What will I not be able to keep?

[brdracing]

Ok I am trying to find out what kind of things that will not be able to keep in my tank (fish, corals, ect.)
I have a 55g tank with 20g sump with refug.
I turn over about 9 to 10 times or 550 gph from DT to sump and with me power heads I turn the water in the DT almost 16 times or 800GPH.

thanks
Brooks

 

[acrodave]

what kind of lighting ...and what are the thing that you want the most and then go from there as far as mixing things

 

[brdracing]

Well right now I have a 260w Compact Flor lighting with 4 - 65 Watt bulbs - (2) 12,000K daylight and (2) 03 true actinic.
Not sure all what I want to keep just trying to rule out what I can't

 

[acrodave]

thats whats hard to say. in a 55 you can keep a picasso but if you want to keep shrimp then you cant keep a trigger..kinda see what im saying. you need a idea and then we can help

 

[brdracing]

Well I would like all the fish to be reef safe, I have ruled out Trigger fish, and lion type fish, but here are some of the fish that I was thinking of keeping
Flame Angelfish or Lemonpeel Angelfish
Blue Damsel
3 Line Damsel
Ocellaris Clownfish
Yellow Watchman Goby
Mandarin Goby
6 Line Wrasse

 

[shuguley]

Most people stay away from Damsels, because they are mean
Dwarf angelfish may nip at corals
Wait until your tank and fuge are established before adding a mandarin, and I think the six line wrasse will out compete the mandarin for food.

 

[acrodave]

the clown sixline and yellow watchman goby would all be cool and invert safe....firefish are cool flasher wrasse are neat but jumpers.. somekind of blenny

 

[atwinparadox2]

I would agree about the damsels, some are nice looking but they do eventually become teritorial and mean. usually people go all damsel tanks or none at all, but don't get me wrong, some people keep them with no problem. Once you get them in the tank though, with rock and corals, if you decide you do not want them, you will have difficulty trying to catch them. Clowns are a great start, get a pair, and start with them, they are very hardy. Fire fish are sweet but +1 on the jumping, I have had two skip town on my tank.

 

[brdracing]

This is good info, so what about corals.
thanks
brooks

 

[atwinparadox2]

with that lighting you can keep soft corals and most LPS corals. I would stay away from SPS's with that lighting. They are definitely an advanced reefer coral.

 

[acrodave]

fish not to be put with the corals would be butterflys,angelfish,triggers and puffers..some tangs will nip but your tank is not big nuff for them anyways..and corals like said would be mushrooms zoas leathers and things like that.. maybe some frogspwans and the like.. in the middle to top of the tank

 

[brdracing]

Good deal, Thanks for the info