stocking my 55g help please

nightfire

nightfire

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hey guys im looking to stock my 55g,im planing to have 2 ocellaris clowns,1 flame angel and 1 lemonpeel angel,i know i know im in trouble with having 2 angles in there,thats why i made this thread to ask ya guys bout it and see what ya guys say,also for sure in oct im getting me 2 clowns and was wondering if any of ya have some,they dont have to be mated but i'd like one to be smaller so it can become that way,thanks guys/gals
 
Mario, OCD mariner here is the resident angel expert. he has several in his tank, but it is MUCH bigger than 55 gallons. IMO, that is just too small for two territorial fish like those. personally, I would add in a very small tang of sorts when the time comes. they are a great eater of the greens in a tank and are VERY coral safe.
 
ok so 2 clowns one of the angels and a tang?,i kinda wanted a cardinal and my wife likes the orchid dottyback
 
I would say based off what you are posting, two clowns, and angel and a tang provided they are not giants, will be fine. throw in a sand sifter goby, maybe some firefish type gobies and you will be well stocked.
 
yea,have to some how being that the whole saltwater thiing isnt her thing and the cost of it could become stressful being that our budget allows for gold fish and not this mini monster i have going lol but shes a good woman and i noticed at a LFS down there in new orleans she liked the dottyback in the display tank as far as a tang goes though i notice many if not all tangs are huge,i'd like a tang but which might be ok in my 55g i've seen them online and on ly found the kole tang to be around 7 inches
 
Mario, Any of the Bristle tooth ones would be good. Kole, Tomini etc...OH. they do have a Chevron at AC. its only $125! LOL
 
Being relatively new at this myself (just comming up on a year now), I'd say that research is your best tool. Get yourself several good books, use the internet and ask questions. Then make your stocking list, and stick with it. The pair of clowns is a great start.

Dottybacks, for instance, can be very terratorial and/or agressive (please note I said "can be" - not "are" - don't want to get in trouble for generalizing an entire group of fishes). Anyway, one of the first fish we purchased was a bi-color pseudochromis/dottyback (in our defense, as newbies, 10 months ago, the bi-color looked an awful lot like a royal gramma - besides the salesperson at the LFS said it was "peaceful" and would be fine in a community aquarium). Boy was that a huge mistake! That little 1 1/2" fish terrorized the entire 90 gallon tank - so back he went to the LFS. I swear that little terror glared at me when they released it into the tank at the LFS!!!

The same salesperson also sold us a green serpant star (Whoops!), insisting it was simply a color variation of a brittle star, totally benine, reef safe and would not be a danger to fish or other inverts (can you say "missing yellow clown goby" - twice?). We found him a new home as well...

We have also fallen victum to seeing something we couldn't live without (without knowing enough about it), only to realize later that it wasn't a smart decision. PJ, our 6-line wrasse is a good example. Bought her on a trip to a LFS, when we actually went for something else. She was so cute... LOL She became a real pest, unfortunately - annoying all the other fish. We recently look her to a LFS, so she could find a new home in a more appropriate environment.

One surprize, however, is our beautiful Copperband butterfly fish. We bought "Dot" to clean out all the aiptasia on our live rock - which she has certainly done. Had read how difficult they can be to keep alive and two LFSs had told me they rarely thrive, even with expert care (I should add that they also recommended not to purchase one - but obviously, that didn't stop me - saltwater probably not the best hobby for someone like me that is stuborn as a mule!)... But we've had her for 8 months, and she's doing fantastic.

My best advice, is take your time, check compatibility, and talk with others that have that particular fish/invert/coral in their tanks. If someone had given us that advice 10 months ago, it certainly would have saved us some headaches, money and stress! :)

Best of luck and enjoy stocking your tank!
 
you should just buy a small (young) tang of your choosing and when it grows to the point of being to large sell it to someone with a larger tank for enough to buy another small and food for a few months. then restart the cycle:) just a thought
 
Certain tangs grows rather fast so you must do your research to see which one is a fast grower. To me the Naso is a very slow grower, I had mine for over 5 years or so and he hasn't really grown much. Regals are fast growers but they're beautiful, Yellow Tangs grows rather slow as well. Just giving you a few examples. I love my tangs and wouldn't trade them for anything else.
 
nightfire said:
true though im also not sure of whats pushing the stocking limit
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More than anything, this is probably going to be determined by your skimmer and your system's ability to process nutrients. More fish = more food = more nutrients to get out, whether by bio filtration or water changes.

Just a thought. :)

Brandon
 
very true and right now im trying to battle with making my remora not run so wet by adding a taller pvc pipe to the collection cup and if i can find a good hight on that then ill make the collection cup bigger and install a drain line to it
 
nightfire said:
very true and right now im trying to battle with making my remora not run so wet by adding a taller pvc pipe to the collection cup and if i can find a good hight on that then ill make the collection cup bigger and install a drain line to it
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There should of been a o-ring around the collection cup to adjust the height.
 
this i know however my skimmer is producing alot,not sure why,i even put a small pve piece to make the neck meet the top of the skimmer lid closer and it still skims way wet,i thought of just making it wat taler and then making a new cup for it but seems as though that doesnt work either,could my skimmer be grabbing too much air from my drain line maybe?.....thanks mick and others :D
 
It may be bc your useing tap water. Why your skimmer is so wet. There is a guy from Texas that his dad lives in Dickson that he was hook a small reef tank him. He did a test tds meter and got 148-165. That real bad.
If that's not it. Put a bigger airline to let more air in.

Hope this help you.
 
that tds is rather bad,though not much i can do about it now,as far as an airline for the remora,you cant hook up an aireline to it,ive always used tap water since i set my tank up over a year ago,the only thing i can think of is that its pulling too much water because i have my overflow drain so close to my skimmer,i have no dang clue lol im not at my house right now but i will fool with it some more when i get home,i appreciate everyone helping though
 
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