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Would a school of anthias have enough room in this tank? How many and which species? Would they be compatible with a pair of clownfish?
I have moved out the oversized (fish) inhabitants of this tank to a 150. They grew too big for the space or were already too big when the original owner set it up. I'm left with a 46 gallon marine tank, U tube overflow, wet/dry and sump, a 2-bulb flourescent strip light, an Instant Ocean Seaclone, an acrylic refugium that holds about a gallon of water, coral skeletons, small red leg hermits, and some snails, a couple large brittle stars, a bit of Caulerpa prolifera and racemosa, and a Sally Light Foot crab.
My wife likes the coral skeletons and doesn't want live rock. I think she wants to recreate the '70's look when we first started keeping marines. That is what this tank looked like when I bought it used, and it seemed to stimulate some interest which she has not had since the hobby became more and more invert and coral oriented over the years.
I may build some aragocrete arches to stack the skeletons on this summer, and I might be able to sneak in a few very small feature rocks then, once the arches are cured enough to use.
I think I'd rather keep the original lighting system for now. I do have an 6 watt UV sterilizer that I could add, but I'm not sure what effect it would have. I have a BakPak skimmer I could add to the tank. sometimes two skimmers are better than one.
I expect that even without a live rock base, if the arches and skeletons get colonized from a few pieces of live rock, I may have to remove the bioballs from the wet/dry.
Any other suggestions for fish that would not outgrow this size tank, keep some color, and not hide all the time? And not eat the current residents?
I have moved out the oversized (fish) inhabitants of this tank to a 150. They grew too big for the space or were already too big when the original owner set it up. I'm left with a 46 gallon marine tank, U tube overflow, wet/dry and sump, a 2-bulb flourescent strip light, an Instant Ocean Seaclone, an acrylic refugium that holds about a gallon of water, coral skeletons, small red leg hermits, and some snails, a couple large brittle stars, a bit of Caulerpa prolifera and racemosa, and a Sally Light Foot crab.
My wife likes the coral skeletons and doesn't want live rock. I think she wants to recreate the '70's look when we first started keeping marines. That is what this tank looked like when I bought it used, and it seemed to stimulate some interest which she has not had since the hobby became more and more invert and coral oriented over the years.
I may build some aragocrete arches to stack the skeletons on this summer, and I might be able to sneak in a few very small feature rocks then, once the arches are cured enough to use.
I think I'd rather keep the original lighting system for now. I do have an 6 watt UV sterilizer that I could add, but I'm not sure what effect it would have. I have a BakPak skimmer I could add to the tank. sometimes two skimmers are better than one.
I expect that even without a live rock base, if the arches and skeletons get colonized from a few pieces of live rock, I may have to remove the bioballs from the wet/dry.
Any other suggestions for fish that would not outgrow this size tank, keep some color, and not hide all the time? And not eat the current residents?
