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System info:
65g DT w/ DSB
4.7g HOB Refugium w/ RDSB
30g Sump/Refugium combo
130lbs of LR
Current stock:
1 Firefish
1 Green Mandarin (captive bred)
3 sea urchins
2 cucumbers
Random hermits/snails
Mostly FOWLR, but I have a few zoas, a mushroom, and a Green Star Polyp colony.
I've had my tank up and running since October 2018, but honestly I haven't been able to do much with it for the vast majority of that time (due to a variety of reasons). Long story short, I started with a Firefish and Tiger Watchman Goby but the goby managed to escape what I thought was an escape proof top (surfed up the HOB refugium spillway and then leapt sideways off onto the carpet in the middle of the night). Since most of my planned stock list was jumpers (wrasses plus the goby), I didn't want to add any more until made the top COMPLETELY escape proof. I was dealing with being a new mom (my first) at the time, so the tank sat idle other than water changes/maintenance for a year due to a combo of not having time or mental bandwidth to attempt to McGuyver a solution for the HOB spillway. After a year, I realized the tank could probably support a Mandarin, so I added a pair, and lost the female immediately (she didn't make it through the drip acclimation, so I suspect either the shipping stresses were too much or I messed up the acclimation process somehow due to my inexperience). Thankfully the male made it! But still, cue more paranoia at adding anything more, plus the fact that I still hadn't fixed the escape routes in the top, and the tank has sat idle for another year. The male mandarin has continued to thrive and is a happy, fat 1.5" long, and my daughter is old enough now that I'm not quite so overwhelmed. Now that I have more time to spare for the tank I want to revisit my stocking plan so I have motivation to get through the mental block about fixing the top to be escape proof.
Current tentative stock list plan:
1 Firefish (in already)
1 Mandarin (in already)
1 Tiger Watchman Goby
1 Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse (C. Isosceles)
1 McCosker's Flasher Wrasse (P. Mccoskeri)
1 Blue Flasher Wrasse (P. Cyaneus)
1 Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (C. Exquisitus)
1 Golden Rhomboidalis Wrasse (C. Rhomboidalis)
1 Saddle Valenti Puffer
I know depending on the Puffer's personality I might not be able to keep much of a CUC. Would a Lawnmower Blenny fit too, or would I need to drop a wrasse to fit it? What do you guys think?
65g DT w/ DSB
4.7g HOB Refugium w/ RDSB
30g Sump/Refugium combo
130lbs of LR
Current stock:
1 Firefish
1 Green Mandarin (captive bred)
3 sea urchins
2 cucumbers
Random hermits/snails
Mostly FOWLR, but I have a few zoas, a mushroom, and a Green Star Polyp colony.
I've had my tank up and running since October 2018, but honestly I haven't been able to do much with it for the vast majority of that time (due to a variety of reasons). Long story short, I started with a Firefish and Tiger Watchman Goby but the goby managed to escape what I thought was an escape proof top (surfed up the HOB refugium spillway and then leapt sideways off onto the carpet in the middle of the night). Since most of my planned stock list was jumpers (wrasses plus the goby), I didn't want to add any more until made the top COMPLETELY escape proof. I was dealing with being a new mom (my first) at the time, so the tank sat idle other than water changes/maintenance for a year due to a combo of not having time or mental bandwidth to attempt to McGuyver a solution for the HOB spillway. After a year, I realized the tank could probably support a Mandarin, so I added a pair, and lost the female immediately (she didn't make it through the drip acclimation, so I suspect either the shipping stresses were too much or I messed up the acclimation process somehow due to my inexperience). Thankfully the male made it! But still, cue more paranoia at adding anything more, plus the fact that I still hadn't fixed the escape routes in the top, and the tank has sat idle for another year. The male mandarin has continued to thrive and is a happy, fat 1.5" long, and my daughter is old enough now that I'm not quite so overwhelmed. Now that I have more time to spare for the tank I want to revisit my stocking plan so I have motivation to get through the mental block about fixing the top to be escape proof.
Current tentative stock list plan:
1 Firefish (in already)
1 Mandarin (in already)
1 Tiger Watchman Goby
1 Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse (C. Isosceles)
1 McCosker's Flasher Wrasse (P. Mccoskeri)
1 Blue Flasher Wrasse (P. Cyaneus)
1 Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (C. Exquisitus)
1 Golden Rhomboidalis Wrasse (C. Rhomboidalis)
1 Saddle Valenti Puffer
I know depending on the Puffer's personality I might not be able to keep much of a CUC. Would a Lawnmower Blenny fit too, or would I need to drop a wrasse to fit it? What do you guys think?