reef safe easy maint fish for 150

[Lucunae]

Hi,
I am getting my live rock in for my 1st 55g on fri and im already planning a upgrade Im going to get a 150gal for christmas and make the 55gal a refugium. Im gonna go ahead as planned for the 55 and get 3 green chromis, a firefish goby and a ocellaris pair. What would be some sutibale tankmates to add when the 150g is up? I am plaiing on adding zoos and shrooms eventually once i save up for better lights. For now lighting will be 4 30w GE Aqua Rays fresh/salt bulbs. Comes in at under a watt per gallon but i hope to get lights a few months later.

thanks for the help in dreaming ahead


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[naesco]

You should not add any fish until 60 days after your tank has cycled and than one fish at a time one month apart.

If I were you I would set up your 55 as a refugium right from the beginning. Get the pods etc in overdrive and ready for the 150.
Add one fish.

REEForm; Never buy a fish from the Philippines or Indonesia where the use of cyanide is rampant.

[sambryce]

Royal Gramma
Banggai Cardinal
Hippo Tang

[sambryce]

With a stable setup with 200 gallons of water, the addition of one fish (given that it's not a 10" tang or something) will cause such a negligible ammonia spike that I wouldn't worry about waiting a month between adding fish. I agree to only add one at a time...unless it's a pair or school.

Definitely quarantine your new fish for 4 weeks before adding it to your display tank.

[ozadars]

Yes u should wait until the cyle is over
Blennies and gobies (you can look at liveaquaria and there are really interesting gobies and blennies that noone has, they arent expensive and some of them has symbiotic relationship w/ corals and other, look liveaquaria for rare fish) are very cool fish, try them

[Hal]

Orchid dottyback
6 line wrasse
yellow/purple tang
lawnmower blenny

[dgin]

- one or two tangs yellow/purple tang and/or hippo(regal) tang
- royal gramma
- mandarin