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Building my first saltwater tank (coming from fresh water) really want a mixed tank heavy on fish and soft corals (with a few LPS)

innovative marine 200 gallon tank
Synergy SK-60 sump 74 gallons with Refugium
Will have Dual Clarissa SK5000 roller filters
tank is currently cycling and will be ready for a few fish in the coming week. Really not clear on how many fish I can stock but this is what I’m looking at to start with (over time, probably starting with clowns) So hard to not get out of hand. Please let me know if I’m way off track


Fish: (prefer all small captive bread)

2 Ocellaris /
2 skunk Clownfish (willing to try)
Mandarin goby
Blue hippo tang
Lyretail anthias 5 or 6
yellow tang
Diamond Goby
Pyjama Cardinal (5 or 6)
Flame angel
Achilles Tang
Lawnmower Benny
Magnificent Fox face
6 line wrasse
Bi color blenny
Coral beauty


Invertebrates:

Tiger pistol
Hermit crabs (a few per rock structure)
Cerith Snail (6)
Trochus Snail or Astraea Snail (10)
Emerald Crab per rock structure
Peppermint Shrimp (×2)
Pom Pom Crab (×2)
Candy Pistol Shrimp (×2)

lots of copepods

Coral:

Soft:
xeinia
Green star polyp
Zoanthids
Toadstool

LPS:
Torches
Frogspawn
Toxic green hammer
Galaxea
Scolymia
Goliopora
Acan lords
 

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Sounds like it's going to be awesome. Keep us updated with a build thread!
 

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Building my first saltwater tank (coming from fresh water) really want a mixed tank heavy on fish and soft corals (with a few LPS)

innovative marine 200 gallon tank
Synergy SK-60 sump 74 gallons with Refugium
Will have Dual Clarissa SK5000 roller filters
tank is currently cycling and will be ready for a few fish in the coming week. Really not clear on how many fish I can stock but this is what I’m looking at to start with (over time, probably starting with clowns) So hard to not get out of hand. Please let me know if I’m way off track


Fish: (prefer all small captive bread)

2 Ocellaris /
2 skunk Clownfish (willing to try)
Mandarin goby
Blue hippo tang
Lyretail anthias 5 or 6
yellow tang
Diamond Goby
Pyjama Cardinal (5 or 6)
Flame angel
Achilles Tang
Lawnmower Benny
Magnificent Fox face
6 line wrasse
Bi color blenny
Coral beauty


Invertebrates:

Tiger pistol
Hermit crabs (a few per rock structure)
Cerith Snail (6)
Trochus Snail or Astraea Snail (10)
Emerald Crab per rock structure
Peppermint Shrimp (×2)
Pom Pom Crab (×2)
Candy Pistol Shrimp (×2)

lots of copepods

Coral:

Soft:
xeinia
Green star polyp
Zoanthids
Toadstool

LPS:
Torches
Frogspawn
Toxic green hammer
Galaxea
Scolymia
Goliopora
Acan lords
Do you have pics of the dual roller set up?
 

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Building my first saltwater tank (coming from fresh water) really want a mixed tank heavy on fish and soft corals (with a few LPS)

innovative marine 200 gallon tank
Synergy SK-60 sump 74 gallons with Refugium
Will have Dual Clarissa SK5000 roller filters
tank is currently cycling and will be ready for a few fish in the coming week. Really not clear on how many fish I can stock but this is what I’m looking at to start with (over time, probably starting with clowns) So hard to not get out of hand. Please let me know if I’m way off track


Fish: (prefer all small captive bread)

2 Ocellaris /
2 skunk Clownfish (willing to try)
Mandarin goby
Blue hippo tang
Lyretail anthias 5 or 6
yellow tang
Diamond Goby
Pyjama Cardinal (5 or 6)
Flame angel
Achilles Tang
Lawnmower Benny
Magnificent Fox face
6 line wrasse
Bi color blenny
Coral beauty


Invertebrates:

Tiger pistol
Hermit crabs (a few per rock structure)
Cerith Snail (6)
Trochus Snail or Astraea Snail (10)
Emerald Crab per rock structure
Peppermint Shrimp (×2)
Pom Pom Crab (×2)
Candy Pistol Shrimp (×2)

lots of copepods

Coral:

Soft:
xeinia
Green star polyp
Zoanthids
Toadstool

LPS:
Torches
Frogspawn
Toxic green hammer
Galaxea
Scolymia
Goliopora
Acan lords
very nice IM 200 gallon, im jealous !
 

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