What size tank for this stock list?

Schraufabagel · Jan 6, 2021

Here are the fish I would like to house in an AIO. I've been looking at the Waterbox 35, 50, and 65. I plan to utilize a CPR hang on back refugium for copepods and algae as well. Let me know what tank would be most effective for all or most of the fish on this list. They are list in order of most desired to least desired

Bonded clown pair and a bubble tip anemone
Goby and pistol shrimp pair
Mandarin
Dwarf feather duster
Royal gamma basslet
Skunk cleaner shrimp
Blenny
Firefish
Urchin

Additionally, how many corals would you suggest starting with for the tank size you recommended?

PicassoClown04 · Jan 6, 2021

The mandarin will not be an easy fish for a system less than 50 or 60 gallons that’s also at least a year old with a fuge and frequent re-stocking of pods. They eat thousands of pods a day and it’s not easy to maintain those kinds of numbers in a young system. May I suggest dropping this fish or saving it for maybe your one year tank-iversary?

Without the mandarin, you’re fine in a 30 gallon and obviously you can always go larger. Good luck with the tank, I’ve always wanted to keep a feather duster!

Schraufabagel · Jan 6, 2021

footgal said:
The mandarin will not be an easy fish for a system less than 50 or 60 gallons that’s also at least a year old with a fuge and frequent re-stocking of pods. They eat thousands of pods a day and it’s not easy to maintain those kinds of numbers in a young system. May I suggest dropping this fish or saving it for maybe your one year tank-iversary?

Without the mandarin, you’re fine in a 30 gallon and obviously you can always go larger. Good luck with the tank, I’ve always wanted to keep a feather duster!

That would be fine with me. I've heard that pods are hard to maintain with them. What would you say the appropriate number of fish would be for a 50-60 gallon tank?

PicassoClown04 · Jan 6, 2021

Schraufabagel said:
That would be fine with me. I've heard that pods are hard to maintain with them. What would you say the appropriate number of fish would be for a 50-60 gallon tank?

Depends on the size and behavior of the fish you want. You could have quite a few smaller fish or just a few larger fish. I’d say probably 7-8 small fish (3” or under) or 5ish medium fish (5” approx)