Stocking for 27 gallon

Hebrewhammer · Jul 29, 2022

27 gallon tank (I believe it's 27 gallons I bought it 2nd hand and it was advertised as 29 gallons but it looks like one of the older marineland 27 gallon cubes.

Current stocking
2 occellaris clownfish
1 peppermint shrimp

Stocking ideas

Diamond watchman goby
Chalk bass

I think that is about it for fish. I would probably add some additional cuc as necessary.

Coral stocking

Mushrooms and leathers. Was thinking of starting with a Kenya tree. I come from freshwater with live plants and love the idea of corals taking over the tank.

nereefpat · Jul 29, 2022

Hebrewhammer said:
27 gallon tank (I believe it's 27 gallons I bought it 2nd hand and it was advertised as 29 gallons but it looks like one of the older marineland 27 gallon cubes.

What are the dimensions of the tank? Taking LxWXH in inches x 0.00434 will give you gallons.

Hebrewhammer said:
27 gallon tank (I believe it's 27 gallons I bought it 2nd hand and it was advertised as 29 gallons but it looks like one of the older marineland 27 gallon cubes.

Current stocking
2 occellaris clownfish
1 peppermint shrimp

Stocking ideas

Diamond watchman goby
Chalk bass

I think that is about it for fish. I would probably add some additional cuc as necessary.

Coral stocking

Mushrooms and leathers. Was thinking of starting with a Kenya tree. I come from freshwater with live plants and love the idea of corals taking over the tank.

Hebrewhammer said:
Diamond watchman goby
Chalk bass

Chalk bass is fine. If you see the diamond goby (not a watchman since they don't pair with shrimp) eat at a store, then it will be okay. Some don't eat and just sift sand and starve.

Hebrewhammer · Jul 29, 2022

nereefpat said:
What are the dimensions of the tank? Taking LxWXH in inches x 0.00434 will give you gallons.

Chalk bass is fine. If you see the diamond goby (not a watchman since they don't pair with shrimp) eat at a store, then it will be okay. Some don't eat and just sift sand and starve.

Looks like its 20x18x21. I punched in those measurements into google and it looks like an oceanics 30 gallon cube. A little bigger than I expected :)