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[kettlecorn]

I have 2 firefish gobies in a 34gallon. Can I add a single catalina goby? Or are gobies not compatible with each other?

 

[Syncere]

I have:
20L with a 10 gallon sump (3.5" sandbed in fuge with LR and Chaeto)
Currently have a Current Sundial but will be getting a Tek fixture monday.

Anyway currently have a pair of true perculas, yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp paired.

Wanted to add one more fish and want a blue spotted jawfish. Don't really want to add more as I have more plans for coral but would that be my limit or any other suggestions for my tank size?

 

[lcs]

Can I add a single catalina goby?

I'm definately not one of the experts, but I've read that they are a subtropical species and won't last in our tanks that are in the upper 70s-80F. They are beautiful though. When I was first looking they were on my list.

 

[josh11551]

i have a 29 gallon w/60lbs LR and 30lbs LS.no sump. it has a HOB biowheel i am going to get 2 clownfish, a firefish, and a watchman goby. the inverts are nasssarius and periwinkle snails,hermit crabs, and a coral banded shrimp. corals will be(under a 96W T5HO fixture) zoas and mushrooms,frogspawn,torch coral, monti caps, and birdsnest coral.

 

[Tylt33]

I am starting a 90g FOWLR set up with a refugium/sump system (Aqueon Pro Flex 3). The system will also have 120-150lbs of live rock. Anyway the fish I'm hoping to stock are a radiata lionfish, clown trigger, powder blue tang, and emperor angel. I plan on getting all of these fish as juveniles. Will these breeds work together? If so, in what order should I add them to the tank?

Lionfish is too big, Emperor Angel is too big, Clown Trigger is too big and will kill everything in the tank with it once it hits puberty. These fish are consistently a menace.

 

[Tylt33]

My wife and I are planning to start a 28g Nano Cube. We are currently in the planning stages so all feedback will is greatly appreciated and will hopefully help to stem the tide of beginner's mistakes. We have kept both fresh and marine tanks before but not corals.
We will be running the stock filter on the nano cube (mechanical, chemical, and biological) plus plan to have approx. 25 - 30 pounds of LR and 40 pounds of LS.
I am not planning to run a protein skimmer as the LFS said we did not need one in this tank with the simple corals we are interested in keeping.
We are not sure on exactly which corals that we would like to keep other than low maintenance ones. We are thinking along the lines of mushrooms and polyps. The one must have fish for us is an Ocellaris clown (tank raised) and it would be neat to have a coral that the clown might, possibly host. We did see some Xenia at the LFS and liked the pulsing movement.
As far as fish go we have decided on the following: 1 tank raised Ocellaris clown, 1 yellow goby, 1 firefish (red), 1 orange spotted goby (and an snapping shrimp).
We would like to add two more fish for a total of 6 small fish. Would this be too much bio-load for the setup? Ideally we would like something blue and/or purple since we have a lot of orange/yellow/red with these four.
In terms of color a Royal Gramma, a six-line wrasse, or a coral beauty might be good but I'm concerned on all three accounts because of the firefish. I know the firefish tend to be very shy and could see any of these three causing the firefish to stay hidden. We are also considering a possum wrasse, flasher wrasse, or orchid dottyback (LFS calls this dottyback peaceful but then that can be a relative term). A zebra barred dartfish is another idea but would the two dartfish be a problem? A tail spot blenny seems appealing as well and I think blennies tend to have great personalities but I'm concerned there about the orange spotted goby since they are both bottom dwellers. Another fish we are considering is a court jester goby but we aren't sure given that we've already chosen two gobies.
Thanks for you time to help us newbies. :spin3:

Avoid the gramma and six-line, they can be really mean-spirited fish. 28g is marginal for a dwarf angel. A tail-spot blenny would be an excellent choice- great personality, small size. They're not bottom dwellers like the goby, they are usually mid-range fish.

 

[Tylt33]

Looking for stocking idea's
Tank still in the prep stages.
Tank size 800 Liters, about 200gal, and sump about 250 Liters, 50gal.
I would like to keep mainly SPS corals, and a few soft and LPS.
For fish, I am thinking of a few tangs
Chevron Tang
Achilles Tang
Naso Tang
Regal Tang
Flame angel
Rock beauty angel
A pair of clowns
Some chormis or anthis

Your thoughts. The tang would be about 2" to 3" to start with.

Achilles tang are tough fish to keep, your likelihood for death would be high. Naso's get big, a 200g is really marginal for a 1.5 foot fish IMO.

 

[Tylt33]

I have 2 firefish gobies in a 34gallon. Can I add a single catalina goby? Or are gobies not compatible with each other?

Need cooler water, would be dead in two to three months.

 

[Tylt33]

i have a 29 gallon w/60lbs LR and 30lbs LS.no sump. it has a HOB biowheel i am going to get 2 clownfish, a firefish, and a watchman goby. the inverts are nasssarius and periwinkle snails,hermit crabs, and a coral banded shrimp. corals will be(under a 96W T5HO fixture) zoas and mushrooms,frogspawn,torch coral, monti caps, and birdsnest coral.

Looks like a great combo, however, your coral banded shrimp will kill any fish it can grab once it hits puberty- be warned.

