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rickross23 http:///t/390564/60g-reef-ideas#post_3459677
Hello. the 120 was sold. I am probably going to purchase a 60g marineland cube with overflow. I want a reef setup. What kind of small, colorful. Active fish. Here's a starting list tell me how it is.
Longspine sea urchin
2 red sea stars
5 anthias- what kind? Lyretail?
5 green chromis
2 CLOWNFISH
2 red mandarin dragonets. Will one red and one green mandarin mate?
Pink spotted goby or yellowhead sleeper goby
Pipefish?
Thanks guys for the hell I preciate it.
Hi, That truely is a wish list:
The long spine urchin needs tons of algae, and grows to be the size of a 5 inch ball very fast, and gets even larger than that, not suited for a 60g tank.
A single mandarine needs a tank with a refugium that is up and running for at least a year because of the amount of copepods they eat...You want two.
Anthias are so hard to get to survive. They need a well established tank, and near perfect parameters.
The red froma sea stars are another very hard to keep critter, they only feed on a certain type of film algae, nobody is sure of what type... but hope that their well established tank has it in there...most find out they don't.
A pipefish is another copepod dependent critter, and is better suited for a species only tank.
For now concern yourself with getting the tank up and running and get some good books to help you make a selection. It's more than what will get along but also the size of the tank, the food they eat, and temps.... all dictate what can be housed together. I am posting a couple of books and a page from each. These are super books and they are pocket sized so you can take them to the LFS with you.
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