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[Tickyty]

I am looking to add an angel to the tank and the LFS has a Singapore and Coral Beauty. I currently have the following items in my 90 gal RR tank, equipment listed in my signature. I wish I would have posted here before I bought 3 green chromis. Needless to say I have none now.

Heppa Tang
Yellow tail Damsel x2
blue fin damsel
coral banded star
green serpent star
blue legged crabs x24
astreous snails 24
peppermint shrimp
toad stool
star polyps
wesso brain
trumpet
mushrooms
cabbage coral
favia

2 150W MH 4 65W Dual actinic, magnum 350, turbo twist 18W UV, Eshopps PSK 150, 200 Micron filter, Hydor 750gph x2,

 

[Toddrtrex]

ok, thanks for answering, so does that mean that I should get only one blue green chromis?

Sure thing. Yeah, best to stick with one.

I am looking to add an angel to the tank and the LFS has a Singapore and Coral Beauty. I currently have the following items in my 90 gal RR tank, equipment listed in my signature. I wish I would have posted here before I bought 3 green chromis. Needless to say I have none now.

Heppa Tang
Yellow tail Damsel x2
blue fin damsel
coral banded star
green serpent star
blue legged crabs x24
astreous snails 24
peppermint shrimp
toad stool
star polyps
wesso brain
trumpet
mushrooms
cabbage coral
favia

2 150W MH 4 65W Dual actinic, magnum 350, turbo twist 18W UV, Eshopps PSK 150, 200 Micron filter, Hydor 750gph x2,

My concern would be the fleshy corals that you have, IME with dwarfs (( currently have 6 )) is that fleshy LPS are their favorite thing to eat. My coral beauty destroyed an open brain in about a day.

As for the Singapore, make sure it is eating prepared foods well, their track record is very suspect.

 

[pulit]

ok so im building a 60g sps cube w/2x 30g tanks drilled together in the basement for a fuge/sump . ther will be live rock in the tank and the fuge . the total water vol. should be around 110g give or take . asfar as fish i was thinking about a pair of ultra premium snowflake clowns but im not totaly sold on clown at all in this tank . what i really want is a lrg grp of anthias and a couple bottom feeders . i do have an Atlantic sailfin blenny that will be going in the 60 and maybe my blue hippo tang . since its only 60g DT im thinking all 1 kind of anthias that stays on the smaller side and will look good under my leds. i do not want expert fish , maybe moderate at best.

 

[Toddrtrex]

A 60 cube is no where big (( read long )) enough for a "hippo" P. hepatus, so I would pass on that.

As for an anthias, the one that comes to mind for that sized tank is a "fathead" Serranocirrhitus latus -- they aren't the swimmers that most anthias are, and can work well in smaller tanks.

 

[pulit]

howmany fatheads do you think i can put in there ?

 

[Inexplicable]

120 Half Cylinder Stocking

120 Half Cylinder Stocking

Setting up a 120 gallon half cylinder tank (30" tall, 48" diameter) with 20 gallon sump/refugium. Cone skimmer rated for 180 gallons. 90 pounds of live rock. Tank is going to be lit with DIY LED fixture and will be a mixed reef (SPS, Clams, NPS, LPS, softies). Proposed stock list is below and feedback would be appreciated.

2 Percula Clownfish (have a mated pair already)
1 Yellow Eye Kole Tang
1 Diamond Watchman Goby
1 Serpent Sea Star
4 Carberryi Anthias (1 male, 3 female)

 

[Tickyty]

Sure thing. Yeah, best to stick with one.



My concern would be the fleshy corals that you have, IME with dwarfs (( currently have 6 )) is that fleshy LPS are their favorite thing to eat. My coral beauty destroyed an open brain in about a day.

As for the Singapore, make sure it is eating prepared foods well, their track record is very suspect.

Thanks for the info. Love the coral beauty but not @ the expense of my brain.

 

[Toddrtrex]

howmany fatheads do you think i can put in there ?

You could try a harem, but be prepared to remove any of they start to get picked on.

Setting up a 120 gallon half cylinder tank (30" tall, 48" diameter) with 20 gallon sump/refugium. Cone skimmer rated for 180 gallons. 90 pounds of live rock. Tank is going to be lit with DIY LED fixture and will be a mixed reef (SPS, Clams, NPS, LPS, softies). Proposed stock list is below and feedback would be appreciated.

2 Percula Clownfish (have a mated pair already)
1 Yellow Eye Kole Tang
1 Diamond Watchman Goby
1 Serpent Sea Star
4 Carberryi Anthias (1 male, 3 female)

How much linear swimming room is there -- wondering for the Kole.

Some people -- myself include -- have had issues with Diamond gobies. Even when they are eating prepared foods, they still starve. If you get one, do it later on, when your sandbed is more mature.

Otherwise, the list seems good -- holding out on the tang for the linear answer.

Thanks for the info. Love the coral beauty but not @ the expense of my brain.

Sure thing. Yeah, I made the choice --- my dwarfs over fleshy corals.

 

[Inexplicable]

How much linear swimming room is there -- wondering for the Kole.

Some people -- myself include -- have had issues with Diamond gobies. Even when they are eating prepared foods, they still starve. If you get one, do it later on, when your sandbed is more mature.