 

[Tylt33]

I have:
20L with a 10 gallon sump (3.5" sandbed in fuge with LR and Chaeto)
Currently have a Current Sundial but will be getting a Tek fixture monday.

Anyway currently have a pair of true perculas, yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp paired.

Wanted to add one more fish and want a blue spotted jawfish. Don't really want to add more as I have more plans for coral but would that be my limit or any other suggestions for my tank size?

Blue Spot Jaws need a bigger tank and ideally 4" of sand bed and require a completely covered tank. They also have an 80%+ death rate in the home aquaria- do a search for blue spot jaw disease.

 

[Tylt33]

My first marine tank is cycling right now and I am looking for feedback on my proposed stocking list.

Tank info: 75G FOWLR, sumpless, 100lbs LR, 4x54W T5, Warner Marine HX2 HOB skimmer, VorTech MP40W.

Proposed stock list in order of addition:
2 Banggai Cardinals
Tailspot Blenny
Diamond Goby
One-spot Foxface Rabbitfish
2 False Percs
Orchid Dottyback
Flame Angel

I also intend to have various invertebrates including hermit crabs, snails, cleaner shrimp, and a pincushion urchin.

Do you see any problems with my selections or overall bioload? If anything had to go I guess I'd ditch the Banggai's.

Thanks in advance.

That's a good stocking list. All are more/less coral friendly, why ya going FOWLR? Just for ease of care?

 

[Wukkie]

Achilles tang are tough fish to keep, your likelihood for death would be high. Naso's get big, a 200g is really marginal for a 1.5 foot fish IMO.

I agree with your comments, I do understand that the naso get big, but I hope it would remain small enought for the 200gal for a few years. but if not I will give it away to some of the guys with 5000 plus liter tanks.
I would like to put the achulles in last, or what would you say is the best order.

 

[Tylt33]

I agree with your comments, I do understand that the naso get big, but I hope it would remain small enought for the 200gal for a few years. but if not I will give it away to some of the guys with 5000 plus liter tanks.
I would like to put the achulles in last, or what would you say is the best order.

Start with the smaller fish first (clowns, dwarf angels). I wouldn't do the Achilles in a tank that is less than a year old.

 

[SaltydawgI]

Flame hawkfish

Flame hawkfish

Would a Flame Hawk go after my Tiger Pistol Shrimp with a Watchman Goby on duty?

 

[akrkwood]

Avoid the gramma and six-line, they can be really mean-spirited fish. 28g is marginal for a dwarf angel. A tail-spot blenny would be an excellent choice- great personality, small size. They're not bottom dwellers like the goby, they are usually mid-range fish.

Thanks for the feedback. I think we've ruled out all three of those rambunctious fish and are now considering a chalk bass for the blue stripes or a flasher wrasse. I read that they are peaceful towards other fish but can be territorial and eat very small shrimp.

 

[Tylt33]

Would a Flame Hawk go after my Tiger Pistol Shrimp with a Watchman Goby on duty?

Pistols spend very little time out in the open, and a Watchman will bolt when it sees movement, so it would stand to reason that it would be ok.

 

[Tylt33]

Thanks for the feedback. I think we've ruled out all three of those rambunctious fish and are now considering a chalk bass for the blue stripes or a flasher wrasse. I read that they are peaceful towards other fish but can be territorial and eat very small shrimp.

McCosker's and Carpenter's are good choices for flashers. Chalks tend to be pretty timid, with the exception of towards other basslets. If you like blue, you could try Threadfin/Blueye/Longspine cardinals. Peaceful fish, metallic silver with bright blue eyes.

 

[jdellman]

I currently have a purple tang, pair of clowns, powder blue tang, 2 chromis, and a rainford's goby that I rarely see. I wanted to add a few more, and these are the ones I am considering, in the order of preference-

Melanurus
McCosker's Flasher Wrasse
Coral Beauty
Diamond Watchman Goby
Golden Midas Blenny
Red Firefish
Purple Firefish
Bartlett's Anthias

If I go with the firefish or anthias I would like to get more than 1 of each.

Do you see any problems with these?

Thanks,

 

[Aquarist007]

I currently have a purple tang, pair of clowns, powder blue tang, 2 chromis, and a rainford's goby that I rarely see. I wanted to add a few more, and these are the ones I am considering, in the order of preference-

Melanurus
McCosker's Flasher Wrasse
Coral Beauty
Diamond Watchman Goby
Golden Midas Blenny
Red Firefish
Purple Firefish
Bartlett's Anthias

If I go with the firefish or anthias I would like to get more than 1 of each.

Do you see any problems with these?

Thanks,

A possible concern I have is with the chromies and the firefish and or anthias
Chromies can hassle the firefish if they decide to have some fun.
With that in mind I would make sure the anthias is a feisty one
I put two purple anthias in a tank that had two large blue green chromies and they frightened them to the point they were afraid to come out and eat

 

[Ethan_W]

I agree with Todd---and thanks for helping out on the thread Todd

Other suitable fish for a 29gal which I have had personal success with
fairy wrasse
2 bangii cardinals
2 fire gobies
yellow watchman gobi/pistol shrimp combination
coral beauty angel
2 purple anthias
pajama cardinal
bicolour dottyback

ok. what if i did 2 B&W ocellaris, 2 green chromis (or 1 if one gets killed) and a Mccosker's Flasher wrasse?