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Old 06/12/2005, 12:24 AM
bigbenji bigbenji is offline
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stocking for a 55g

I'm setting up a 55g right now, these will be imported from my 20g
1 x coral beauty
1 x false percula
1 x pink-spotted shrimp goby
1 x pistol shrimp (no, they haven't paired up)

various blue-leg, red-leg, hermits
various nassarious, astrae, cerith, and turbo snails

2 frags of pulsing xenia (mine split, woohooo)
4 kenya tree frags
3 candy cane frags
3 zoo rocks
1 mushroom rock

I'm not really looking into more corals, I just want more fish. What else can I put in there? I'd prefer not to lose any inverts, so non-aggressive is a must. However, I love watching the clown tell the coral beauty to go to H - E double hockey sticks.
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Old 06/12/2005, 05:04 AM
floridajhawk floridajhawk is offline
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fairy wrasse, nice anthias, or maybe grab a mate for your clown . . .
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Old 06/12/2005, 02:04 PM
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If you get a wrasse ensure it cannot jump out. Buy that florescent lighing egg crate and cut it to fit the top of your tank or some day you could loose that wrasse :-)
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Old 06/12/2005, 02:27 PM
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personally I prefer a glass top it just overall looks cleaner
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Old 06/12/2005, 03:24 PM
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I've got the glass tops, just not in place. Do I need glass tops even though I have a canopy? I was thinking of grabbing a mate for my clown, and finding a pair of fairy wrasses. Would 6 fish be too much in a 55g with a 20g sump, and an aqua c urchin skimmer?
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Old 06/12/2005, 03:42 PM
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noyou will be fine with them all in the 55 because none of them will really be that large. as far as glass tops or canopy if there is space that the fish will jump from the tank into then I would put on the glass tops to keep them in because the fairy wrasse's are known jumpers so you need to just prepare for that even if it might not happen there is always a chance
 


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