My tank

MadReefer.420 · Dec 3, 2023

Hi all,
Longtime lurker first time poster here.

Have had my mixed reef running for over 3 years now.

75g DT with 40g sump with refugium and skimmer.

Stock list:

Fish (in order of adding):

2 occellaris clowns
Yellow watchman goby
Royal gramma basslet
Lubbock's fairy wrasse
Midas blenny
Tomini bristletooth tang

Inverts:

Candy pistol shrimp
Scarlett hermits
Blue leg hermits
Cerith snails
Nassaurius snails (vibex and tonga)
2 rainbow bubble tip anemones
Various little hitchhikers

Coral:

Green star polyps
Pulsing Xenia
Devil's hand leathers
Various zoanthids and palythoas
Various mushrooms (discosoma and rhodactis)
Candy cane lps

Plan on adding some more soft corals; haven't had great luck with lps/sps (killed a Duncan and stylophora from plummetting alkalinity)

Looking for input for any more fish stock or if you'd consider it to be full.

Peace River · Dec 3, 2023

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

Cichlid Dad · Dec 3, 2023

Welcome to the Reef!

Pvtgloss · Dec 3, 2023

InsaneClownFish · Dec 3, 2023

Welcome! Nice looking tank

Cichlid Dad · Dec 3, 2023

MadReefer.420 said:
Hi all,
Longtime lurker first time poster here.

Have had my mixed reef running for over 3 years now.

75g DT with 40g sump with refugium and skimmer.

Stock list:

Fish (in order of adding):

2 occellaris clowns
Yellow watchman goby
Royal gramma basslet
Lubbock's fairy wrasse
Midas blenny
Tomini bristletooth tang

Inverts:

Candy pistol shrimp
Scarlett hermits
Blue leg hermits
Cerith snails
Nassaurius snails (vibex and tonga)
2 rainbow bubble tip anemones
Various little hitchhikers

Coral:

Green star polyps
Pulsing Xenia
Devil's hand leathers
Various zoanthids and palythoas
Various mushrooms (discosoma and rhodactis)
Candy cane lps

Plan on adding some more soft corals; haven't had great luck with lps/sps (killed a Duncan and stylophora from plummetting alkalinity)

Looking for input for any more fish stock or if you'd consider it to be full.

I'm running the same setup. Look at my tank thread last page. My stocking is,

Pintail fairy wrasse
One spot fox face
Copperband butterfly
Bi color blenny
Two clowns
Blue green chomis.

I feel the tank is pretty set with this stocking

dstockwell · Dec 3, 2023

Welcome to the Reef

kevgib67 · Dec 3, 2023

Welcome, glad you are here! Might not get a lot of answers as this is a welcome thread. You might want to choose a stocking thread. For fish, you are definitely not maxed out. I would give easy lps a try such as a candy cane. I would also suggest a urchin for your cuc.

MadReefer.420 · Dec 3, 2023

Cichlid Dad said:
I'm running the same setup. Look at my tank thread last page. My stocking is,

Pintail fairy wrasse
One spot fox face
Copperbanb butterfly
Bi color blenny
Two clowns
Blue green chomis.

I feel the tank is pretty set with this stocking

You've got a beauty setup yourself!

Cichlid Dad · Dec 3, 2023

MadReefer.420 said:
You've got a beauty setup yourself!

Thank you!

MadReefer.420 · Dec 3, 2023

kevgib67 said:
Welcome, glad you are here! Might not get a lot of answers as this is a welcome thread. You might want to choose a stocking thread. For fish, you are definitely not maxed out. I would give easy lps a try such as a candy cane. I would also suggest a urchin for your cuc.

Thanks! I do have a candy cane but it's not thriving and after losing my Duncan and stylophora I figure it may be best/easiest to stick with the softies as they've been thriving. My only fear of the urchin was that it may eat all the algae that my tomini likes to graze on as well as the pretty Coraline

Evil1 · Dec 3, 2023

kevgib67 · Dec 3, 2023

Hmmm, how old is your tank and parameters? I’m sure at some point you’ll be able to have thriving lps and at least some easy sps. I’ve had 6 fish in my 32g for over two years I’ve added a couple of easy sps, birdsnest and monti cap after 6-7 months that grow a little to quickly.

shakacuz · Dec 3, 2023

welcome aboard the r2r board!

MadReefer.420 · Dec 3, 2023

kevgib67 said:
Hmmm, how old is your tank and parameters? I’m sure at some point you’ll be able to have thriving lps and at least some easy sps. I’ve had 6 fish in my 32g for over two years I’ve added a couple of easy sps, birdsnest and monti cap after 6-7 months that grow a little to quickly.

3 year old tank. I don't dose anything. All was doing well with stable parameters but when I cut back water changes from weekly to biweekly (as my nitrates and phosphates were staying low) my alkalinity dropped and my stoney corals paid the price. Your candy canes look much happier than mine.