fish and invert plans

[flanders]

Fish plans….

I am getting serious about stocking my tank and wanted to get some opinions before I went ahead..

I know blue damsels and clown fish can be territorial…. I want to know if they will harass my tangs and eventual goby

I will probably be looking at various corals and possibly 1 anemone at one point but this tank is only 3 months old

rhino tang
yellow tang
3 blue damsels
2 (mated pair or ill settle for 1) gold maroon clown
some aqua damsels

down the road
Mandarin Goby

1 peppermint shrimp
2 scarlet cleaner shrimp
1 sponge crab
1 emerald crab


30 turbo snails
30 blue leg hermits


reef lobster (i have heard conflicting things about these guys from "safe" to may harm other invertebrates)

can you please point out any issues you see my setup is in my signature

 

[Anonymous]

What size tank is this?
Toss the Cascade 1500 filter and invest in some Maxijet Powerheads for circulation.
Skip the Prizm and invest in a better skimmer.
Cut back on the amount of hermit crabs.
Everything else depends on the size of your tank.
Oh yeah skip the lobster.

mario

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah...tank size would help us out a lot. 30 snails and 30 hermits seems like an awful lot, imo...regardless of tank size.

Skip the lobster...they can be bad news.

Not sure whether damsels or clownfish will bother a mandarin, but your tang should be fine.

 

[Anonymous]

Btw, welcome to RDO!!!

 

[flanders]

doh

thought i had put that in my signature

72 bow front

yea i am gonna ditch the canister and get a real skimmer as soon as i figure out how im gonna put my sump in

see
http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=65184

 

[Anonymous]

doh

thought i had put that in my signature

72 bow front

Skip both tangs and what species of anemone were you thinking about? Your lighting in lacking for most.

mario

 

[Jolieve]

I would also think long and hard before purchasing a mandarin goby. They have special needs and require a system designed around those needs.

J.