[prow]

hi everyone am hoping to get some feedback on my fish list. I have a 72x18x20H tank about 150lbs of live rock with ½” sandbed. 45 gal sump with 30lbs of miracle mud growing red graciaria tikvanhie. A sedra 1200gph and 586gph (1786gph) pumps for the returm. 2- Penguin 550 Powerhead (Marineland) 145gph. Total circulating water 140gal. currently have 5 damsels in the sump. Will run like this for 6mo. Then add crabs and snails. (Creature list below ). Run with these for additional 3mo. Approx 9mo. tank running before first group goes in tank. damsels back to the store. then add each group 1-2mo. Apart.

*the size to the right is the max size. I will be buying everyone small.

Group #1
1-green clown goby (gobioudon atrangulatrus)2”
1-yellow clown goby (gobioudon okiwawee) 2”
4-Dispar Anthias (Mirolabrichthys dispar) 4”
2-lineatus fairy wrasse (cirrhilabrus lineatus) 5”

Group#2
2-false percula clown (amphiprion ocellaris) 4”
1-Canary Blenny (Meiacanthus ovalaunensis) 5”

Group#4
1-regal angel (pygoplites diacanthus ) 10”
1-Flame Angel (Centropyge loriculus) 4”


CREATURES:

2-cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis))
1-electric blue hermit crab (calcinus elegans)
2-emerald matrix crab (mithrax sculptus)
5-zebra hermit crabs (calcinus laevimanus)
5-red legged mex. hermit crab (clibanarius digueti)
1-red flame serpent starfish (ophioderma rubicundum)
1-tiger serpent starfish (ophiolepsis superba)
2- Turbo Snail Mexican (Turbo fluctuosa)
5-nassarius snail (nassarius vibex)
15-turbo snails (turbo fluctuosa)

any commit is will be very helpful and much appreciated. thanks everyone.

[almostdiva]

Prow,

I see you decided against the hippo tang. I would keep an odd number of anthias. I much prefer nassarius snails to turbos, but that's just me.

I think this will be a great tank!

Rebecca

[kevinpo]

Great list! I would add a couple more Dispar Anthias.

HTH,
Kevin

[prow]

Originally Posted by almostdiva

Prow,

I see you decided against the hippo tang. I would keep an odd number of anthias. I much prefer nassarius snails to turbos, but that's just me.

I think this will be a great tank!

Rebecca

thanks. yeah no hipo .but i get to keep the regal i was thinking about getting a kole tang instead of the flame angel what do you think, flame or kole??

[almostdiva]

Originally Posted by prow

thanks. yeah no hipo .but i get to keep the regal i was thinking about getting a kole tang instead of the flame angel what do you think, flame or kole??

Koles or chevrons. Both stay small (relatively), and are mild mannered and peaceful. You can also look into the blue eyed kole tang (ctenochaetus binotatus)
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ctenocha.htm

it also stays around 6 inches like the kole. I've kept Koles in the past, they are nice, peaceful fish who just munch algae all day long.

[szwedo]

Personally i like the kole better than the chevron and it is great at keeping hair algea away. it ussually eats hair algea but if you introduce it in a tank overun by the algea already your probly going to end up taking the LR out and scrubbing it off. the kole looks better than the chevron to me too.