Hey everyone! I'm new to the hobby and would appreciate any direction that can be given. I inherited a 20 gallon tank that was had 3 pieces of like rock, 2 ocellaris (one orange and white, and one black and white), and a round headed goby (sand sifter). I've had the tank running for the last two months.
actually, a tank of this size would be overstocked if you added more fish especially once the clownfish are sexually mature and mating
I've been in the process of changing it over to a small reef tank. I have switched the live rock around by adding tonga rock and branches (probably takes up about 25% of the tank). I got rid of the goby cause he was dumping sand all over the place which would be a pain with corals. I have added a few small corals that were given to me; green hairy mushroom, red mushroom (frag), blue mushrooms (on small rock), some polyps (on small rock), paly grandis (frag), and green trumpet (frag).
My neighbor and I built some leds (18 inches long, four blue, four white, one green, and one red).
In addition to the 2 clowns that I have in there, I have 2 red legged hermits, 3 blue legged, 2 turbo snails, 2 Nessarius snails, 5 Cerith snails, and one that spends most of its time under sand (has a shovel like face and long shell). There is also one small crown conch and one fighting conch.
I would like to add more fish to the tank, but I do not want to overcrowd. The two clowns stay at the top near the filter (wish they swam around more). I would really like a six-line wrasse cause they stay small, they're cheap, and fun to look at but I heard that you want to introduce them last.
they are exceptionally aggressive, especially in a small tank
Not sure if I could add two (maybe one male and one female). Maybe I can add something else before the wrasse? Maybe Firefish, Dottyback, Royal Gramma Basslet?
Any advice on the fish and corals that I might be able to add would be great! The wife says if I keep everything alive for the next year or two then I can get my large tank built into the wall :spin1:
