60g Cube stocking *Newbie Alert*

[chrispyness]

Greetings all,

I’ve been keeping freshwater for a few years now and have been wanting to get into the marine side of things for about 6 months. I had envisioned it was going to be years until I’d be able to but my LFS was having a blowout sale and I got one of their used 60g cube display tanks, sump, return pump and protein skimmer for $150. I don’t plan to set it up for a bit but want to plan out a stocking list for when the tank is set up and cycled. I am planning on having live rock and softies for corals.

Here are a few of the fish that I’ve researched that I’m interested in

- Yellow Watchmen Goby
- Pistol Shrimp (ideas on which kind?)
- Royal Gramma
- Flame Angel (may be too big?)
- Yellow Tang (may be too big?)


I know everyone has a clown fish or two but I’m honestly not terribly excited about them right now. Does that make me weird? Haha

What other types of fish could work? Different kinds of shrimp?

I’d also appreciate any recommendations on material to grow my knowledge of reef keeping and marine fish. It seems there’s a lot less out there than freshwater has. So any articles, threads, websites or YouTube channel suggestions would be awesome!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tahoe61]

Hi and Welcome to R2R! Congratulations on your new tank. That's quite deal, what a price.
The Flame Angel will be a good choice, I feel the tank is too small for that kind of tang.
Look at some of the mellowed Damsel types, and reef safe wrasse.
Go window shopping @saltwaterfish.com

 

[Michael Hughes]

Sounds like you got a great deal!

For that size tank I'd also consider a firefish. Not the sharpest photo but the red firefish is a favorite in our household:

 

[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here and good luck!

 

[chrispyness]

Hi and Welcome to R2R! Congratulations on your new tank. That's quite deal, what a price.
The Flame Angel will be a good choice, I feel the tank is too small for that kind of tang.
Look at some of the mellowed Damsel types, and reef safe wrasse.
Go window shopping @saltwaterfish.com

Saltwaterfish.com is such an amazing resource! I’ve spent the past several hours looking at everything and reading more about them. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[saltwaterfish.com Verified Sponsor]

Welcome to R2R! Nice deal on the tank setup and stocking wise everything except the yellow tang would work well. If you were set on a tang go with one from the bristletooth family (Ctenochaetus) as they stay smaller, and stock lightly around it. There's lots of different fish that you can go for just make sure to do your research so you can make sure everything gets along and will live happily in your size tank. We have a key facts description on each of our items that will give a recommended minimum tank size and whether or not they are reef safe. But if you have any questions we also have a live chat option as well and are always happy to help
Thanks @Tahoe61 for the shout out!