Stocking Tank...what fish to get?

The Saltwater Kid · #1 06/22/2006, 10:42 AM

Right now here is a list of what I have in my tank...

Sixline Wrasse, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Queen Conch, Margarita Snail, 6 Scarlett Leg Hermits, 4 Blue Leg Hermits, Red Tip Hermit (common reef hermit), 15 Astrae Snails, 10 Cerith Snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, 2 Mexican Turbo Grazers.

I do plan on keeping corals. I would like to put in 3 more fish if I can...don't know if the bioload would be too much though. The fish I'm looking at are: Royal Gramma, Ocellaris Clown and Lawnmower Blenny. Are these OK to add? What would you add? My Sixline hides a lot and that ****es my wife off, she would like a fish that swims out in the open where she can see him (she wants the "nemo" clown...lol). I'm open to any suggestions. Thank!!!

gary greguire · #2 06/22/2006, 04:35 PM

royal Grammas can get realy mean in small tanks....

Lawnmower Blennys some times are finicay eaters and seem to do better in lager aquariums.....

JMO

fishfarmer · #3 06/23/2006, 03:53 PM

A pair of clowns would be good. I was going to suggest an arc eye hawkfish but I think they eat shrimp. Maybe a couple of chromis.

The Saltwater Kid · #4 06/25/2006, 05:06 PM

I just got an Orange Spotted Diamond Goby. He is so cool, great personality and a very pretty fish! I love watching him dig out his burrows and spit his mouthful of sand...lol.

The Saltwater Kid · #5 07/13/2006, 06:48 AM

Th Diamond Goby didn't last long, two days after I out him in he was dead on the bottom of my tank...my Nassarius snails were having a feeding frenzy (can snails be in a frenzy...lol) :-(. He seemed really happy, making his burrows in the sand bed and spitting out the sand through his gills. I had my water tested and it came out perfect, the only thing that wrong was my salinity was too high at 1.027. Tyler at Pet Advantage said that if the Goby came from a tank with lower salinity levels than this could have been too much of a shock for him. At the time the tank was only 3 1/2 months old. I have since added a pair of Blue Green Chromis and they have been a blast to watch as they play in the jetstream of the powerheads and are just so active. They have also coaxed my Sixline out of hiding and now he too is be-bopping all around. I guess it just wasn't meant to be with the Goby. I know some people say that Royal Gramma's can be mean in a small tank but I've also heard the opposite so I think I'm going to chance it as they are such a beautiful fish and my last fish will be an Ocellaris Clown (for the wife...lol.).

SHOmuchFUN · #6 07/13/2006, 07:13 AM

Careful of your sixline, they can be bastards too.

tsalter · #7 07/14/2006, 10:24 PM

Chromis - best $6 fish out there.