post your stock list in a reef tank
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240 gallon 8'x2'x2'
Powder Blue tang 5"
Powder Brown tang 3"
Sailfin Tang 6"
Sailfin Tang 4"
Hippo Tang 5"
Hippo Tang 3"
Coral Beauty 3"
Six Line Wrasse 2"
Cleaner Wrasse 1.5"
Clarkii 3"
Clarkii 3"
Yellow tail damsel 1.5"
Various softies and 8 rbta's keep splitting.
a very old (12yrs that I know of) red brittle star. Been through all types of tanks and disasters.
Merletti LPS
135sps dominated 6'x18"x18"
Yellow coris wrasse
Tomini Tang
Yellow Damsel
Fattest Green Mandarin alive
Blue Linkya Starfish
6 Tuxedo Urchins
LPS 8" Frogspawn
LPS 6" Brain
LPS 3" flat Brain
About 30 different sps
Wish I'd never bought the Yellow Damsel. He's a mean sucker. Glad I have the rest.
About 30 different species of sps.
Powder Blue tang 5"
Powder Brown tang 3"
Sailfin Tang 6"
Sailfin Tang 4"
Hippo Tang 5"
Hippo Tang 3"
Coral Beauty 3"
Six Line Wrasse 2"
Cleaner Wrasse 1.5"
Clarkii 3"
Clarkii 3"
Yellow tail damsel 1.5"
Various softies and 8 rbta's keep splitting.
a very old (12yrs that I know of) red brittle star. Been through all types of tanks and disasters.
Merletti LPS
135sps dominated 6'x18"x18"
Yellow coris wrasse
Tomini Tang
Yellow Damsel
Fattest Green Mandarin alive
Blue Linkya Starfish
6 Tuxedo Urchins
LPS 8" Frogspawn
LPS 6" Brain
LPS 3" flat Brain
About 30 different sps
Wish I'd never bought the Yellow Damsel. He's a mean sucker. Glad I have the rest.
About 30 different species of sps.
solitude127
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Purple Tang
Powerder Blue Tang
Mutli Colored Angel
Blotched Anthias
Spotted Manderin
Lyretail Anthia (male)
Lyretail Anthia (female) x2
Tierra Anthis (male)
Tierra Anthis (female)
Six Line Wrasse
McCoskeri Wrasse
Cleaner Goby
Percula Clown(Picasso B Grade)x2
Midas Blenny
Powerder Blue Tang
Mutli Colored Angel
Blotched Anthias
Spotted Manderin
Lyretail Anthia (male)
Lyretail Anthia (female) x2
Tierra Anthis (male)
Tierra Anthis (female)
Six Line Wrasse
McCoskeri Wrasse
Cleaner Goby
Percula Clown(Picasso B Grade)x2
Midas Blenny
D5HP
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yellow watchman goby
Pair of ocellaris clownfish
Bangaii cardinal
one green chromis
lyretail anthias (small female)
sixline wrasse
Added in that order to my 3' nano-reef.
No aggression but I have to do two water changes per week....roughly 30%
Moving the chromis and the anthias in a few weeks to the 75g to keep it at 5 fish so I can slow down with the water quality upkeep.
Cardinal never leaves the back corner where I drop mysis in.
Clowns never leave their welso brain
YWG never leaves the sandbed at the center of the tank.
Leaves a lot of room for everyone else.
Pair of ocellaris clownfish
Bangaii cardinal
one green chromis
lyretail anthias (small female)
sixline wrasse
Added in that order to my 3' nano-reef.
No aggression but I have to do two water changes per week....roughly 30%
Moving the chromis and the anthias in a few weeks to the 75g to keep it at 5 fish so I can slow down with the water quality upkeep.
Cardinal never leaves the back corner where I drop mysis in.
Clowns never leave their welso brain
YWG never leaves the sandbed at the center of the tank.
