What to add next?

[chad.spiring]

Hi Reef Central,

This may be a double post. I can't tell if the first one has made it through. I'm excluding my pictures this time, in case I was snagged by a spa filter.

I need some help finalizing the livestock in my Nano

Total system volume is a little over 8 gallons. DT is essentially a 1 ft cube, bow front. Used to be an old AIO tank. I pulled out the AIO divider and built a sump to move equipment out of the DT.

The tank has been running wet a little over a year and half. First coral went in one year ago.

Current livestock:

Yellow watchman goby
SS cleaner shrimp
Emerald Crab
Blue leg hermits (x6)
Turbo and Nerite Snails (x6 total)

I'd like a little more activity in the tank as the yellow watchman mainly hides in his cave. My concern is that I left the rock scape in the tank very minimal. Basically just one platform and cave, centered in the tank.

I like the look of a royal gramma, but I think it will get too big. No?

Maybe a pygmy basslet? But I think that would want more rock work to hide in and around, right?

Is there something that will swim more in the water column above the rocks? A Chromis perhaps? Firefish?

Would a group of sexy shrimp be safe from the cleaner shrimp and the goby? Could they associate with my ricordea mushrooms?

Would any of the above be a good idea, bad idea to try? Something else that I haven't thought of?

Thanks for looking!

 

[chad.spiring]

Ended up with a yellow tail damsel. Two weeks in, and he's been a model citizen so far. Even the goby has perked up a little bit and seems more personable. Spending more time out in the open.

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[Anghellic]

Tank looks really good. I like the looks. Just be careful with the yellow tail damsel as they become real mean as they grow older

 

[johnike]

A spa filter will be way to big for that tank.



/runs back to Lounge...

 

[johnike]

And perhaps a sand bed for that Goby?

 

[chad.spiring]

I've been working it back in slowly. But since my total volume is only 8 gallons, I'm adding like a tablespoon a week. Sort of just shaking it in lightly and letting it turn itself over. Could I go faster? I don't want to bury anything beneficial or to be left to rot.

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[chad.spiring]

Tank looks really good. I like the looks. Just be careful with the yellow tail damsel as they become real mean as they grow older

Will do on the damsel. At this point, if anyone is the aggressor, it's the goby. We'll see how they hold up in time I guess.

It's pretty bare, but I wanted it that way. Easier to keep clean for me and it should still take a good long time to fill in. Except the Xenia that is. I'm trimming that twice a month.

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