FIRST SALTWATER TANK, NEED HELP

[1epauletteshark]

I guess the other three just aren’t hungry

 

[1epauletteshark]

Yesterday I bought the coral banded shrimp but then did some reasearch and realised that it will kill the sexy shrimp I am planning on adding later, should I return it and get a pacific cleaner shrimp or a peppermint shrimp?

 

[1epauletteshark]

Yesterday I bought the coral banded shrimp but then did some reasearch and realised that it will kill the sexy shrimp I am planning on adding later, should I return it and get a pacific cleaner shrimp or a peppermint shrimp

Out of these two which will be better for a 17 gallon tank with these fish

Update

Fish plans:
2x Ocellarus clownfish
Yasha hase goby
Yellow clown goby


Invertebrate plans:
2x Blue leg hermit crab
1x Pistol shrimp
1x Peppermint shrimp
5x Sexy shrimp
5x Nassarius snail
1x Cheeky hitchhiker porcelain crab

And i still plan on getting the bubble tip anemone

(17 gallon tank)



Any problems?

Scrap the peppermint shrimp and it is now 2 hitchhiker porcelain crabs

 

[1epauletteshark]

Out of these two which will be better for a 17 gallon tank with these fish

Scrap the peppermint shrimp and it is now 2 hitchhiker porcelain crabs

And the ocellarus clownfish are about an 2 inches long

 

[1epauletteshark]

Bump

 

[Lionfish hunter]

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Out of these two which will be better for a 17 gallon tank with these fish

Scrap the peppermint shrimp and it is now 2 hitchhiker porcelain crabs

It’s up to you. Either can work.

 

[Lionfish hunter]

Some people have had coral banded shrimp eat fish. But I’m it sure it is very likely.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Some people have had coral banded shrimp eat fish. But I’m it sure it is very likely.

Yeah either way I am not keeping it, it would 100% eat the sexy shrimp I plan on adding

 

[Lionfish hunter]

Yeah either way I am not keeping it, it would 100% eat the sexy shrimp I plan on adding

I have one, I love him. He is awful grumpy but never harms anything. But I have a 235 gallon aquarium for him to stretch his legs.

 

[1epauletteshark]

I have one, I love him. He is awful grumpy but never harms anything. But I have a 235 gallon aquarium for him to stretch his legs.

Yeah he also looked a bit cramped in my tiny 17gal

 

[1epauletteshark]

Update

Fish plans:
2x Ocellarus clownfish
Yasha hase goby
Yellow clown goby


Invertebrate plans:
2x Blue leg hermit crab
1x Pistol shrimp
1x Peppermint shrimp
5x Sexy shrimp
5x Nassarius snail
1x Cheeky hitchhiker porcelain crab

And i still plan on getting the bubble tip anemone

(17 gallon tank)



Any problems?

Update!
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 base goby because I didn’t like the sound of how agressive tiger pistol shrimp can be and 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


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

 

[Lionfish hunter]

Update!
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 base goby because I didn’t like the sound of how agressive tiger pistol shrimp can be and 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


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

You’re adding livestock pretty fast for a new tank. Test ammonia frequently. And feed sparingly for the next month.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Update!
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 base goby because I didn’t like the sound of how agressive tiger pistol shrimp can be and 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


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

As always things still constantly changing

Now I plan on adding a yellow banded possum wrasse but not for a while

Overnight I have had an explosion of red cyanobacteria

My first clownfish whose friend died is still not accepting the new baby clown and is chasing him out of the anemone but the new one is really wanting to be friends and live with the anemone too

 

[1epauletteshark]

As always things still constantly changing

Now I plan on adding a yellow banded wrasse but not for a while

Overnight I have had an explosion of red cyanobacteria

My first clownfish whose friend died is still not accepting the new baby clown and is chasing him out of the anemone but the new one is really wanting to be friends and live with the anemone too

Are there any inverts that will eat cyonobacteria?

 

[1epauletteshark]

Are there any inverts that will eat cyonobacteria?

I don't want to get a sea hare because I don't want to keep it in my tank I think i might just get some more turbo snails

 

[1epauletteshark]

As i said, always changing i am not adding any hermit crabs for now as i dont want it to eat my snails

 

[1epauletteshark]

I will be adding 2 more turbo snails and 2 more nassarius snails as they are never cleaning the actual tank and one or two come out everyday to eat for 5mins then go back under the sand not to be seen for another few days. Am I able to accommodate getting a blood red fire shrimp too seeing as I am not getting 4 fish only 3

 

[1epauletteshark]

I will be adding 2 more turbo snails and 2 more nassarius snails as they are never cleaning the actual tank and one or two come out everyday to eat for 5mins then go back under the sand not to be seen for another few days. Am I able to accommodate getting a blood red fire shrimp too seeing as I am not getting 4 fish only 3

EDIT

not adding any more nassarius snails as i dont want to overstock

 

[jabberwock]

The possum wrasse will not do well with the clowns. The clowns will be too aggressive.

 

[1epauletteshark]

The possum wrasse will not do well with the clowns. The clowns will be too aggressive.

The possum wrasse is doing great, it is bigger than the clowns and the baby clowns are so shy they just run away from everything. I know I added everything in very quickly but everything has been doing amazingly my hermits are just cleaning up the rest of the red cyano and it isn’t regrowing. I just had some concerns about my salinity. One day I’ll do a water change and my salinity will Ben a time 1.025 then the very next day water has evaporated and it’s has jumped to 1.027 what I saw going on? Is it because of the heater? I keep my Chile right on 12/7 because when i am not home the AC isn’t on and therefore the fish would overheat so the heater is working a little bit to make sure it doesn’t get get too cold.

Everything so far
Fish:
2x baby ocellarus clowns about 3cm in length
1x yellow banded possum wrasse 5cm in length
And I don’t plan on adding anything else

Inverts:
8x blue leg hermit crabs
5x turbo snails
3x nassarius snails
1x skunk cleaner shrimp
1x tuxedo urchin
1x small BTA
Still waiting for 5x sexy shrimp to restock

I am working on/have made a very helpful nano tank stocking chart if anyone is interested in giving any feedback:
Thread 'Announcing: Nano aquarium fish compatibility document!'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/announcing-nano-aquarium-fish-compatibility-document.958538/