17 gallon stocking ideas

1epauletteshark · Jan 4, 2023

Already added:
2x Baby ocellarus clownfish
1x Skunk cleaner shrimp
5x nassarius snails
2x cheeky hitchhiker porcelain crabs
1x turbo snail
1x small BTA

Fish plans:
I still need help deciding what other small fish I should add seeing as I removed the Yasha hase goby from the list because I didn’t like the sound of how agressive tiger pistol shrimp can be and I have already had an incident with agressive shrimp, they were going to be a pair and I removed the yellow clown goby because I just didn’t really like the idea of it anymore. Please keep in mind the clowns are <1.5 inches long and I am a beginner I don’t need any big or agressive fish.

Invert plans:
1x Blue leg hermit crab (arriving soon)
5x sexy shrimp (restocked this Friday)

I know there are lots of other fish that could fit in my aquarium but I live in Jakarta and here it is close to impossible to get specifically what you are looking for but and ideas would be much appreciated!

1epauletteshark · Jan 4, 2023

I have read that some people have sixline wrasse in tanks even smaller than this but would that be a possibility? And would it harm any of the other inverts/fish?

1epauletteshark · Jan 4, 2023

I would love to add a mandarin fish and just end it there but a 30gal is recommended

1epauletteshark · Jan 5, 2023

My LFS sells small mandarin fish in great health would there be any problems if I bought it and didn’t buy anything else (In terms of fish)?

NotReefsafe · Jan 5, 2023

Don’t buy the mandarin, they grow and have specific needs.

two clowns in a 17 is pretty set for stocking. If you want another fish, maybe eviota or trimma gobies, or a possum wrasse

1epauletteshark · Jan 5, 2023

NotReefsafe said:
Don’t buy the mandarin, they grow and have specific needs.

two clowns in a 17 is pretty set for stocking. If you want another fish, maybe eviota or trimma gobies, or a possum wrasse

Oh cool I had never seen possum wrasse before they are so cute I will definitely need to see if I can find them here, i might have seen the before, do they pose openly threat to shrimp like sexy shrimp?