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Thanks in advance for advising me on this! I bought a used 34 gallon all in one JAD (Boyu 550/Orca clone). It was modified with decent LED lighting, a Tunze 9002 skimmer, and I have a good extra powerhead in the tank, so filtration, flow, and lighting should be decent. I have about 20kg of live rock from an established system, arranged so I won't have dead spots, and the tank is fishless cycling for a while. And I plan on keeping primarily soft corals, some hard corals eventually, and seagrass.
For fish I was thinking of the following, added in this order: 2 Common/Percula Clownfish 2 Banggai Cardinals (A pair if I kind find one) 2 Royal Gramma 1 Banana Wrasse (2 Purple Filefish Goby pair, perhaps, and I have a tight fitting canopy) However, Aqadvisor suggests that takes me to 118% percent stocking capacity, so perhaps I'd either drop the Filefish, or drop one of the Royal Grammas and the Banana Wrasse. Nevertheless this was more fish than I had expected to be able to accommodate, which is why I thought I should check. I was considering a Cherub Pygmy Angelfish as well, in case I was willing to replace one of the others. And I'd either add these fish in two or three lots over 8 to 12 months. For cleanup crew/algae control, I'd anticipate adding: 1 Blood Red Shrimp 5 Cerith Snails 5 Nassarius Snails 5 Nerite Snails 5 Trochus Snails 5 Tectus Snails These are the snail numbers I had seen recommended for this size tank, though I'm not quite sure if the numbers were cumulative if I happen to have 4 different species of snails for eating algae, (and hopefully not eating my seagrasses)? Last edited by Mxx; 08/30/2012 at 08:40 AM. |
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I'm certainly glad I asked!
I'm not sure of the metrics which Aqadvisor uses, but with that fish load how close to my maximum stocking capacity do you think I actually am? (Not that I want to necessarily be at absolutely full stocking capacity either, of course). There are a decent number of captive-bred Banggai Cardinals here just recently, fortunately, and otherwise I'd have skipped them. I'd actually heard it suggested that it's best to get four of them young, and as soon as two of them pair off then make sure to get the other two out quickly. At least four juvenile Bang's shouldn't have a larger bioload than 2 mature adults. Okay, so out with one of the Royal Gramma's and the Banana Wrasse, and in with a Pygmy Cherub Angelfish, if I can find one. The moment I got my tank the wife and kids were all insisting that I get a Yellow Tang, Blue Tang, and anemone... So that took a bit of explaining on why we couldn't possibly do that. The wife really wanted a yellow fish though, so I'm in trouble when I tell her now that she can't have a Banana Wrasse either. I'd considered a Lemonpeel Dwarf Angel, but my tank is on the small side for that, and I heard that they have a bad reputation for not being coral safe. I'm sure I can lie to the kids and convince them that a Hammer Coral is actually an anemone, despite that they might hold that against me later in life! I would like to get a Bubble Tip Anemone, but of course should hold off for a year before doing that, which is a little unfortunate as I hear it is good to get them in early so they can find a place where they are happy instead of trampling around the tank zapping all the corals in its path subsequently. |
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30 gallon sump currently have only a CUC, eagle eye zoas and some GSP been up and running since june. heres what im thinking? 1 yellow goby watchman/pistol shrimp pair 2-3 blue reef chromis 1 blue head faire wrasse (2)pair of tank bred clowns (the maybes) flame angelfish (IF i can keep it from eating my corals) green mandarin
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08/30/2012, 04:12 PM | #3631 |
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Thanks for your responses, Steve!
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29 AGA standard tank. 25lbs LR, 40 lbs LS. No sump, skimmer being bought next week or two. Currently have 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 bangaii cardinal and 1 misbar clown. Would like:
1 flame angel 1 yellow wrasse A concern is the yellow wrasse eating the shrimp? Do you know if they are known to pick at larger shrimp or just the small feeder type? |
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cpr aquafuge 36 x 12 2 150 halide with power compacts 4 green chromis in tank now in order to put into tank lawnmower blenny fox face powder brown tang dwarf angel (flame angel) sps at the end zoas and softies now
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I have a 110G with around 70+ pounds of live rock and a 40 gallon sump and I'm giving some fish away and hoping to start with a small harlequin tusk is that possible I have a friend with a 280G that could take it when it gets to large
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Could I keep the tusk in my tank?
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Okay I have a 29 gallon setup for about a year now with lots of rock and sand. In another year I would like to upgrade to a 50 or 75 gallon. Right now I have 4 fish all about an inch long:
sixline wrasse ocellaris clown blue/green chromis and a newly added royal gramma I feed the fish heavy and they all get along. I hope the sixline doesn't get territorial. I gave up on getting a captive bred kaudern's cardinal from Liveaquaria. Two of them in a row were DOA. I think I'll stay away from those. I would like to add soon: fireball angel (C. aurantonotus) but I don't know what to do if he starts nipping corals. I have very few corals now since I just started stocking corals and don't know what I'd get rid of, fish or coral. Is there any rule of thumb which corals these angels will nip?
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Hi could you advise me on this fish list for an Aquaone Aqua Reef 400L tank please.
Salarias fasciatus (in tank) Ptereleotris zebra (in tank) Nemateleoris decora - 4 or 6 Neocirrhites armatus - flame hawkfish Foxface rabbitfish Cirrhilabrus scottorum - scott's fairy wrasse or Paracheilinus mccoskeri - McCoskers flasher wrasse Assessor macneilli or Assessor flavissimus Ctenochaetus strigosus Neopomacentrus cyanomos (yellowtail chromis?), I have 2 of these in my QT that I was given with all good intentions but after reading up a little about them I'm not sure they would be a good addition along with what is on the list. Cheers! |
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55 gallon capacity question
Here is what I currently have:
55 gallon with 70# LR, 50# Live Sand, 20# regular sand 2 HOB Refugiums with algae and chemical filtration (chempure and purigen) HOB Skimmer Plenty of current Fish: 2 Percula Clowns 1 Royal Gramma 1 yellow tail damsel (has not been aggressive...yet) 1 blue/green chromus 2 serpent stars various CUC Would it be ok to add additional blue/green chromis or is my tank at capacity? My water readings are all 0 except my nitrates are between 0-5ppm.
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You seemed to suggest Steve that Aqadvisor was far off when they suggested that my fish list above would put me over my maximum stocking capacity by 18%? Can you explain? And can you please advise on perhaps what % of maximum stocking capacity you might yourself estimate I would be at for a mature tank with the fish list below in a 34 gallon Boyu all-in-one? Aqadvisor suggests 109%, but I'm not sure now whether it should be trusted whatsoever or not). 2 x Percula Clownfish 1 x Royal Gramma 2 Bangaii Cardinals 2 Purple Firefish Goby 1 African Pygmy Angelfish (Cherub) |
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It would be my first fish and I would stock according to his/her needs
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