june nanoreef

[petlover516]

hi everybody! as a present for moving up to middle school, my mom has been very kind and promised me a 28gal HQI NanoCube by JBJ, (the 1 with the metal halides). im always interested in making sure that ive done enough research. for fish stocking i was planning:
-1 citron clown goby
-2 onyx clowns
-1 blue assessor
-1 orchid dottyback?-not sure if it will mix well with the assessor

for corals:
leather coral
zoanthids
'shrooms

as u guys might know ive already gotten the basics of SW down, so its really just the OD+BA?

 

[NYreefNoob]

1 blue assessor
-1 orchid dottyback?-not sure if it will mix well with the assessor these 2 might pose a problem and what do you plan to do to keep tank cool ? those run warm with the fixture, and congrats

 

[DrCooper]

You will love that tank! I have this tank and love it.
Any help needed just shoot me a PM.

 

[dsgray16]

Must have some allowance... if this isnt a joke...

If its really not, good luck :splitspin

 

[aznt1217]

You don't really need the HQI for your stock list. I would only get the HQI if I were keeping SPS Corals or Clams.

You can just get a standard 28g Nanocube.

The only problems that are potentially there as mentioned are the Blue Assessor and the Orchid Dottyback. I believe both are in the Basslet class of fish.

Good Luck

 

[sjsoto]

Send Pics When You Get It Best Of Luck.

 

[petlover516]

o i forgot to mention -i know they don't need it but IMO a tank looks more "natural" when clownfish have it-i will be adding a small kind of anemone to host the clowns. i was also planning on a clam of somesort and maybe even a few of the hardier types of sps. so if i can't go with a dottyback, is there any smaller type of purple and/or green fish that will mix well with the original plan? or i might throw of the assessor and go with some type of blue/green fish. which is better? assessor or dottyback? according to what ive reasearched assessors are better in a nanoreef, but i want the hobbyist's opinon!

 

[petlover516]

actually i have a better idea! i will go with a royal gramma and a neon goby! but than im not sure if the neon will get along with the CBG

 

[jrobbins]

hey,

congrats on the present. my 2 cents...

1. As another member stated, these tanks run very hot (or at lest mine does). make sure you have a plan to deal with it.
2. orchid dottybacks (even the tankbred fridmani's) are nasty fish IMO.
3. clown gobies will probably nip at sps if you ever go that route (if not, then no need at all for the halide).
4. adding any anemone to a small tank is not a great idea, unless you are ok with it potentially killing your corals and eating your fish (including the $100+ assessor). and then never stay small
5. the assessors kind of live in and around the rocks, same habitat as the gramma loreto and most pseudochromis. there isnt a lot of room in a 28 gal tank for them to stay out of eachothers way.

ok, hope that helps and good luck wiht the tank

 

[seldin]

Congrats on your promotion.

Your tank will be awesome. Friend had same tank with MH. Great setup. I would keep the MH because it will give you more flexibility later on.

You sound on to a great start.

Best of luck.

 

[petlover516]

actually i decided i didn't need MH's so im going with a 40 breeder-nice and wide. ive changed up the list of fish:
-2 true onyx percula clownfish-tank-bred
-1 orchid dottyback-tank-bred
-1 citron clown goby
-1 cleaner shrimp
-1 stark's damsel
-1 flame hawkfish
-20 hermit crabs
-1 rose anemone

my mom says she'll get the tank and the stand. the nanoreef wouldve been $460, including tax, so its good for her. though putting in the skimmer wouldve been nice...

 

[seldin]

>>-2 true onyx percula clownfish-tank-bred
-1 orchid dottyback-tank-bred
-1 citron clown goby
-1 cleaner shrimp
-1 stark's damsel
-1 flame hawkfish
-20 hermit crabs
-1 rose anemone>>

I think your fish load can possibly be on the heavy side. Let me explain. Nitrates and Phosphates are not good for corals. Now I only see an anemone. However, for myself, once I got my bio load down to very low, I never had a problem with my parameters again.

PS. My flame hawkfish proudly killed my cleaner shrimp with in a couple of days. So I would either swap out the hawkfish or the shrimp. Your flame hawk may be okay, just saying what happened to me.

Good luck,

 

[KathyC]

actually i decided i didn't need MH's so im going with a 40 breeder-nice and wide. ive changed up the list of fish:
-2 true onyx percula clownfish-tank-bred
-1 orchid dottyback-tank-bred
-1 citron clown goby
-1 cleaner shrimp
-1 stark's damsel
-1 flame hawkfish
-20 hermit crabs
-1 rose anemone

my mom says she'll get the tank and the stand. the nanoreef wouldve been $460, including tax, so its good for her. though putting in the skimmer wouldve been nice...

You will need to consider either a canopy or a cover for this tank with the mix of fish you have there. A few of them are notorious jumpers.

I'd also be concerned about the hawk and cleaner shrimp - he would be a meal for the Hawk. I've kept Hawkfish with Banded Coral shrimp successfully as long as the shrimp is larger than the Hawk from the get-go, you should be fine.

 

[petlover516]

ok than i'll go with a catalina goby and replace the citron with a canary damsel, also removing the starkii. than i will have a nice 6 inches off the bioload is that good?

 

[aznt1217]

In a 40 Breeder the bioload seems perfectly fine. Make sure you get a skimmer and a glass top. The glass tops only run about $40.

 

[jrobbins]

catalina goby is not a tropical species. you will kill it quickly if you put it in a reef tank.

 

[petlover516]

ive changed my list of fish:
2 onyx clownfish
1 orchid dotty-back
3 green chromis
1 flame angel
1 midas blenny

 

[jejton]

Middle school = 6th grade? If so, I'm impressed with the amount of thought and research you are putting into this. Would put many older reefers to shame.

 

[jrobbins]

Middle school = 6th grade? If so, I'm impressed with the amount of thought and research you are putting into this. Would put many older reefers to shame.

+1 to that. there are way too few people who take the time to really plan out a tank. its good to see you are trying to figure this out before you start throwing salt in a tank

anyway, as for my humble opinion of the latest revision of the stocking list...

2 onyx clownfish - cool fish, and tank bred too. really nice in this sized tank i think
1 orchid dotty-back - very aggressive fish. might eat your shrimp too, even a coral banded...
3 green chromis - they are cool fish, but always seem to kill each other off until there is only one left...
1 flame angel - maybe a little big for this sized tank. if you are set on an angel you could get an cherub angel (C. argi).
1 midas blenny - love that fish

even so, thats a lot of fish in a small tank. maybe just start with the clowns and a blenny and see how things go?

 

[PurpleTang]

+1 to that. there are way too few people who take the time to really plan out a tank. its good to see you are trying to figure this out before you start throwing salt in a tank

anyway, as for my humble opinion of the latest revision of the stocking list...

2 onyx clownfish - cool fish, and tank bred too. really nice in this sized tank i think
1 orchid dotty-back - very aggressive fish. might eat your shrimp too, even a coral banded...
3 green chromis - they are cool fish, but always seem to kill each other off until there is only one left...
1 flame angel - maybe a little big for this sized tank. if you are set on an angel you could get an cherub angel (C. argi).
1 midas blenny - love that fish

even so, thats a lot of fish in a small tank. maybe just start with the clowns and a blenny and see how things go?

+1 to that :splitspin