Hi guys, as my guides I would appreciate any input you might have about this stocking list. After a lot of research this is what I came up with for my 55g reef to be. Also, I decided to try to make this an Indo-Pacific region psuedo-biotope so that kind of limited my selections down, which was both a hinderance and a help. Furthermore, I tried to keep this to fish which seemed to be readily available either through the LFS (preferable to me) or online (if I had to). Anyway, any thoughts are welcome...no need to be gentle, if I am way off base let me know.
1 Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
-Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
1 Eibli's Dwarf Angelfish (Centropyge eibli)
5 Blue-Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
3 Bangai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)
1 Dispar Anthias (Psuedanthias dispar)
1 Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
That about sums it up...as best as I can tell these should all be compatable with each other and reef safe (with the possible exception of the Eibli's Dwarf Angel). The above order is the order in which I plan to introduce the fish to the tank over the course of the next year. I based this mostly on their hardiness and territorial needs as best as I thought I could. I plan to put the Eibli's in there a little earlier than I might normally because I theorize that if I put the fish in before there are any corals for it to nip out perhaps it will grow accustomed to eating the foods I provide; then, when some corals are placed it might leave them alone.
A question on the BTA and the clown: the clown, obviously, I have had for a yearish now and she is fine w/out the anemone, but I would like to give one of these inverts a try. I am confident that I can maintain it but I am a bit curious about your success rates getting the clowns to host after an extended period of time without an anemone. All indications from my readings on reef central are that this will most likely happen, but honestly the only reason I would want to keep the BTA is if the Maroon will host. Certainly, if the Maroon does not host I am not going to trash it or anything...I will still care for it and all...but if nobody here has had any success, or known of any personally, maybe I need to reconsider my thinking on this matter. I think the large sample size at RC makes it easier to find people who have been succesfull at damn near anything.
Also, the anthia, in some ways, seems like a difficult keep, but I am stricken by its beauty and the lfs here has had a healthy stock of these on hand for a good 6 weeks now, and the owner says he has easy access to them through some connection somewhere if he happens to be out at some time so I would like to give them a try as well...once again, unless the general consensus here is that I will find myself up a creek without a paddle when I get this guy home.
I had kind of hoped to keep a blenny, gobie, or jawfish but with the open top this is looking like a bad option so I'm going to pass on this.
Anyway, I appreciate anyone who bothers to read this virtual novel and is willing to troubleshoot it for me
K
1 Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
-Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
1 Eibli's Dwarf Angelfish (Centropyge eibli)
5 Blue-Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
3 Bangai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)
1 Dispar Anthias (Psuedanthias dispar)
1 Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
That about sums it up...as best as I can tell these should all be compatable with each other and reef safe (with the possible exception of the Eibli's Dwarf Angel). The above order is the order in which I plan to introduce the fish to the tank over the course of the next year. I based this mostly on their hardiness and territorial needs as best as I thought I could. I plan to put the Eibli's in there a little earlier than I might normally because I theorize that if I put the fish in before there are any corals for it to nip out perhaps it will grow accustomed to eating the foods I provide; then, when some corals are placed it might leave them alone.
A question on the BTA and the clown: the clown, obviously, I have had for a yearish now and she is fine w/out the anemone, but I would like to give one of these inverts a try. I am confident that I can maintain it but I am a bit curious about your success rates getting the clowns to host after an extended period of time without an anemone. All indications from my readings on reef central are that this will most likely happen, but honestly the only reason I would want to keep the BTA is if the Maroon will host. Certainly, if the Maroon does not host I am not going to trash it or anything...I will still care for it and all...but if nobody here has had any success, or known of any personally, maybe I need to reconsider my thinking on this matter. I think the large sample size at RC makes it easier to find people who have been succesfull at damn near anything.
Also, the anthia, in some ways, seems like a difficult keep, but I am stricken by its beauty and the lfs here has had a healthy stock of these on hand for a good 6 weeks now, and the owner says he has easy access to them through some connection somewhere if he happens to be out at some time so I would like to give them a try as well...once again, unless the general consensus here is that I will find myself up a creek without a paddle when I get this guy home.
I had kind of hoped to keep a blenny, gobie, or jawfish but with the open top this is looking like a bad option so I'm going to pass on this.
Anyway, I appreciate anyone who bothers to read this virtual novel and is willing to troubleshoot it for me
K
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