Cycle Nearing End, Which of these to add first?!?!

Ryand63 · 06/04/2012, 10:02 AM

So im cycling my 29 gallon fowlr and am just curious in your all opinions which of my ideal stock list I should add first. I plan to keep: 1 flame angel, 1 royal gramma, a skarlet skunk cleaner shrimp, a green lettuce nudribranch and one yellow humpback clown I believe they are called. The clean up crew will already be added. Thanks for the advice!

jdander2 · 06/04/2012, 01:54 PM

Best to ask here, in the check out your intended fish purchases here first! You'll get much more focused advise

gweston · 06/04/2012, 02:45 PM

The nudibranch may be difficult to keep in a new system... I put a lettuce nudibranch in a 2 1/2 year established tank (also a 29gal), and it didn't do too well. Lasted a month. Bummed me out as it was a really cool critter. Unsure if my experience is typical though.

The livestock choice you have should be good though. I think about 4 fish plus inverts is fine for a 29gal. I just broke my 29 down (upgraded to a larger system). I had a Midas Blenny, Coral Beauty Angel, and a pair of Ocellaris Clowns. For inverts I had a skunk cleaner, and a fighting conch. The conch was oversized for the tank, but he did perfectly fine with spot-feeding to supplement what it couldn't find from the sand bed. The conch loves formula 2 pellets over most anything, strangely.

Dwarf Angels can like to swim a good bit, and they like rocks to hide in, so I scaped accordingly. I initially had too much rock in the tank. The angel seemed happier when I opened the scape up a bit.

06/04/2012, 10:02 AM	#1
Ryand63 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 943	Cycle Nearing End, Which of these to add first?!?! So im cycling my 29 gallon fowlr and am just curious in your all opinions which of my ideal stock list I should add first. I plan to keep: 1 flame angel, 1 royal gramma, a skarlet skunk cleaner shrimp, a green lettuce nudribranch and one yellow humpback clown I believe they are called. The clean up crew will already be added. Thanks for the advice!

06/04/2012, 01:54 PM	#2
jdander2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 70	Best to ask here, in the check out your intended fish purchases here first! You'll get much more focused advise

06/04/2012, 02:45 PM	#3
gweston Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Gardner, MA Posts: 961	The nudibranch may be difficult to keep in a new system... I put a lettuce nudibranch in a 2 1/2 year established tank (also a 29gal), and it didn't do too well. Lasted a month. Bummed me out as it was a really cool critter. Unsure if my experience is typical though. The livestock choice you have should be good though. I think about 4 fish plus inverts is fine for a 29gal. I just broke my 29 down (upgraded to a larger system). I had a Midas Blenny, Coral Beauty Angel, and a pair of Ocellaris Clowns. For inverts I had a skunk cleaner, and a fighting conch. The conch was oversized for the tank, but he did perfectly fine with spot-feeding to supplement what it couldn't find from the sand bed. The conch loves formula 2 pellets over most anything, strangely. Dwarf Angels can like to swim a good bit, and they like rocks to hide in, so I scaped accordingly. I initially had too much rock in the tank. The angel seemed happier when I opened the scape up a bit.