stocking tips

edmondspl · 02-01-2006, 05:09 PM

Hello everyone!

I have a question to all of you
I have a 55 gal tank that has been up and running for about 1 year now. I have a lot of live rock but couldn't tell you how many pounds. The only livestock I have in my aquarium right now is:

7 Red Hermit Crab (Dardanus megistos))
1 Engineer Goby (Pholidichthys leucotaenia)
1 Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
1 Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni)
10 Cerith Snail (Cerithium sp.)
1 Ocellaris Clownfish
2 Blue Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
1 Purple Condy Anemone - (Condylactis gigantea)
1 Serpent Star (Ophioderma brevispimum)

All of these exept my condy have been in my tank since my tank has cycled and are doing very well. My Question is:
I would like a very wide variety of animals in my tank (i.e. Starfish, seahorses, Anemones, etc.) but I am not quite sure of which animals would work realy well in a 55 gal reef tank setup together.
Are there any suggestions to animals to purchase? What is everyone's favorite animal (Fish and coral).
Please help because I am taking my hobby kind of serious and would like to upgrade one day to maybe a 200 gal setup or bigger.
thanx

marxsman · 02-01-2006, 06:14 PM

You need to answer a few more questions too. What kind of lights? What kind of filteration? Also I do not recommend putting a seahorse in with other fish. Also I do not recommend trying to put more than one anemone in a 55 gal. You need to consider the filteration and how often you do water changes before you start to increase the Bio load of your tank.

edmondspl · 02-02-2006, 01:14 PM

HERE ARE SOME OF MY THINGS

LIGHTING
Two 65 watt 10,000K and two 65 watt True Actinic 03 Blue straight pin base compact fluorescent lamps
Four 3/4 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps

FLITRATION
Emperor 400 BIO-Wheel Hangon
SeaClone Protein Skimmer CD-11979

02-01-2006, 05:09 PM	#1
edmondspl Just Moved In Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: nc Posts: 25	stocking tips Hello everyone! I have a question to all of you I have a 55 gal tank that has been up and running for about 1 year now. I have a lot of live rock but couldn't tell you how many pounds. The only livestock I have in my aquarium right now is: 7 Red Hermit Crab (Dardanus megistos)) 1 Engineer Goby (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) 1 Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) 1 Peppermint Shrimp (*Lysmata wurdemanni)* 10 Cerith Snail (Cerithium sp.) 1 Ocellaris Clownfish 2 Blue Green Chromis (Chromis viridis) 1 Purple Condy Anemone - (Condylactis gigantea) 1 Serpent Star (Ophioderma brevispimum) All of these exept my condy have been in my tank since my tank has cycled and are doing very well. My Question is: I would like a very wide variety of animals in my tank (i.e. Starfish, seahorses, Anemones, etc.) but I am not quite sure of which animals would work realy well in a 55 gal reef tank setup together. Are there any suggestions to animals to purchase? What is everyone's favorite animal (Fish and coral). Please help because I am taking my hobby kind of serious and would like to upgrade one day to maybe a 200 gal setup or bigger. thanx Last edited by edmondspl; 02-05-2006 at 11:40 PM.

02-01-2006, 06:14 PM	#2
marxsman Citizen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO Posts: 244	You need to answer a few more questions too. What kind of lights? What kind of filteration? Also I do not recommend putting a seahorse in with other fish. Also I do not recommend trying to put more than one anemone in a 55 gal. You need to consider the filteration and how often you do water changes before you start to increase the Bio load of your tank. __________________ John

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02-02-2006, 01:14 PM	#3
edmondspl Just Moved In Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: nc Posts: 25	HERE ARE SOME OF MY THINGS LIGHTING Two 65 watt 10,000K and two 65 watt True Actinic 03 Blue straight pin base compact fluorescent lamps Four 3/4 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps FLITRATION Emperor 400 BIO-Wheel Hangon SeaClone Protein Skimmer CD-11979

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