25 gallon tank stock idea

[Rirule]

Hello all, i started a new tank a week ago, it's a 25 gallon tank, 80x32x47 cm.
It's skimmerless, with an diy aio filter, i will use macroalgae to keep nutrients down (i got some gracilaria pom pom and trying to get some hypnea pannosa/others algae).
I was thinking about an ocellaris couple, one goby/blenny and one cardinal pajama, or a pink streaked wrasse.
But im open to other ideas, cause im not too much fond of ocellaris.
My cuc will be 2 clibanarius tricolor, 2 trochus and 2 astrea, one lysmata ambionensis and one monetaria annulus
(Im open about other ideas on cuc too).
In the past i had a marine cube with one goby, some macro and some other invertebrates.
This are some pics with only white led (i have 2 led bars one white and one blue).

 

[vlangel]

That's a good stocking list but the tank is still too new for those fish. Make sure the tank is fully cycled and then add the shyest fish first, maybe the pink streaked wrasse. Give the tank another month and then add the blenny. Folks get in trouble with disease when they add too many fish too fast in a new aquarium so be patient. After 3 months you can add the clowfish pair or whatever you might choose.

 

[Rirule]

That's a good stocking list but the tank is still too new for those fish

Yeah sure! I forgot to add that i dont plan to add any fish before 2 months pass and that ill surely add them one at the time, i read that the pink streaked wrasse is the more timid of all so if i find one it will be added first.

 

[vlangel]

Yeah sure! I forgot to add that i dont plan to add any fish before 2 months pass and that ill surely add them one at the time, i read that the pink streaked wrasse is the more timid of all so if i find one it will be added first.

Sounds like you have a good plan.

 

[fishyjoes]

I think your list of fish is good. If you want some other ideas... I have a 20 gallon display with 2 clowns, a springer damsel, a yellow watchman goby, and a royal gramma. This combination has been working for me so far (about 3 years).

If you don't like clown fish then don't get them.

When I was stocking my tank I wanted a pink streak wrasse to eat flat worms (which I had at the time) but could never find one locally, so for me the springer damsel does that job.

 

[Tcook]

I agree with not doing the clowns if you don’t need/want them. They can be pushy. The pink strek is a great fish. Consider a pair of helfrichi fierfish.

 

[Rirule]

When I was stocking my tank I wanted a pink streak wrasse to eat flat worms (which I had at the time) but could never find one locally,

Yeah thats my problem too, all the lfs doesnt have very much variety of fishes.
At the end of the next month there will be an exotic animal fair so im hoping to find something rare!

 

[Tcook]

You can check with Dr Reef or TSM.

 

[Rirule]

You can check with Dr Reef or TSM.

I live in Italy, we dont have many options here.

 

[Tcook]

I live in Italy, we dont have many options here.

Not sure if @i cant think is set up to ship to Europe. He is in the UK and has a reef store.

 

[i cant think]

Not sure if @i cant think is set up to ship to Europe. He is in the UK and has a reef store.

Annoyingly we aren’t, I know a couple shops used to ship between Europe - one was in Germany but I’m not 100% sure if they still do ship.

 

[Rirule]

one was in Germany

I found some online shops based in Germany or north Europe but they dont ship in Italy, and even if they did i would be a bit reluctant to let some living poor thing stay more than one day in a bag :(