What to buy?

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jar41

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Hi
After waiting 3 months(ich!) I am finally ready to buy new fish.This time quarantine is a must. No bs! Bought a 10 gallon tank. My equipment:Cupramine,Heater,Thermometer,Quiet Flow Led Pro Power Filter( i know about not putting carbon in) Am I missing anything.Have extra powerhead if needed...

Please, help me also choose fish for my tank.I have 58 gallon reef tank(no sps coral,sump) Currently have 3 shrimps,few crabs and snails.
Here is the list what I like:
Midas Blenny
Bicolor Blenny
Royal Gramma
Coral Beauty Angel(i know its hit or miss with corals but i still like them)
Wrasses tank?? (love them!)
Longnose Hawkish(really like them!)
Firefish?
Orange Spotted Goby
Not sure what direction to go and what order....Thank you for all help!!
 
Least to most aggressive. That is a decent size tank, should be able to get some of that in there. My favorite fish was my longnose hawk, great personality.

Midas Blenny-good choice
Bicolor Blenny-good choice
Royal Gramma-good choice
Coral Beauty Angel(i know its hit or miss with corals but i still like them)- mine rarely nips a coral, need to feed is what that means.
Wrasses tank?? (love them!)- I would say 2 flasher or fairy but thats enough.
Longnose Hawkish(really like them!)-me too
Firefish?- skittish and can jump, make sure you have a tight lid. I believe rule of thumb is one only if im not mistaken.
Orange Spotted Goby-good choice
 
how do i quarantine goby? same as any other fish? also,would be ok to start ith goby,blenny or some peaceful wrasse?
 
jar41 said:
How many you guys think i could fit in my tank.Don't want to overcrowd it.Thx again!
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It depends on what he fish, but in general I would limit it to 6 smaller sized fish. The coral beauty or any of the dwarf angels will become very aggressive over time in a tank as small as yours (a mistake I made several years ago), a 58 gallon tank. Is just too small and they will start to kill their tankmates.
 
thanx! actually i crossed coral beauty! would rather go into smaller fish direction.still not sure how to quarantine gobys?
 
Watch the hawk with the shrimp, as it gets bigger, it will most likely have a taste for them, but that depends on what shrimp?
For wrasse species, look at wetmorella's, very cool, not aggressive and spend their day in search of food. They are shy at first, but they come out more and more. I love my w. tanaka. ORA neon goby is another favourite of mine. Very active and it cleans the other fish of parasites.
Just a thought.
 
ok,brought 4 fish home(longnose hawkish,goby,some wrasse(lubocks?) and tanaka wrasse.all in quarantine tank.unfortunately tanaka died 4 hrs later! weird thing cuz he was very active!? really wanted one!!!
plan is to feed well and wait 2-3 days to run prazi or fendezabole.after 1 week cupramine for 2 weeks.does it sound good? thx a lot for any help
 
I'm not an expert but you probably just want to quarantine one or two fish at a time so they don't get stressed out. Plus you don't want to shock your tank with too much bio load at once but those are fairly small fish so you should be OK.
 
Guys just had amonia spike! Dosed 2nd round of cupramine and boom! Changed 2 gallons of water (10gal quarantine tank) Do you think it's enough? Should i add cupramine tomorrow to replace what i took out? THX
 
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