Its really pretty! But I already have fish in my tank - could be the first new fish... ;Writing
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I meant to say make sure it IS NOT the first fish in.Its really pretty! But I already have fish in my tank - could be the first new fish... ;Writing
Leave the blue tang aloneWhat happened to the Starry Blenny and one PJ Cardinal if you don’t mind
I’d add a Goby and Shrimp pair.
Blue Tang will have to be rehomed.
Some of the more peaceful damsels would work. Azure, Talbot’s, etc.
I meant to say make sure it IS NOT the first fish in.
I wish I had my list where I could copy/paste because I will forget someone.
8” Sailfin Tang
5” foxface
5” Japanese Swallowtail angel (yes reef safe)
Pair of Melanurus wrasse
Pair of clowns
Royal Gramma
Starry Blenny
Black Sailfin blenny
Cleaner wrasse
6 line wrasse
Striped Dottyback
Banghaai Cardinal
Boxfish
Wide barred shrimp goby
Diamond sand sifting goby
Firefish
Clown Goby
various CUC - no shrimp of any kind - they are snacks for the pair of melanu
I feed 2 cubes frozen in the morning, 3 cubes frozen in evening and some Nori
Running filter floss, ATS, one filter sock and activated carbon. We have dual 30 gallons sumps with a water bridge connecting them
don’t mind the open stand - it’s water change day 30 gallons once a month and I have no clue how to take good pics of the tank with the lighting
The Melanurus are the cleaner shrimp. Expensive snacks. We have male and a female Melanurus - the color differences between them are amazing. She is slightly smaller than him. We are going to try a coral banded shrimp and see how that goes.I was wondering if that were the case , makes more sense
That's a great list! I've neve seen a boxfish but would be afraid of the whole tank poisoning thing
The Melanurus wrasse are so pretty... if I add a wrasse to my list it might have to be that one if I can find one!
The store seemed to think I'd be fine with a sailfin tang in a 6' 125 gallon, but I tend to prefer to err on the conservative side.
I'm assuming a cleaner shrimp would be okay?
I currently do 1 frozen brine shrimp cube in the evening, but might look into an auto feeder with pellets for the morning.
I used carbon but probably didn't change it enough. I never ran filter socks on the 40, but I may try it for this one once I get the sump set up.
I don't mind open stands since I have a display refugium with mangroves
I'm hoping to keep my stocking light enough that I can get away with a monthly 10-15% water change (about 20 gallons).
Picture of the mangroves, sump is so dirty and really needed to be cleaned, but I put it off since I knew I was moving it over to the new system.
Current list (still have a month probably before I get anything - planning to clean the other dry rock and add some in each week.
1 x Melanurus wrasse
1 x Royal Gramma
1 x Blue Damselfish
1 x Flame Hawk
1 x Scopas Tang
1 x Tomini Tang
1 x clown (current)
2 x Banggai cardinals (current)
1 x blenny (current?)
Good news, my bicolor blenny was spotted this morning, almost two weeks later! He must have been hiding in the rocks somewhere.
I decided against any damsels due to aggression. I'm back and forth on the flame hawk, I really like cleaner shrimp so I'd have to give them up. I'm back and forth on the chromis, but I was thinking I'd do a 4 week qt to rule out and/or treat Uronema and add a auto feeder to drop pellets in the morning to supplement my evening frozen shrimp feeding (I have an empty 40 gallon that I can use for a qt tank).
1 x clown (current)
1 x bicolor blenny (current)
2 x Banggai cardinals (current)
7 x Green Chromis (add first round of additions)
1 x Scopas Tang (add second)
1 x Tomini Tang (add second)
1 x Flame Hawk (add second)
So 14 fish, 20 or so hermits, and a couple of emerald crabs.
Does that seem like a reasonable stocking level for a 125g? Any other recommendations or replacements? I would rather be understocked than overstocked.
Thanks,
Scott
You are not overstocked. The 2 tangs both have a similar brown tone. I like the tomini. Dump the scopas and get some blue in there like a Watanabe angel. I think the flame hawk can get aggressive so I would go with a nice wrasse instead. Just my opinion. Your list is good.
Sailfin TangJust moved my 40g over to a 125! Right now I just have a handful of softies and lps and 4 fish: 1 clown, 1 bicolor blenny, and 2 x Bengali cardinals.
Thinking about adding:
1 x yellow tang (now that I have a bigger tank!)
2 x cleaner shrimp
Maybe 1 x royal gramma?
Maybe 2 x pajama cardinals?
Maybe 1 x Midas Blenny
Maybe some sort of urchin
I'm open for suggestions.
- preferably fish that don't hide all the time (yellow watchman goby and orchid dottyback, I'm looking at you).
- I'm good with cheap fish, maybe up to $100 if really worth it
- preferably hardy
- must be reef safe, I have no interest in testing to see if something works or not (so probably no angels, regardless of how awesome those flame angels look).
- I feed once a day on the evening (currently 1 cube of frozen shrimp), so no crazy feeding requirements
For flow I currently have 2 x koralia 1500 gph - one each on the left and right sides and 2 nanos 450 gph on the back left and back right.
I have another 40 lbs of dry rock that I plan to add. And adding 4 gallons of salt water each day to slowly fill it up. Picture of current state included.
Thanks!
Sailfin Tang
Midas Blenny
Neon Dottyback
2 Ocellaris Clowns
3 pajama Cardinals
Blue Hippo Tang
1 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Cleaner Shrimp
1 Fire Shrimp
Yes, its a 125g.Thanks for sharing! That is a 125g? The store seemed to think I'd be fine with a sailfin in a 125g, but everything I've read says they get too big. Same with the Blue Tang. I'm just not interested in having to rehome something down the road or upgrading to a bigger tank.
Midas blennies are so cool. I might have to add it to my list. Adding colors for reference. No blue color, but I guess that is okay.
1 x clown (current) - orange/black/white
1 x bicolor blenny (current) - purple/orange
2 x Banggai cardinals (current) - black/white
1 x Cleaner shrimp (add first) - red/white
1 x Midas Blenny (add first) - yellow
7 x Green Chromis (add first) - green
1 x Tomini Tang (add second) - yellow/brown
1 x Fairy Wrasse (add second) - red
Picture of current tank, going to eventually add a canopy