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In beginning of planning a 40g breeder bta tank. My thoughts for livestock so far are:
A bunch of different color morphs of BTA Several clown fish. Maybe a BW pair and some pink skunks. Can I have a pair of each? A bunch of sexy anemone shrimp candy stripe pistol shrimp with some kind of shrimp goby. Maybe add some ricodea later on. please let me know your thoughts Last edited by tsharp90; 09/19/2011 at 04:12 PM. |
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Hey guys,
Well I'm still cycling but I wanted to see whether this fish list would be able to work. Tank is 130 gallons, 52x28x20. I have a sump, ASM G2 skimmer, have a refugium in the works, waiting for cycle to end to add the chaeto, have about 15lbs of rock in sump with sand, in main display there will be around 100lbs of live rock.. I plan to have mushrooms/zoas/xenias. I will be using a tek t5 48" with 6 x 54watts I know some of these fish will be hit or miss with corals I want but I'm going to try it out, the ones I want are inexpensive and grow fast anyway so worth a try. Wish List. 1. One Spot Foxface 2. Flame Angel 3. Potter or/Rusty Angel 4. Tusk Wrasse 5.Pair of Ocellaris Clowns/Black 6. Falco Hawkfish 7. Pinktail Trigger 8. Blue Jaw Trigger |
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I probably won’t be adding fish for about a year as I’m still collecting/building the parts to the tank, but I’m big into pre-planning and figure since I’ve got my list I should run it past somebody smarter, and more subjective than I am.
Tank will be a 180 Gallon mixed reef (6x2x2), Fuge will be a 40 breeder filled with rock, sump size is unknown, but I’m guessing around 20 gallons of water between the different sections there. Lid will be made of ¼” mesh, and tight fitting to keep the wrasses in the tank. I had a hard time coming up with this list as there’s so many fish I like, many of which are either too big, or too aggressive for a majority of what I’d like to keep. I’m also torn on whether this is too many fish or not, but I think it’s a good mix of mostly peaceful fish that’ll do well together. Everything below is listed in order they will be introduced into the tank, and everything will be QT’d for a minimum of 6 weeks before being introduced into the tank. Fish 1 x Wetmorella albofasciata (White Banded Possum Wrasse) 2 x Paracheilinus carpenteri (Carpenter Flasher Wrasse) M/F combo of course 3 x Sphaeramia nematoptera (Spotted Cardnalfish) 2 x Amphiprion ocellaris (Ocellaris Clownfish) 1 x Cryptocentrus cinctus (Yellow Watchman Goby) 1 x Chromis cyaneus (Blue Reef Chromis) 1 x Ctenochaetus strigosus (Kole Yellow Eye Tang) 1 x Gramma loreto (Royal Gamma Basslet) 1 x Pterosynchiropus splendidus (Red Mandarin) waiting at least 10 months after the cycle 1x Acanthurus japonicus (Powder Brown Tang) Adding last due to aggressiveness Inverts 2 x Thor amboinensis (Sexy Anemone Shrimp) 1 x Lysmata debelius (Blood Red Fire Shrimp) 1 x Lybia Tesselatta (Pom Pom Crab) 2 x Neopetrolisthes ohshimai (Porcelain Anemone Crab) 1 x Alpheus bellulus (Tiger Snapping Shrimp) will be added alongside the Goby, QT’d separately though 1 x Entacmaea quadricolor (Rose Bulb Anemone) waiting 1 year to afford better lights/mature tank 1 x Heteractis crispa (sebae Anemone) Clean Up Crew [not listed in order] 2 x Elysia crispate (Lettuce Sea Slug) 1 x Mespilia globulus (Blue Tuxedo Urchin) 1 x Strombus alatus (Fighting Conch) 5 x Nassarius sp. (Nassaarius Snail) 5 x Turbo fluctuosa (Turbo Snail) 5 x Cerithium sp. (Cerith Snail) 5 x Astraea phoebia (Spiny Star Astrea) 10 x Nerita sp. (Nerite Snail) |
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I have a 55 gal tank, coralife 65g Protein Skimmer, 3 inch live sand, 60lb live rock, magnum 350 canister and emperor 400 power filter, Glo T5 Ho 2 bulb lights, I would like to know what type of fish would be recommended for this size tank, I would like: 2 clown fish 1 blue tang what would be recommended for the fish we like, from what i understand with this tank size i can get a total of 7 small to mid size fish. any and all information would be appreciated.. |
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No dice on a marginalis. Pretty much an impossible fish to find here.
75g FOWLR since I prefer butterflys over soft corals w/25g sump (probably holds 10-15g of water) Added in order: Blue Chromis Terminal Male Flame Wrasse Squareback Anthias Male Peppermint Candy Cane Hogfish Declivis Butterfly fish Kole Tang. Inverts: Skunk Cleaner Pair CUC - snails one or two dwarf hermits |
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Hi ya'll.
We have a 55 in the works*4ft*, plan for 75 lbs of LR in the display, its got a 20 gal sump (where more rubble will live), in sump skimmer rated for 100g, Eshopps 800 overflow, mag 9.5 return pump with ball valve to slow the flow just a hair to keep it inline with the overflow. It will have a 3-4 inch sandbed. We also plan to have two powerheads in the tank to help with flow (probabaly the hydor Koralia Evolution or original Koralia). As as well a Tek 5 4 bulb fixture for lighting. We plan to have a standard CUC for this tank as well, hermits, snails, shrimp but thats all. We have a list of fish and corals we've fallen in love with but dont HAVE to have them all, and realize we can't due to size of tank, but out of our selections what would be best in ya'll opinion. I just wanted to see what the more experienced thought we could have in our tank without having to worry about having TOO many fish in there. Here's the list: Fish: Royal Gamma Fire Fish pearly jawfish Flame Angel Percula clown Red Mandarin (obviously added after 6 or more months with a solid pod population) Kaudern's Cardinal Orange Stripe Prawn Goby/Pistal Shrimp McCosker's Flasher Wrasse We also like some of the more agressive fish as well, but would consider another tank for them if needed: Fu Manchu Lion Marine Betta We'd like these corals: Torch Coral Frogspawn Branch Hammer Elegance Coral (thought I read something bad about this one) Trumpet Coral Bubble Coral (Pearl) Stylophora Coral Birds Nest Coral Colt Coral Pipe Organ Coral Ricordea Mushrooms Blue Sympodium Polyp Waving Hand Coral Jasmine Polyp Glove Polyp And various Zoa's appeal to us. So, obviously we cant have it all, but what would work best for the system we have in the works?
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what fish can i keep with a catalina goby since they need cooler water?
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Capensis SH's are cooler water fish that often are paired with catalina gobys. But that would be species only tank.
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Thank you Steve for your advice. I was aware the more predatory fish probably wouldn't work with our "community" tank as planned, but I know sometimes they do well, other times not so good at all.
Thanks for answering about the corals, I know its a fish purchase thread but since we dont have the tank set up yet I just wanted to make sure since mainly this tank would be fish focus but if we added the corals we liked that there wouldn't be an issue with the fish. As for stocking density with the fish, should we consider cutting it down? If so where?
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Oh, and we plan to get the refug in the sump going well before any mandarin is even thought of going into the tank.
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75 gallon, 2 fluval canister 205/305 filters, reef ooctopus,skimmer, 80 lbs live sand, 50 lbs live rock, led lights. Just introduced the sand and rock, just starting cycle. Probably add a little more rock later. Would like suggestions since this is my first go. Like clowns, angels, tangs, damsels and puffer. Thanks in advance.
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