stock ideas

Hi Reef 2 Reef, Hi Everyone, I'm currently in the process of setting up an 80 gallon tank, dimensions 48"x20"x20", and could use some help putting together a stock list. There's about 80 lbs of live rock in the tank with lots of caves, and a 1" deep sand bed. Plan is a mixed reef, LPS, SPS...

Hi all, I have a 90x45x45cm reef tank with soft corals and LPS. I have a decent number of fish and invertebrates at this point and don’t plan on adding anything else for a while, but with the below stocking do you think in the future the tank could accommodate more fish? Bonded Percula clown...

Hey there everyone. Thanks for having me. I am new to the site and new to reefing. Always wanted a reef aquarium. I have experience with freshwater. Have kept many african cichlid tanks so I understand the cycling process enough to maintain those tanks. I always would do a fishless cycle to get...

Hello! I have some questions regarding stocking and light requirements. I'm not new to fishkeeping, just saltwater specifically- so I wanna make sure I do this right the first time without bothering the same people I know over and over again. I have a Waterbox AIO Peninsula 15 gallon tank...

Hello, I’ll be upgrading my 3ft tank to a 5ft tank shortly and wanted everyone’s thoughts on what to stock. Currently in my 3ft I am running a media reactor with gfo/carbon, along with a fleece roller, and skimmer. In the 5 ft I’ll have the added benefit of a refugium. I have a ton of live...

120 Gallon Red Sea S-550 (120 gallon 4’ tank) Around 120 pounds of live rock 2”-3” araganite sand bed Reef Mat and Skimmer Current Stock List: 2 Mocha Gladiator Ocelarris Clownfish (Tank Bred) 1 Striped Blenny (Tank Bred) 1 Helfrichi Firefish 1 Labouti Fairy Wrasse 1 Tuxedo Urchin...

Hi everyone! I am fairly new to saltwater. I've been researching and learning for a couple of years now and finally have my first saltwater tank cycling. I am trying to work on my stocking list. My tank is just a standard 20 gallon long. For filtration I'm currently just running two HOBs, a...

Hey all, Just looking for some advice from people with FOWLR experience. I have a 180g setup (I’m coming from the African cichlid world). I switched all of my equipment over and got 200lbs of rock and sand. I’m not really interested in getting corals (unless it was something simple like GSP...

I just bought my self a 65g tank with a 20g sump for my birthday. A very nice little upgrade from my 40g I've had for about a year. So I have been brainstorming my potential stock list: Kole tang or bristle tooth tang, watchman goby, green clown goby, black ocs clown, storm clown, spotted...

Hello! I have recently purchased a 125L tank, dimensions 81cm x 36cm x 50cm for a reef aquarium. I was wondering what stock would be my options? What are the can haves and can’t haves? I would absolutely love a butterfly but I understand that I probably don’t have the space. I’d also love a...

Hello everyone, i have a 55gal cube tank with live rock and live sand, i currently have a couple ocellaris, cleaner shrimp and some cuc, i would like to add some more stock, i'd love some colorful and interesting fish. I wanted a flame hawk but because of the shrimp is probably best to avoid...

Hello! Currently have a 100 gallon mixed reef tank, that's been up since July. I plan to get more inverts like an urchin, a clam of some sorts, another shrimp or two, and a snail. Looking for feedback on what I think will go well with this current stock, the number of fish I plan to have, and...

So I have a pretty well established tank and I currently have 2 pajama cardinals 1 diamond back goby and a pair of clowns but I recently noticed some flat worms on a torch and wanted to see what would be a good wrasse to get or am I pushing it on livestock?

Hello! I have been freshwater keeping for a few years, and I have just started cycling my first saltwater aquarium. I know I have a lot to still learn, and it's going to take some time, but I'm ok with that and excited to start reefing! Equipment so far: 40 gallon breeder 40 pounds of live...

My husband and I are getting our first marine tank and are trying to figure out what we eventually want to stock it with so we can prepare properly. The display tank is 120W x 55D x 53H cm and is 326L (~86gal) and we have a sump. We're planning to keep coral and do a mixed reef setup. My...

I didn’t do a build thread on my nano because I had most of it setup before I started regularly using this website, but I’m setting up a 65g as an upgrade so here’s what I got: Tank: Marineland 65g w/ drilled corner overflow Stand: I bought a VERY used kind of beat up 6ft stand from a guy on...

Ever since my wife saw a Longnose Hawkfish just ... chilling ... on the rockwork at the LFS, she's wanted something that will do that. However, we have Fire Shrimp that we greatly enjoy, and there are reports that that's a bad idea to combine. So, is there another fish you'd suggest that...

Here is a current fish list that I was thinking for this system? Open to suggestion different fish especially on tangs. Not all fish need to go in this system. I'm just trying to get some ideas. Tank is 84.1"x29.5"x25.6" White Tail Bristletooth Purple Tang Desjardini Tang Orange Shoulder Tang...

So this past weekend my fiancé told me she doesn’t love me anymore and I’m back to living with my parents. On the bright side, I’m converting the empty room with much more space in their basement into the ultimate bat cave (I’m very into goth culture) where I’ll keep my nano tanks. I’m also...

Curious what others think I should stock my Innovative Marine 100g tank with. Planning to keep corals, mainly softies and LPS. I read another user calculated that with sand and rocks, leaves about 85g in the display tank. Unsure how true or accurate this is. You can see my build thread for how...

Hello! I am nearing the end of my cycling on my biocube 32g and am looking into stocking soon. Here is my equipment and potentional list as of right now. Look good? Any suggestions or room for improvement? Thanks! Equipment: Biocube 32g (Hood Removed) Kraken Reef Lid Viparspectra 165W Light...

Just picked up a 33 Long (48x13x12) Seapora tank as an upgrade from my 5gal pico. Only fish I have that will move into the new tank is my yellow clown goby. Footprint of the tank is basically a shallow 55g Wanted some opinions on whether or not these fish would be ok (not all in the tank but...

Was wondering what peoples thoughts are for my stocking list. Been freshwater keeping for a few years but new to reefing. This is just a work in progress/theory crafting I know it's a lot more than that but just seeing what others think. I'm saving up to start but I would appreciate any...

I have a 36”x13”x18” tank that currently has a Randalls goby, some sort of red pistol shrimp, and two hermit crabs in it. I have planned to add the following fish: royal gramma, and a mccoskers flasher wrasse. I was wondering what a good fourth fish should be that would not be aggressive...

I set up a 40B tank in my basement to hold my current stock while we got new floors in our house. Once everyone is transferred back to my main display, I would like to keep that tank running as a FOWLR and add a Valentini puffer as the 'centerpiece' fish. Looking for other potential tankmates! I...