38 Gallon Tank Question

[xrobbx03]

Currently I have a FOWLR setup but looking to go somewhat reef heres my stock so far:
38g Glass Tank
2x75w VHO Lighting
2 false percs
1 yellow watchman goby
10lbs LR with 25lbs more coming
6 Blueleg hermits
4 Scarlet Hermits
1 Zebra Hermit
Peppermint Shrimp
I was wondering what are the most colorful and easy care corals i cant get under that lighting. Also would it be possibly to add another small fish or two like a pygmy angel and something else or just the pygmy. Is my cleaner crew enough or should i add more? :notsure:

 

[fedukeford]

you could probley add one more small fish, mabey 2 depending on how small they are, for colorful lowlight coral, the ones i think are most colorful are zoanathids, and mushrooms

 

[pfitz44]

Originally Posted by xrobbx03
Currently I have a FOWLR setup but looking to go somewhat reef heres my stock so far:
38g Glass Tank
2x75w VHO Lighting
2 false percs
1 yellow watchman goby
10lbs LR with 25lbs more coming
6 Blueleg hermits
4 Scarlet Hermits
1 Zebra Hermit
Peppermint Shrimp
I was wondering what are the most colorful and easy care corals i cant get under that lighting. Also would it be possibly to add another small fish or two like a pygmy angel and something else or just the pygmy. Is my cleaner crew enough or should i add more? :notsure:
I would add a cleaner shrimp as well. Under that light, just about any corals will work. If they are the stony corals, just make sure there near the surface

 

[xrobbx03]

sounds good...any other suggestions on adding more fish if i can?

 

[pfitz44]

Have you thought about adding a pistol shrimp to see how the goby and him interact??
PS-Were in MA are you??

 

[fishfreek]

In my 38g reef i keep:
1-coral beauty
1-false perc
1-six line wrasse
1-royal gramma
IMO, you could add any one or two of these to your existing set up.
Do you have any pics of your tank?

 

[fishfreek]

I forgot to add, not sure how long your tank has bee set up, but i would not add any angel to a tank that is less than six months old.
For corals, you can keep: shrooms, toadstool, candycane coral, xenia,colt coral,green star polyps, button polyps...just to name a few.

 

[xrobbx03]

I'm in chelsea about 5 mins north of boston. The tank has been set up for about 2 months now. I will take some pics and post them. Theres nothing too special about it, im waiting for my live rock to cure so i can go ahead and add to the rock work that i currently have.

 

[xrobbx03]

I have thought about the pistol shrimp to go with the goby but i heard they can be kind of a pain

 

[xrobbx03]

Heres my tank kinda looks plain right now cause I'm waiting for my LR to cure so i can put in. In the meantime i put some artificial decor in there so it dont look to empty. Let me know what you think. ***)

The actinic bulb came up really bright in the last picture for some reason

 

[pfitz44]

lookst good

 

[xrobbx03]

bump ---- any other pics of 38 gallons out there