Stock List for 2 Tanks; help please

[earthboy17]

Stocking two established tanks; would appreciate your feedback.
I'd appreciate any feedback on either tank. Too much, just right, cost-effective colorful additions... etc.

Tank one: 29g reef tank, established for years. Just a few corals right now and no fish, but it's been ghost fed and is very stable.
Anemone + 2 Darwin Clowns
2 Firefish
3 Chromi
Snails
Peppermint shrimp
Emerald Crab
(eventually) tailspot blenny
(eventually) pistol + yasha goby

Tank two: 36g FOWLR tank. Lots of LR + LS, up for about a year to 18 months.
Dragon Goby (Sleeper banded sand-sifting goby)
Lawnmower Blenny
4 firefish
5 chromi
(eventually) red scooter blenny

 

[rockhead51]

That sounds like a very heavy bioload. I don't know much about FOWLER, but I think you are too heavy on the reef.
My BioCube 32 has 2 clowns, a Cherub Angel, an Orchid Dotyback, and a Goby/Shrimp pair. I consider it fully stocked. I suppose it all depends on your setup.

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[Sohal Tang Tim]

dust in water column

dust in water column

do you find with your shrimp goby pair that you always have dust
in the water column? I had a pair in my 15 gallon and they absolutely NEVER stopped digging and always a bit of dust in the water which I did not like but it was soooooooooo cool having the pair....

 

[rockhead51]

No. Maybe I am using larger sand?
The Yellow Watchman Goby doesn't dig; the shrimp does that. Totally rearranges my sand into little mountains and valleys. Covers up rocks/corals in the sand, and grabs and uses all my extra shells (for my hermits) as building materials. But doesn't dust out the water column.

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[Sohal Tang Tim]

nice

nice

nice combo you have there! Yes that sand is more coarse then mine was ..so thats great that no dust in water column from them digging.

Cheers
Tim

 

[oceanfan913]

Fine sand has caused me tons of problems over the years. Bigger grain sand or crushed coral is a better route. That shrimp/goby pair looks great.

 

[Sohal Tang Tim]

I have not used the fine sand SINCE I had that problem with it 10 years ago.

 

[rockhead51]

Fine sand has caused me tons of problems over the years. Bigger grain sand or crushed coral is a better route. That shrimp/goby pair looks great.

Thx!

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