stocking

Getting ready to dive into the saltwater aquarium hobby and have been researching fish for a 45g tank with the Red Sea Max e-170 (will add the 10g sump also). Would love to hear people’s thoughts and views on compatibility for what I’m currently thinking about. Any watchouts Here? I’m a...

hey everybody my first time going outside of using the forums to hunt down advice and information. This time I'll be shareing my nano tank setup and I'll keep it updated as things happen! I have a 100gallon reef system for about a year now with some success. As I am gaining knowledge and...

So I am brand new to saltwater and I’ve had my tank running for around 1 month, It doesn’t have any corals just live rock from my LFS in Florida. As of right now I have : - Royal Gramma - 2 clowns they are pretty small maybe 1.5 inches - A diamond goby - Recently my friend had to dissemble his...

Hey guys I am looking for suggestions for a 20 gallon centerpiece for my FOWLR tank. I currently have a fire fish in it. Am looking for a colorful fish that is active and will instantly capture the attention of people looking at the tank.

Looking for suggestion for an alpha fish that is always active and swims around alot, basically the center of attention of the tank.

Hi everyone, I'm looking at a potential stocking list for my 75G reef tank. It's currently in a fallow period following an ich problem.... So it has LPS, SPS, and softies in the tank as well as a cleaner shrimp and starfish. I have my surviving pajama cardinal in quarantine with CP for 30 days...

i have a Nuvo 10 gallon tank, I currently have a yellow clown goby, he’s very small and doesn’t do much. What fish would be a interesting addition to the tank? I already have a clown in another tank so if there’s another option other than one of those id love to hear it!

Hi all, I am setting up a mixed reef in my Nuvo 40 office tank and I am trying to figure out some good coral stocking options. I am struggling to figure out my best options for the lower portions of the liverock closer to the sandbed. The photos I attached will help to show why I am asking about...

Hi all, I recently moved back to my home town, and my dad and I decided to get into reefing. We finished going through the 52 weeks of reefing series, just got our tank, and our dry rock is in transit. Even though adding fish is really far off, I've started working on a rough draft of my stock...

In my tank, I have a huge pitch black area and would like something there. There's still enough light to see into it but not enough for anything else. I would like inverts that can be placed there. I currently have these blue sponges and they're doing fine but I need more.

Hello, I am newish to the reef world, and have a question about adding Anthias to my tank. 120gal / 90DT and it is currently stocked with: Foxface (had about a month, and is very shy) 2 cardinals 2 clowns 1 blenny 1 goby 2 fire shrimp assorted CUC Couple of corals and an anemone, but...

So with the belief that everything happens for a reason it's now time to rethink and plan my stock list. After having to move everyone to the QT because of ICH, I was forced to slow down. I would like to have the following in my tank once its all said and done. I plan on doing 30 day QT for...

I designed my rock structure in my tank so that there will be plenty of space for animals to swim and rest on. However, after a while I feel like the empty space in the sand is too empty and should be decorated. Are there any inverts/corals that would make that area more lively

Currently have a 125 gal 6ft tank have fish in there already but it really lacks a big beautiful fish or two. My current stock: 2 Chromis 2 Clownfish 2 Banggai Cardinal 2 Firefish 2 YellowHead Jawfish 1 Exquisite Fairy Wrasse 1 Yellow Goby (Paired with Tiger Pistol) 2 Cleaner Skunk shrimp 2...

Hello everyone. Even though it's too early to get them (the tank is cycling), I'd like to start thinking about the stocking options for my 20g/75l Red Sea max nano. For sure, I will want clownfish (ocellaris) [i have to take 2, right?] and a nice clean up crew (mostly some shrimps, snails...

Hello all, I'm hoping that all you great pros out there can provide me some guidance on how to stock the rest of my tank, so that I'm not overloading it with too many fish... Is there a general rule of thumb, total number of fish inches or something? I have a 90 gallon tank, and I'm setting...

I'm running a Fluval Evo 13.5 tank it as is, plus a FluvalSea mini protein skimmer. Do any of you think that I can add a frogspawn coral without adding any additional equipment? Current stock: 2 ocellaris clowns 1 Rainford's goby 1 Sinularia large frag 1 green polyp leather frag 1 Palau...

As of now I have a 50 gal display, diy sump approx. 25 gal., running a large external skimmer reef octopus 3000ext (came off of my 220 gal system I had to downgrade from.) Im running a zetlight 6600A light. my current fish list is 1 clownfish 2 firefish 2 pj cardinals 1 orange stripe prawn goby...

Hi Everyone, I am a long time forum creeper, rare poster, but every time I do post I get great help and great advice. so I have some questions. Here is what I currently have, a 120G mixed reef tank, my corals are some sps, torches, Lobo's, acans, trumpets, a flower pot, bubble tip anemone...

I am working on a stocking list for a 65 gal tank with softie corals. But I'm only in the initial planning phase. Fish aren't listed in the order, they will be introduced (just draft list). *Flame Hawk- love , love this fish Mimic Saddle Puffer (valentini puffer mimic) (Paraluterus...

45gal no sump with hang on reactor (bio pellet) I have: 1 clown 1 hawk fish 1 coral beauty 2 dart fish 1 goby1 neon goby 1 pistol less than an inch 2 Neon damsel A mandarin (my fav he eats frozen food which is rare) a torch A small colony of zoan A acan 2 scolymia

I'm looking for colorful or interesting looking snails. So far I am very interested in the ninja star snails they have a very interesting shape and nice tone of gray

I have a 20 gal tall nano reef tank. I was thinking of getting a rainbow sebae nem. i have 3 chromis scooter blenny crab and shrimp. zoa frag frogspawn hammer torch ricordia and mushroom. could i add the nem or would that be a bad idea? Newer reefer.

Hello all, I have a Nuvo 20 and would like to come up with a stocking list. Finish this list with any fish that you think would be good: -2 Ocellaris Clowns -1 Cleaner Shrimp -please finish the list! Thanks, Wade

Hey everyone, So i recently stumbled upon a Lightning Maroon clown fish at a price so low i couldnt pass it up. So for the meantime i have him in a 5 gallon nano while i set up his new 75 Gallon mixed reef tank. The Lightning Maroon will obviously be the star of the tank, so i need to make sure...