Is my tank overstocked?

[DanyL]

Bristle worms are the good guys, and part of your cleaning up crew, they won’t irritate your corals.

If you have too many and want to reduce their numbers I suggest doing so either manually or by setting up a trap.
There are 3D printed traps you can print at home or purchase them online.

Edit: As for actual pests, some gobbies may eat flatworms, though I wouldn’t lean to them as an affective alternative.
I’m afraid that even the smaller wrasses will get too large for your system.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

Thank you for the fast replys

 

[twentyleagues]

Nice, looks good! I like that you set up areas to help keep coral warfare down. I think that a lot of times it looks better that way to. That is a lot of coral though, thoughts for future when stuff starts to over grow the areas?

Yeah bristle worms are good guys, I'd also say if you think larger ones are hurting or looking out of place manual removal of some would be best. Dont take them all.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

Nice, looks good! I like that you set up areas to help keep coral warfare down. I think that a lot of times it looks better that way to. That is a lot of coral though, thoughts for future when stuff starts to over grow the areas?

Yeah bristle worms are good guys, I'd also say if you think larger ones are hurting or looking out of place manual removal of some would be best. Dont take them all.

Thank you!
For growth i’ll probably frag the corals and sell them.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

I would recommend against it as they grow pretty large, and are quite aggressive.

Instead, I suggest looking for a Blenny or Gobby, which don’t need much swimming space, nor will they bother your clowns.

What kind of goby/blenny?

 

[Tired]

Small to tiny. Tailspot blenny, barnacle blenny, two-spot blenny, trimma goby, clown goby, some of the shrimpgobies.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

Small to tiny. Tailspot blenny, barnacle blenny, two-spot blenny, trimma goby, clown goby, some of the shrimpgobies.

Aren’t two spots difficult to keep?

 

[Tired]

Two-spot /gobies/ are difficult to feed. Two-spot /blennies/ are similar to tailspot blennies, and are easily fed little rockhopper-type fish.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

Two-spot /gobies/ are difficult to feed. Two-spot /blennies/ are similar to tailspot blennies, and are easily fed little rockhopper-type fish.

Thank you

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

H

Small to tiny. Tailspot blenny, barnacle blenny, two-spot blenny, trimma goby, clown goby, some of the shrimpgobies.

How about a bicolor blenny?

 

[DanyL]

Small to tiny. Tailspot blenny, barnacle blenny, two-spot blenny, trimma goby, clown goby, some of the shrimpgobies.

This is a good list to choose from.

H

How about a bicolor blenny?

There are some reports of it eating corals.
While almost all blennies can develop a taste for corals, some are more susceptible for this behavior than others.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

This is a good list to choose from.


There are some reports of it eating corals.
While almost all blennies can develop a taste for corals, some are more susceptible for this behavior than others.

Thanks for the reply
I have another question,
In your experince, do clown gobies eat pellets/powdered coral food?

 

[twentyleagues]

Thanks for the reply
I have another question,
In your experince, do clown gobies eat pellets/powdered coral food?

Mine would eat pellets/flakes but preferred frozen like mysis and brine shrimp.

 

[DanyL]

Thanks for the reply
I have another question,
In your experince, do clown gobies eat pellets/powdered coral food?

I mostly keep SPS in my tanks, and given that clown goby is known to specifically nip on SPS, I haven’t kept one myself before to answer this question.

But I do know other local reefers who kept it, and all their fish were adapted to dry food.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

T

Mine would eat pellets/flakes but preferred frozen like mysis and brine shrimp.

Thank you

 

[Cell]

I would not add more fish to that 12G outside of 2 clowns and the cardinal which once they are full grown, will be maxing out that space.