the rest. If you had to fill the tank to a reasonable bioload, which of these would you choose to keep the tank nice and peaceful:

BlueGreen or black axil chromis
Blue Gudgeon Dartfish (2 or 3) - worried I'll never see them though
Neon blue goby (1 or 2)
Red firefish
Midas Blenny
Barnacle Blenny (2)
Bartlett's Anthias

 

[snorvich]

What order / groups would you add these fish into the tank?

I do not have the ability to go backwards in this thread. However, if I did not annotate it there was probably no order other than what I indicated.

 

[snorvich]

steve. Thankyou that is awesome to hear.
BTW, so you dont think any of the wrasses listed will eat my inverts?
Also, would the jawfish and the goby/shrimp pairs be ok with the lps corals that i will have in the sand bed?
If it helps i will be adding shells and stuff for the shrimp/goby pairs for their burrows so i could add extra for the jawfish if needed
TIA

I do not have sand sifting goby/shrimp pairs because of the mess they create. The jawfish would appreciate "rock rubble" or small empty shells for structural enhancement but they do not make a mess the same way sand sifting or burrowing gobies do. As I indicated previously, I cannot go backwards in this thread so other questions would require a resubmission.

 

[snorvich]

Plan constantly changing. But I decided to add a possum wrasse even though I hadn't initially planned on it. So I have to know what you think of these possible additions. Don't want anyone to mess with the little wrasse who is such a cool fish. Easily my favorite.

So, it's a 66g fowlr, currently:
2 Occelaris Clowns
Royal Gramma
Yellow Banded Possum Wrasse
2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Dozen or so hermits
3 Nessarius Snails

No problems

Almost definitely adding an exquisite wrasse at some point.

Having so much trouble deciding on the rest. If you had to fill the tank to a reasonable bioload, which of these would you choose to keep the tank nice and peaceful:

BlueGreen or black axil chromis
Blue Gudgeon Dartfish (2 or 3) - worried I'll never see them though
Neon blue goby (1 or 2) one
Red firefish one
Midas Blenny
Barnacle Blenny (2) yes
Bartlett's Anthias

 

[Jjv123]

so I have a 40b cycling. I hope to one day graduate this tank to a mixed reef. But in the mean time while I get the hang of saltwater, I am hoping on the following.

2 clowns
1 Blenny ( maybe a bicolor, or midas)
1 Basslet (chalk or asseosor) I prefer assessor or both?
1 goby (possibly a prawn goby with prawn)

Let me know if this will work

 

[snorvich]

so I have a 40b cycling. I hope to one day graduate this tank to a mixed reef. But in the mean time while I get the hang of saltwater, I am hoping on the following.

2 clowns
1 Blenny ( maybe a bicolor, or midas)
1 Basslet (chalk or asseosor) I prefer assessor or both? either one would be fine
1 goby (possibly a prawn goby with prawn)

Let me know if this will work

Depending on the species of clownfish, that should work.

 

[Shawn O]

My plan to buy a 120 gallon is out for a couple more years. I recently bought an established 55 gallon FOWLR setup with ten fish. The tank has plenty of live rock, about 2" of sand, two small power heads and a HOB filter.

I was hoping you could give me some insight into how the fish will fare and interact with each other in this sized tank, long term. They are the following:

Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) x1 approx. 3-4"
Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica) x1 approx. 3"
Oscellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris ) x2 approx. 1.5" and 2"
Clarki's Clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii) x1 approx. 3"
Pajama Cardinals (Sphaeramia nematoptera) x2 1 full sized (?) and 1 80% the siae of the larger
Neon Dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis) x1 approx. 3"
Purple Stripe Dottyback (Pseudochromis diadema) x1 approx. 2"
A single Astraea snail and nine small hermits (Zebra, Scarlet and an unknown species)

The Purple Stripe Dottyback seems to protect her favorite rock from the smaller Cardinal and the larger Pajama Cardinal also seems to bully the smaller cardinal. The File Fish occasionally charges the fire fish or the cardinals. Is this behavior going to be detrimental to these two peaceful fish?

