00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[JoJosReef]

Updated, and improved stocking list. Thoughts? Especially thoughts about order of introduction?
2 clowns(have)
2 bengali cardinalfish(arrive Friday, let's hope they play nice)
1 Fox face
1 Starry blenny
1 Pyramid butterfly
1 Springeri damselfish
1 Halichoeres chrysus
1-2 Mccoskers flasher wrasse(single or male and female????)
1-2 Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis(single or male and female????)
1 Ctenochaetus truncatus(square tail bristle tooth tang)
Sand sifting goby?
Leapord wrasses when I'm confident I can keep an "expert only" fish alive lol

A choati leopard can be difficult no matter what, but other leopards, if they arrive healthy, can be very easy. M. bipartitis, meleagris, ornatus and also negrosensis can do well. They are just horrible horrible shippers and break their jaws/backs slamming into the bottom of the bags--natural instinct is to dive into the sand when they're scared.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I'd avoid with Halichoeres as well.

Avoid having multiples or avoid all together?
I thought the big thing about flasher wrasse' was the courtship display? :thinking-face: interesting!

 

[Calmwaters]

A choati leopard can be difficult no matter what, but other leopards, if they arrive healthy, can be very easy. M. bipartitis, meleagris, ornatus and also negrosensis can do well. They are just horrible horrible shippers and break their jaws/backs slamming into the bottom of the bags--natural instinct is to dive into the sand when they're scared.

Yes be sure to have a container with sand in your QT setup if you have one. When I put mine in my QT tank it dove into the sand in the container and stayed there for a few days. I tight it might have died but then it came out ready to eat and be social.

 

[Calmwaters]

Avoid having multiples or avoid all together?
I thought the big thing about flasher wrasse' was the courtship display? :thinking-face: interesting!

Mulitples of the same one.

 

[JoJosReef]

Avoid having multiples or avoid all together?
I thought the big thing about flasher wrasse' was the courtship display? :thinking-face: interesting!

Multiples of the same. When any males fairies + flashers are around, they can display. This is because the females of all of them all look the same. So the males show off among other types of fairies/flashers o the females know who to get freaky with.

 

[Calmwaters]

You have so many great options! I look forward to seeing what you decide on! I plan on adding more to my tank as well and am still researching to decide for sure what I want to go with.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Multiples of the same. When any males fairies + flashers are around, they can display. This is because the females of all of them all look the same. So the males show off among other types of fairies/flashers o the females know who to get freaky with.

So a male flasher will potentially display at a female fairy? And vice versa? So really one flasher and one fairy 1 male and 1 female should be ideal?

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

You have so many great options! I look forward to seeing what you decide on! I plan on adding more to my tank as well and am still researching to decide for sure what I want to go with.

So many names to look up and research lol. I didnt realize there were so many wrasse!

 

[Calmwaters]

So many names to look up and research lol. I didnt realize there were so many wrasse!

Wrasse are very colorful and have neat personalities.

 

[Calmwaters]

Tailspot also are adorable and have great personalities... ;) :face-with-tears-of-joy::rolling-on-the-floor-laughing::beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[Calmwaters]

I'm off to bed everyone I hope you all have a good rest of the night and sleep well when the time comes!

 

[luis angel]

Tailspot also are adorable and have great personalities... ;) :face-with-tears-of-joy::rolling-on-the-floor-laughing::beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

;)

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I'm off to bed everyone I hope you all have a good rest of the night and sleep well when the time comes!

I oughta do the same soon. Gonna make a glass of tea and settle down

 

[Calmwaters]

I oughta do the same soon. Gonna make a glass of tea and settle down

Oh what kind of tea? I love a good tea...

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I mean... worse case scenario, the blennies fight and I try and catch the tailspot and put the clowns and it in a smaller tank :thinking-face:

 

[Calmwaters]

I mean... worse case scenario, the blennies fight and I try and catch the tailspot and put the clowns and it in a smaller tank :thinking-face:

Very good option!!!

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Oh what kind of tea? I love a good tea...

Probably a "sleepytime" tea. Over the last 2 weeks I worked 2 days, had 5 of for Christmas break, worked 2 days, had 5 off for new years :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: my sleep schedule is messed up bad lol

 

[luis angel]

Oh what kind of tea? I love a good tea...

And in a great mug!!!

 

[Calmwaters]

And in a great mug!!!

Yes of course! My favorites are my handmade mugs I have received as gifts.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

And in a great mug!!!

I have a mug that i got like 11 or 12 years ago. I REALLY like it, but could never find anything else i liked. So the wife used Google lens and found the exact mug, and found out that they were being discontinued and bought 6 of the mugs, plates,bowls,big soup bowls, desert plates and a serving bowl before they ran out as a Christmas gift. I love those mugs so much!