First tank - Suitable tankmates?

[jessed]

I recently acquired a 30 gallon salt water tank from my girlfriends family and have been doing some research. So far I would like to have this into my tank, any feedback or mistakes i have made would be appreciated to hear.
-Pistol Shrimp
-Gobie to form a symby relationship with my pistol
-2 false perculas
-royal gramma
-some anemone(havent looked a clown/anemone list so i dont know which one goes with false P's)
-Some kind of coral
-Possibly a lettuce nudibranch after ive established some sort of community
What do you guys think?

 

[aquaguy24]

sounds good to me...make sure u put ur rocks in first then ur sand so the pistol shrimp doesn't dig and cause a rockslide....heres a pic of my randills goby and tiger pistol shrimp...they are cool to watch...

 

[gmann1139]

That actually looks pretty good. I'd look for a goby/shrimp pair. That way you can be sure they 'get along.'
Make sure you have a deep enough sandbed for the shrimp. It will excavate.
I would also wait on the anemone and coral until your tank is more mature and stable.

 

[jessed]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I was also planning on getting a randalls gobie except i was leaning towards a bullseye pistol shrimp. But it just depends on what the store that i work at can order in ( i work at a little family petstore ><)
Also anyone know good anemones for false perculas?
Oh yeah, question. Have you ever witnessed your pistol shrimp ---- his claw back?

 

[mr_x]

you'll need ample light for the anemone and corals. i'm sure you are aware of this, but i figured i'd mention it just incase.
those royal grammas/dottybacks can be pretty mean in a small tank. i had a purple pseudo in a 30 cube and he attacked everything- including the shrimp and crabs.

 

[jessed]

What about swapping the royal for say, a 6 line wrasse, are those guys suitable for my tank at all?

 

[mr_x]

a much better choice in my opinion.