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Salty Brother
07/09/2006, 07:38 PM
I just set up a 40 breeder with 38 sump and was thinking about fish.
Right now I have
2 false percs
hi-fin red banded goby
cleaner shrimp
I want to add
3 green chromis
Coral beauty angel
six-line wrass
What is one more small fish that I could put it that would do good with everything else.
Thanks for the help,
Patrick

xtrstangx
07/09/2006, 07:40 PM
I would say once you have the 2 clowns, the goby, 3 chromis, an angel, and the wrasse that you are past or at the line of overstocking.

In my 40g I have:
2 Ocellaris clowns
Sixline Wrasse
Yellow Watchman Goby
Flame Angelfish

Thats a total of 5 fish and you are looking at 8. Not saying it can't be done, but you may have to do a few more/larger water changes than normal to keep the nutrients down.

I'd pass on the dwarf angel. They are really hit and miss for any kind of coral. Mine eats some LPS and SPS (and the occasional nip at a clam). Best left for FOWLR systems.