My New Plan

[toastii]

of course that would be a FOWLR tank i think.. though they have them in a large aquarium with a bunch of other fish and they were very peacefull?

 

[toastii]

ANY BODY

 

[toastii]

wait so can fire fish school are are they hostile to own species

 

[toastii]

ok so i guess thats a no... hmm im trying to think of more fish. .. i will add as time goes by but that is my starting fish list what i came up with before cept maybe minus the tang. and add the yellow tang

does anyone really not recomend seaurchins??

will they really rip upp the rocks and stuff... they seem docile to me... at least the zoo ones do.

pencil urchins

 

[mr_X]

yeah..a 1" hippo will be fine for a while...but won't you get attached to him?
i wouldn't be dipping snails anyway...i think you'll be ok.

 

[mr_X]

shavo had an unchin. his rock was completely white. no coralline, no nothing. he removed it, and now his whole tank is purple. :wink:

 

[toastii]

hmm ok....

thats true about the attatchment...
i'll see...................... hmmm i might just get a larger tank- i might be able to work out a deal with my LFS to get a larger tank and all the equipmtemt i was planning for 1700

 

[toastii]

so no urchin... sigh...

most likely no hippo unless iget a bigger tank

what are other easy swimming fish that i could keep.

 

[herpencounter]

So how’s it going any progress?

 

[toastii]

no actually my mom said 2000$ was tooooo much and she moved a table where i was going too put the tank and then said we had no room!!

but i found a 120$ 40gl stretch hex tank with stand bulk head (what exactly is that) and glass top

that she is considering
total cost would be a little over 1000$ depending if i decide to get erectus seahroses or reef tank

this is my list

40gl tank
are their ho-t5s that fit on a stretch hex- or any type of lights that fit on the stretch hex
50#LR
45#sand
heater
skimmer- so i never got a clear consensis on what a good skimmer was-

and all the micellanious (sp?) equpitment

and either 2 pairs of erectus
or

2 clowns
1 flame angel
1pearly jawfish
2 gobies of some sort

and then the inverts which i dont know about

 

[herpencounter]

Cant have every thing.

Best of luck,
Herp Encounter

 

[toastii]

any comments

what types of inverts should i look for a reef like tank- not including corals etc
i want to have the lighting for the option of having more than just mushrooms and zoas

i think

1 cleaner shrimp
# some variety of snails
i think pep shrimp

what else?