Do you think this tank is at, above or below it's limit for fish. I'm wondering if I could add a few small, peaceful fish like shrimp gobies or dart fish.

Thanks in advance, Steve, much appreciated.

Do not add fish; behavioral as well as bioload problems

OK, thanks. It does look pretty full as is.

 

[mike13579]

I currently have an empty, cycled, 55g w/ 10g sump. I want to eventually turn into reef and have as peaceful fish as possible. I was thinking of adding

(2) Tiny True Percula Clownfish w/ intention to form pair.
(1) Yellow Watchman Goby w/ pistol shrimp.
(1) Bi-Color Blenny
(1) Royal Gamma Basset

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback!

 

[snorvich]

I currently have an empty, cycled, 55g w/ 10g sump. I want to eventually turn into reef and have as peaceful fish as possible. I was thinking of adding

(2) Tiny True Percula Clownfish w/ intention to form pair.
(1) Yellow Watchman Goby w/ pistol shrimp.
(1) Bi-Color Blenny
(1) Royal Gamma Basset

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback!

Looks good. Order of addition is not important for this plan

 

[mmarisca]

Fish for 90 GL

Fish for 90 GL

Thanks for the input. I have a 90G tank with 20G Sump, about 80lbs of live rock. Tank has been up for nearly 6 months and things have been stable. Currently have:

1 Firefish
2 True Percula Clowns
1 Kole Tang
1 Pajama Cardinal
1 diamond watchman goby

1 Fire Shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, about a dozen or so snails and hermits. Mix of Soft and LPS.

I have a Powder Blue Tang in QT right now.

I realize I am pushing it with the 2 Tangs but I really want the PBT and want to try to make it work. My question is after that, what do you recommend for adding? Was thinking of a Wrasse, love the leopards or red fairy and was thinking of going there. Don't want to get one that will mess with my shrimp. Thoughts and/or suggestions or how much more capacity I can add? What direction would you go? Thanks.

 

[snorvich]

Thanks for the input. I have a 90G tank with 20G Sump, about 80lbs of live rock. Tank has been up for nearly 6 months and things have been stable. Currently have:

1 Firefish
2 True Percula Clowns
1 Kole Tang
1 Pajama Cardinal
1 diamond watchman goby

1 Fire Shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, about a dozen or so snails and hermits. Mix of Soft and LPS.

I have a Powder Blue Tang in QT right now.

I realize I am pushing it with the 2 Tangs but I really want the PBT and want to try to make it work.

A PBT needs a larger tank with no other established tang. This is not likely to end well long term.

My question is after that, what do you recommend for adding? Was thinking of a Wrasse, love the leopards or red fairy and was thinking of going there.
Either would work and neither would impact shrimp

Don't want to get one that will mess with my shrimp. Thoughts and/or suggestions or how much more capacity I can add? What direction would you go? Thanks.

 

[Martini5788]

I have a 29 gallon that I might convert to saltwater in the next coming months. I have a valentini puffer and hawkfish that I would like to transfer over to it so I can keep a clean up crew and turn the display tank into a reef with shrimp and other inverts. Would also like to add a Tracey's damsel, Midas blenny, and possibly a firefish. So total stocking would be
Valentini puffer
Long nose hawkfish
Tracey's damsel
Midas blenny
Firefish ( or a royal gramma )

 

[snorvich]

I have a 29 gallon that I might convert to saltwater in the next coming months. I have a valentini puffer and hawkfish that I would like to transfer over to it so I can keep a clean up crew and turn the display tank into a reef with shrimp and other inverts. Would also like to add a Tracey's damsel, Midas blenny, and possibly a firefish. So total stocking would be
Valentini puffer not shrimp safe
Long nose hawkfish not shrimp safe
Tracey's damsel
Midas blenny
Firefish ( or a royal gramma )

fine except as annotated

 

[Martini5788]

fine except as annotated

Yeah that's why they are going into the 29 gallon( it will be shrimp free) Thank you!! Very much appreciated Steve!

 

[braidensfish]

OK, thankyou very much for your help