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My Reefer Peninsula 650 (140 gal DT, 35 gal sump in basement) is mostly setup, and I am now planning how I will stock it. My plan is to have a mixed LPS/SPS reef with a nice mix of inhabitants. Invertebrates and corals will be added once the tank has stabilized and coralline is starting to appear- hopefully in the next 2-3 months. In the mean time, I am slowly loading up the tank with livestock by adding a fish or two every month, after the previous one(s) have completed quarantine.
When at all possible, I would like to purchase captive-bred fish. Due to my travel schedule, I also would like fish that can be fed using an automatic feeder for a few days at a time when necessary. The overall stocking goal is to maintain a peaceful, stable community that adds motion and a variety of color at all levels of the tank.
The tank has been set up since early February, and so far has spent three weeks cycling using two frozen shrimp and some Bio Spira. Last weekend, I replaced the shrimp with a pair of juvenile Ocellaris clownfish. Here's how the tank sits today (the clownfish sure look small in a tank this size!):
In quarantine, I just added a bonded pair of Radial Filefish. They will be residing there for another four weeks.
Now that we have a few 'must have' fish out of the way, it's time to consider who else will be joining them! Here is my current plan, in the order I would add them in- I would really appreciate input and comments:
Addition 3: Randall's Shrimp Goby & Banded Pistol Shrimp: Another 'must have'. I am debating between the Yellow Watchman Goby and the Randall's Goby, but ended up leaning towards the Randall's out of concern for the Yellow coloration of the YWG fading over time.
Addition 4: Purple Firefish (possibly a pair)
Addition 5: 3-5 Lyretail anthias (1 male, 2-3 females)- to add color and to swim in the middle of the water column. Any other fish I should be considering for this role?
Addition 6: Orange-back fairy wrasse
Addition 7: Biota Tank-bred blue mandarin (possibly a pair)
Addition 8: Scott's Fairy Wrasse
Addition 9: Purple Tang OR Biota Yellow Tang. I would prefer to put these in earlier to control algae, but am worried that they might become territorial.
That is the (tentative) plan. To summarize:
Thanks in advance!
When at all possible, I would like to purchase captive-bred fish. Due to my travel schedule, I also would like fish that can be fed using an automatic feeder for a few days at a time when necessary. The overall stocking goal is to maintain a peaceful, stable community that adds motion and a variety of color at all levels of the tank.
The tank has been set up since early February, and so far has spent three weeks cycling using two frozen shrimp and some Bio Spira. Last weekend, I replaced the shrimp with a pair of juvenile Ocellaris clownfish. Here's how the tank sits today (the clownfish sure look small in a tank this size!):
In quarantine, I just added a bonded pair of Radial Filefish. They will be residing there for another four weeks.
Now that we have a few 'must have' fish out of the way, it's time to consider who else will be joining them! Here is my current plan, in the order I would add them in- I would really appreciate input and comments:
Addition 3: Randall's Shrimp Goby & Banded Pistol Shrimp: Another 'must have'. I am debating between the Yellow Watchman Goby and the Randall's Goby, but ended up leaning towards the Randall's out of concern for the Yellow coloration of the YWG fading over time.
Addition 4: Purple Firefish (possibly a pair)
Addition 5: 3-5 Lyretail anthias (1 male, 2-3 females)- to add color and to swim in the middle of the water column. Any other fish I should be considering for this role?
Addition 6: Orange-back fairy wrasse
Addition 7: Biota Tank-bred blue mandarin (possibly a pair)
Addition 8: Scott's Fairy Wrasse
Addition 9: Purple Tang OR Biota Yellow Tang. I would prefer to put these in earlier to control algae, but am worried that they might become territorial.
That is the (tentative) plan. To summarize:
- 2x Ocellaris clownfish
- 2x Radial filefish
- Yellow Watchman OR Randall's goby & red banded pistol shrimp
- 1-2 purple firefish
- 3-5 lyretail anthias
- Orange-back fairy wrasse
- 1-2 Red mandarin
- Scott's Fairy wrasse
- Purple OR Yellow tang
Thanks in advance!
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