sparty059
Active Member
So, I've had my aquarium set up since August of '10. I'm reaching a crossroad at this point. I have Green Star Polyp, Hammer Coral, and Sun Coral (That I had from the start of the tank). My tank currently also has 4 turbo snails, and around 20-30 other snails. I also have a peppermint shrimp (only one from what I can tell as I haven't seen the second one in more than 2 months), an emerald crab, many brittle starfish, and other little starfish roaming around the tank that came as hitch hikers from the rock.
The situation that I have run into is that I'm looking at purchasing fish that are not reef friendly, and the last thing I would want is for some of the fish I want to buy to kill off my corals. Before I buy these fish, I wanted to know how well they would handle being in a 150G tank with each other first, and if this would be suitable for them...
I currently have 2 clowns, 1 lawnmower blenny, and 5 pyjama cardinal fish.
I want to eventually get a hippo tang, a dogface puffer, and possibly a lion fish. I want to get some other fish on top of that, but those seem to be the main ones I want to get.
Assuming I do get these and they're all compatible... I have a refugium down below... would the corals be suitable for living down there with the lighting I have? I have just a desk lamp CFL 16W (comparable to an incadescent 75watt)... I have a K1 in the tank, and it's a 20 gallon tall. I have lighting on for 7 or 8 hours, and the flow is light. Would it be acceptable to place the corals down there in case one day, these fish didn't work out how I wanted and then I could move the corals back to the DT?
The situation that I have run into is that I'm looking at purchasing fish that are not reef friendly, and the last thing I would want is for some of the fish I want to buy to kill off my corals. Before I buy these fish, I wanted to know how well they would handle being in a 150G tank with each other first, and if this would be suitable for them...
I currently have 2 clowns, 1 lawnmower blenny, and 5 pyjama cardinal fish.
I want to eventually get a hippo tang, a dogface puffer, and possibly a lion fish. I want to get some other fish on top of that, but those seem to be the main ones I want to get.
Assuming I do get these and they're all compatible... I have a refugium down below... would the corals be suitable for living down there with the lighting I have? I have just a desk lamp CFL 16W (comparable to an incadescent 75watt)... I have a K1 in the tank, and it's a 20 gallon tall. I have lighting on for 7 or 8 hours, and the flow is light. Would it be acceptable to place the corals down there in case one day, these fish didn't work out how I wanted and then I could move the corals back to the DT?
