socking fish list feedback please

[hlama]

hey everyone, first, let me tell you that everyone has been a big help, this has turely been a group effort.i would like to thank all for there input on my previous lists(there have been a few). Thanks again everyone.

ok that being said while making this list i have prioritized my concerns:
first-aggression (dont want any)
second-care (food, sandbed ect..)
last-bioload;(by meeting the other concerns i hope this takes care of itself) ****
**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** however this is the reason i reduced my creatures cleannig crew)

while looking over the list ****please keep in mind my prioity list of concerns as this is what i use to guide me. please let me know what you think. any issues you see that might be a problem. once again thanks everyone for all your help.

I have a 72x18x20H tank about 150lbs of live rock with ½” sandbed. 45 gal sump with 30lbs of miracle mud and caulerpa. A sedra 1200gph and 586gph pump for the returm. Total circulating water 140gal. currently have 5 damsels in the sump. Will run like this for 3mo. Then add half the crabs and snails. (Creature list below ). Run with these for additional 3mo. Then add rest of creatures except fire shrimp. Run with these for 1-2mo. Add fire shrimp. Run for 2wk then star to add first group of fish. Approx 8mo. tank running before first group goes in tank. damsels out. then add each group 1-2mo. Apart.
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**** ****Group #1
1-green clown goby (gobioudon atrangulatrus)………………...1”
1-yellow clown goby (gobioudon okiwawee)…………………..1”
1-lineatus fairy wrasse (cirrhilabrus lineatus)…………………..4”
1-Red Parrot Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis)………………...3”

**** **** ****Group#2
2- false percula clown (amphiprion ocellaris) …………………………4”
1-flameback angel brazilian (centopyge aurantonus)……………3”
1-blue hippon tang (paracanthurus hepatus)……….…………….8-9”

**** **** **** **** Group#3
1-regal angel (pygoplites diacanthus )…………………………………….10”
1-mandrine goby (synchiropus splendidus)……………………...4”
1-orcid dottyback (fridmani pseudochromis)…………………….4”

CREATURES:

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


so what do you guys think good bad????

[wrasser]

one problem you might run into is your creatures, there might be to many. they all eat pretty much the same thing... ALGEA. It is the main diet and you might end up starving some speices in long term, speaking. Try to cut down on some of them. In order of numbers i suggest 4,1,2,4,4,1,1,4,5. I like your fish list. Let us know how it turns out

[TheOldSalt]

I'm guessing you have studied the Regal Angel and know what to expect?

May I suggest that you at least make sure to get a Red Sea version, so that it might actually live? I prefer the pure yellow of the others over the orangey tint of the Red Sea, but what good is that yellow if it won't live? Of course, lots of people like the orange better, so it works out fine.

[hlama]

yeah i do know about the regal angel. thanks for the heads up though.

[hlama]

it has changed the blood shrimp are out and 1 cleaner to be added. the crabs and stuff i think will go down a little but i want to wait tell i fish my coral list so i can view my whole bio load at once but definitally thinking about them. thanks

[wrasser]

dont forget a cleaner package will help keep the tank clean. Good idea to wait and see. good luck and keep us updated

[hlama]

Originally Posted by wrasser @ Sat 07 May, 2005

dont forget a cleaner package will help keep the tank clean. Good idea to wait and see. good luck and keep us updated

thanks, i will do that. still have a little refining to do. i am down to the really hard decesions. the ones that are just (which do i like more) kind of decissions. the hardest ones for me. i mean i can spend a hour try ing to pick a box a of cereal standing in the isle. i am thinkg about leaving one of the wrasse out (food issue for the mandrine) but can find a blue or red reef safe fish to switch with one. any ideas on this one.

[wrasser]

im not sure or not, but it sounds like you are going to have a refugium, if that is the case you will have plenty of food for your mandrin and wrasse. just raise the pods in the refugium

[Fishfirst]

Some flame angels are reef safe... (red/orange) As well as Firefish (white/red/orange), Blue Gudgeon Dartfish (baby blue), Red Stoplight Cardinalfish... just for a few examples for blue or red fish.