Stocking advice

[Nick_Northern]

Hello all, i'm returning to the hobby after a 10 year break and was hoping for a bit of advice or suggestions on my stocking list and planned order.

Tank info
Tank - 90g (48"x18"x24") w 20g sump
Return - DC pump 5000lph
Flow - Maxspect Gyre xf130
Lighting - Maxspect R420R 180w
Skimmer - Bubblemagus Curve 7

I have 100lbs of Caribsea life rock and a 1-2" sand bed with a few pounds of live sand added, tanks currently cycling but i'm planning on tank bred stock only (or at least sustainably sourced) with softies. Will be growing chaetomorpha in the sump/fuge and plan to add pods to build up a (hopefully) self sustaining population to provide extra food for the blenny.

Fish (in order of introduction):
1 x Randalls Assessor (Assessor randalli)
2 x Common clown (A.ocellaris)
1 x Canary blenny (Meiacanthus oualanensis)
1 x Kole tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) (tank raised)

Does anyone see any problems with the above? The tank has a fairly large internal overflow approx 11.5x5 inches which takes up some of the swimming room which may be an issue for a Kole?

Thanks in advance. Nick

 

[Nick_Northern]

Pic below

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[hkgar]

Minimum for a Kole would be 75 G and 4 foot length for swimming. Here is a good guide:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1946079

You should be fine

 

[jraker]

Sounds fine to me.

 

[scooter31707]

Sounds good.

 

[Deleted member 336650]

Are Kole tangs being tank bred?

 

[BigEZ77]

Looks like you have room for more.

 

[Nick_Northern]

Thanks for the responses, I know I could probably fit more in but I like to stock on the low side and plan ahead for when the kole is full size.

I was looking at getting the tang from sustainable aquatics 'Sustainable Islands' fish, which are not TB but as I understand it usually taken from small juvs/post larvae and grown on. I've just noticed they have recently added Centropyge eibli to their list, one of my fav fishes I used to own in a previous FOWLR tank, very tempted by this but seems they are one of the less trustworthy species to keep in a reef

 

[jml1149]

Pic below

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Wow, that looks great!!! Love the blue background, I'm thinking of going with a light blue background myself. How did you get the overflow blue as well? Nice job!

 

[hkgar]

I think all the blue is the way the camera sees the tank.

 

[Nick_Northern]

Thanks! Yeah I'm really happy with the blue. The overflow is a single piece of blue acrylic, moulded and siliconed on to the glass, was an optional extra from the company I got my tank from, glad I went for it as it helps to blend it in, hadn't realised quite how much room these internal overflows take up till it arrived!

 

[hkgar]

Soon that nice blue will look like this. My tank has a blue background and I loved it but after the coraline and other growth, black may have been a better choice.

https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipPn9y0iO-0TJOnX4q5qhQS8_BfbGv_3Q4RHuLBN

 

[scooter31707]

might can look into a couple of the reef-safe wrasses and the smaller hawkfish. You may get away with a Dwarf angel in there with the softies.

 

[Nick_Northern]

Time will tell I guess with the blue, i'm going to try and stay on top of it but we'll see how long that lasts!

I do like hawks to honest and have considered them in the past, my wifes adamant she want a cleaner shrimp though so i'm sure she would be fairly unhappy if a hawk took it out!

Tanks almost cycled now, nitrites are dropping by the day but I have around 50ppm nitrate. Nothing a decent sized water change won't sort out but does anyone have any thoughts on acceptable NO3 limits for introduction of CUC?