Otherwise, the list seems good -- holding out on the tang for the linear answer.

Rockwork is going to be minimal so straight swimming room max is ~48 inches, while if the tang swims along the contour of the curve, that distance is ~76 inches. Would you think this is fine for a Kole tang?

Thanks for the advice on the Diamond goby. I'll definitely wait until I have a more mature sandbed. I'll also be feeding the tank 9 times a day via a refrigerated dosing pump, so hopefully this will help keep everything well fed.

 

[markalot]

Initial planning.

40 gallon breeder, 50 lbs rock, soft corals (mushrooms and colorful polyps)

Cleanup Crew: Snails, Blue Legged Hermits, lots of Bristle worms.

I plan to add the Clownfish first and not add anything else for a few months.

2 locally bread Ocellaris Clownfish

1 (?) Bicolor Dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnellae)
1 (?) Yellowtail Damselfish

1 Yellow Prawn Goby

 

[Toddrtrex]

Rockwork is going to be minimal so straight swimming room max is ~48 inches, while if the tang swims along the contour of the curve, that distance is ~76 inches. Would you think this is fine for a Kole tang?

Thanks for the advice on the Diamond goby. I'll definitely wait until I have a more mature sandbed. I'll also be feeding the tank 9 times a day via a refrigerated dosing pump, so hopefully this will help keep everything well fed.

The Kole should work.

Also, the Diamond gobies are jumpers, so make sure that you have netting over your tank.

Initial planning.

40 gallon breeder, 50 lbs rock, soft corals (mushrooms and colorful polyps)

Cleanup Crew: Snails, Blue Legged Hermits, lots of Bristle worms.

I plan to add the Clownfish first and not add anything else for a few months.

2 locally bread Ocellaris Clownfish

1 (?) Bicolor Dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnellae)
1 (?) Yellowtail Damselfish

1 Yellow Prawn Goby

Looks good, though, I personally would leave out the yellowtail -- they just get too mean and are a pain to catch.

 

[markalot]

Looks good, though, I personally would leave out the yellowtail -- they just get too mean and are a pain to catch.

Ah, thanks, I missed that trait. Any suggestions for a replacement, or should I double up dottyback or Goby?

 

[snorvich]

By "as reef safe as a butterfly gets", do you mean that I'm still taking my chances?

Very rarely will this animal be a problem. But it has happened.

I have a deep sand bed that I want to preserve my biodiverisity by avoiding sandsifting fish. Aside from chromis, I feel somewhat limited. I have a hard time telling with gobies are going to mess with my sand.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[All6Fish]

Ok here goes,

Redseamax 250 (65 gal )
55 lbs LR
LS base 40 lbs
Cycle not complete but being patient ( soon)

Looking for a few corals to start with and maybe some suggestions on fish......so when I'm ready to add we can over look some of your ideas ans pick and choose.


Thanks

 

[markalot]

Ah, thanks, I missed that trait. Any suggestions for a replacement, or should I double up dottyback or Goby?

Let me re-state this as a complete list.

40 gallon breeder, 50 lbs rock, soft corals (mushrooms and colorful polyps)

Cleanup Crew: Snails, Blue Legged Hermits, lots of Bristle worms.

I plan to add the Clownfish first and not add anything else for a few months.

2 locally bread Ocellaris Clownfish

1 Bicolor Dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnellae)

1 Orange Lined Cardinalfish

1 Yellow Prawn Goby

 

[snorvich]

Ok here goes,

Redseamax 250 (65 gal )
55 lbs LR
LS base 40 lbs
Cycle not complete but being patient ( soon)

Looking for a few corals to start with and maybe some suggestions on fish......so when I'm ready to add we can over look some of your ideas ans pick and choose.


Thanks

We will be happy to review your perspective fish list and provide commentary with regards to compatibility with each other and the environment you are providing. Congrats on your new tank.

 

[snorvich]

Let me re-state this as a complete list.

40 gallon breeder, 50 lbs rock, soft corals (mushrooms and colorful polyps)

Cleanup Crew: Snails, Blue Legged Hermits, lots of Bristle worms.

I plan to add the Clownfish first and not add anything else for a few months.

2 locally bread Ocellaris Clownfish

1 Bicolor Dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnellae)

1 Orange Lined Cardinalfish

1 Yellow Prawn Goby

You have biocapacity for another small fish however the dottyback will most likely not allow another water column fish

 

[ctdaniels]

My setup will be a 50 gallon (either RR or all-in-one, still deciding) with ample rockwork, LPS and soft corals. My proposed fish stock list:

green banded goby

purple or orchid dottyback

black and white ocellaris

some sort of flasher wrasse

eventually a spotted mandarin (way down the line)

 

[ctdaniels]

Oops, double post.

 

[snorvich]

My setup will be a 50 gallon (either RR or all-in-one, still deciding) with ample rockwork, LPS and soft corals. My proposed fish stock list:

green banded goby

purple or orchid dottyback Will almost certainly not allow a flasher wrasses

black and white ocellaris

some sort of flasher wrasse

eventually a spotted mandarin (way down the line) sustaining a mandarin in your size tank will be very difficult. If you add a producing refugium, you may be able to do so.