stocking ideas

I am considering stocking a 12 gallon tank with a Goby and Pistol Shrimp pair, (Wheeler's Shrimp Goby or a similar Goby and Randall's Pistol Shrimp), Tail Spot Blenny, and a Clown Gobby. Is this overstocking? If so, what should I remove? Some people say on other threads that this is good, but...

I currently have my red sea 170 stocked with a hammer coral garden & zoa garden along with two scolys on the sand bed. I'm planning on getting some fish in soon & was hoping for some ideas. I have a list in mind which I'll share below but I'd like to hear other recommendations & fish that I...

I suppose "large" depends on what you're use to. I'm just wondering if anyone has specific examples of or experience with tanks dedicated to tiny creatures? Rather than being stocked around minimum sizes, or a mixture of large and small. The closest I've seen are clownfish harems. Half a dozen...

Need advise on what my stocking options are for a 22 gallon long. Plan to do soft coral down the road. Thank you for any input! The tank dimensions are 36 inches long 11.9 wide and 11.9 tall.

Just a post to see what you guys recommend I add for stocking my biocube 32. Right now I have 2 clowns and a sapphire damsel. Filtration I use the intank media basket and have a refugium with chaeto. (It grows insanely fast) for some species I was thinking (not all of these just a conbibation of...

Hi I’m setting up a 180g 72 x 24 x 24 inches. My current livestock: (transferring from my current 65g all rock,sand, and water would be transferred as well) 1xscopas tang (small juvenile) 4x chromis 2x ocellaris clownfish 1x brittle starfish 1x cleaner shrimp A couple snails and hermits Future...

Im going to build my first saltwater aquarium (with corals) which is going to be 55 gallons. And i need stocking ideas for easy fishand corals too. Im going to do a bit of research on compatibility today so some of my stocking options might sound strange. In there, i would really like 2 mocga...

Have a 15 gallon Waterbox cycling and was thinking about what would be interesting to add. Currently have around 8 pounds of dry rock and 2 pounds of live rock, as well as 10 pounds of live sand. I will eventually be adding corals. Anyone have any suggestions for both corals and or fish. This...

Hi all, was looking for some different suggestions of fish and unique invertebrates to add to my research list/cart. Right now my tank is a very stable 8 months old and I just haven't had the extra money to shell out to get fish because of unfortunate personal events but I'm finally able to...

hello! i have a 75g macroalgae display tank only a few fish currently a couple damsels, mcosker wrasse, clown, and diamond goby im looking for a larger fish to add that wont destroy macro or soft corals, any suggestions appreciated, thanks.

Hi everyone, I’m planning to get a new tank instead of my Waterbox 35.1 AIO. The reason is that it’s never really taken off and I need some more stability as due to my job it can be hard to follow the tank. So basically I’d like a bigger tank to allow it to go on autopilot once in a while. For...

I currently have 2 clowns oscellaris (one da Vinci and one flurry), melunarus wrasse, royal gramma, Midas blenny, flame angel. It is a mixed reef. I have a roller mat refugium and protien skimmer in the sump and total water volume is somewhere around 70-71 after rock sand and equipment. My...

Hello all, finally moving up from a 90g and 40b into RS3XL. These are the fish I currently have between the two and some information about their behavior so far. 40b 2x Ocellaris Clowns (perfect harmony with the damsel) 1x Blue Damsel (perfect with clowns for over 1 year now) 1x Neon...

Planning on a Coralife Biocube 32 been doing freshwater for many years and have always been interested in reefs but never had the time/$$$ to make the plunge! The past few weeks has been tons of researching/obsessing so here's my general ideas for livestock! My goal is a super cool aquascape...

Looking for some ideas!! I have a 30 gallon reef aquarium that crashed a few months ago, lost everything except 2 clowns that I have since moved to another tank. The tank is much better and I am now considering stocking it again, but I want to do a species specific tank. Any Suggestions??

I don't have experience with saltwater fish but have had that 65 for a about 7 years as a freshwater tank so I'm not entirely new. I'd want to have corals so they'd need to be reef safe. I don't want clown fish either because they can get aggressive but mainly because I see them everywhere and...

hey y’all! pretty new to saltwater but I’ve been keeping freshwater for a couple years and have a 20g sitting around that I wanna use. I’ve been doing a bit of research but I’m still stumped on how many is too many My stocking idea: - 2 ocellaris clowns - 1 banggai cardinalfish - 1 longnose...

Hey All! I've been building my 180G mixed reef tank set up and it is finally cycling! So now my thoughts are on my potential stocking list and order of addition. :) Let me know what you guys think about my potential list; any potential worries that should be brought to my attention and...

Hello everyone. We are about 1 month now into the hobby and made a list of fishes we would potentially like to have. We obviously know a lot of these we won't be able to get but would like your opinion on what we can or should not get, problems they may cause or alternatives. Now we do want to...

So im setting up my first saltwater tank and its 35G, any suggestions would help :) Entacmaea quadricolor Heteractis magnifica Fromia pacifica (Yellow tipped red) Amphiprion ocellaris x 2 (Nemo) Any other fish suggestions would be appreciated

Hi, hope everyone's having a good day I'm currently setting a 4' 60 gallon tank that I'm planning on being a mixed reef with mainly soft and lps coral with a few easier sps. For filtration I have about 55-70 lbs of rock, it's plumbed to a 33 gallon sump with a refugium and a Eshopps skimmer...

Hi guys. I have a 180 gallon mixed reef. I was hoping for some advice about mixing and introducing some wrasse, dither fish and bottom dwellers to my tank. Esentially anything small that will help add a bit of a sense of scale and colour when compared to my tangs - which I realise I have a lot...

Hey guys I have a 40 gallon reef tank set up and it’s almost out of the cycling stage. I plan on keeping hardy corals in there and adding them once the tank is about 3-6 months old, or at least after the algae bloom stage is over. I am thinking of adding the following fish: - 1x Clownfish: I...

I am helping my friend decide on a stocking list for his new tank. He is upgrading from a 36 gallon bowfront to a 75 gallon. The 75 is equipped with a sump. The fish he is moving from the 36 to the 75 once it is cycled are a 8-10 inch snowflake eel and a rust angel. The tank was just filled and...

i currently have an aquanano 40 setup, its 55l with a luma pixie 30w light, various sps, lps and soft corals. I had a coral goby in there but he sadly past, i left it just corals for a while with the odd dose of fish food for remaining hermits and snails im looking for any stocking ideas...