Leaves a lot of room for everyone else.
curlykid
New member
my list:
1 Tomato Clown
2 Red Fin Waspfish
I would like to get rid of the clown because he basically chases new additions to death and waspfish are the only ones that he doesn't fight with. My ideal list would be:
1 Mystery Wrasse
1 Possum Wrasse
2 Red Fin Waspfish
Also, Red Fin Waspfish (which are sometimes available at LiveAquaria) are easy to train on frozen foods, don't get infected with ick, they are personable, and extremely cute (to me at least). They are a great investment you wont regret.
1 Tomato Clown
2 Red Fin Waspfish
I would like to get rid of the clown because he basically chases new additions to death and waspfish are the only ones that he doesn't fight with. My ideal list would be:
1 Mystery Wrasse
1 Possum Wrasse
2 Red Fin Waspfish
Also, Red Fin Waspfish (which are sometimes available at LiveAquaria) are easy to train on frozen foods, don't get infected with ick, they are personable, and extremely cute (to me at least). They are a great investment you wont regret.
muffe
New member
33 gallon long
1x Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1x Blue Chromis (Chromis viridis)
1x Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
1x Banded Goby (Amblygobius phalaena)
1x Green Wrasse (Halichoeres chloropterus) <~~ semi reefsafe fish
Regretted putting banggai cardinalfish in my tank. They just don't eat, and die slow deaths. It's a shame because they're one of my favorites. So many people say they're hardy fish too. I'm 0/4 and will never buy one again. I'll just admire them at the pet store.
1x Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1x Blue Chromis (Chromis viridis)
1x Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
1x Banded Goby (Amblygobius phalaena)
1x Green Wrasse (Halichoeres chloropterus) <~~ semi reefsafe fish
Regretted putting banggai cardinalfish in my tank. They just don't eat, and die slow deaths. It's a shame because they're one of my favorites. So many people say they're hardy fish too. I'm 0/4 and will never buy one again. I'll just admire them at the pet store.
velvetelvis
Active member
+1 to what kingfisherflesh said.
Also, there's such a thing as psychological overcrowding. Don't forget that reef fishes are always competing for food, territory, and mates in the wild. Many freshwater fish cope well with community tank conditions because they're found in large groups (not to mention smaller bodies of water) in the wild, but most of the marine species we keep don't school or shoal. Even if the water parameters are stellar, fishes living in an overcrowded system may be stressed by constantly competing with too many "neighbors"--especially if they occupy the same territorial niches.
velvetelvis
Active member
Do you know if the Banggais were wild-caught, or captive-bred? WC Banggais are infamous for having dismal survival rates. CB Banggais, on the other hand, are usually very hardy. You might want to try getting a CB one (or a proven pair) next time.
mm949
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master list
vlamingi tang
sailfin tang
purple tang
maculiceps tang
ringtail tang
yellow tang
hippo tang
achilles tang
mimic tang
scopas tang
lavendar tang
niger trigger
harlequin tusk
blue line snapper
foxface
red sea regal angel
coral beauty
pair of bird wrasses
checkerboard wrasse
eightline wrasse
red breasted wrasse
quinquevittatum wrasse
trilobatum wrasse
12 lawnmower blenny
3 squirrels
12 assorted damsels
clown grouper
flame hawk
vlamingi tang
sailfin tang
purple tang
maculiceps tang
ringtail tang
yellow tang
hippo tang
achilles tang
mimic tang
scopas tang
lavendar tang
niger trigger
harlequin tusk
blue line snapper
foxface
red sea regal angel
coral beauty
pair of bird wrasses
checkerboard wrasse
eightline wrasse
red breasted wrasse
quinquevittatum wrasse
trilobatum wrasse
12 lawnmower blenny
3 squirrels
12 assorted damsels
clown grouper
flame hawk
curlykid
New member
i would lose the coral beauty and mimic tang if i were you, and get some more slender fish (anthias, blennies, wrasses). just a suggestion.
brannock_16
Member
curlykid
New member
looks, plus the bioload would be lower, and possibly less aggression in the future. whatever you prefer is above my opinion anyways.
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