help stocking order

brandon7491

Member
i need some help on the order of which the fish should go in. the tank is 20gallons long 30x12x12. 45lbs of premium fiji lr,30lbs ls,2penguin 1140 powerheads,sps tank,15gallon sump,150watt oceanic mhs.
1flame angle
1royal gramma
1six line wrase
4- also i need help with picking out a 4th fish. i no all about the mandarians but i want something that will be showy thats not a damsel or a clownfish
 

fishkid2

Member
How did u get 45 lbs or rock in a 20 gal?
I would not know what order because royal gramma can be terratorial right. Then all the six line wrases i get are evil. So i would think the angle might go first imo.
 

brandon7491

Member
i got 45lbs of lr in cuz im good. go to my other thread in nano reef fourms. title is brandons 20gallon sps diary. i just re aquascaped it today so pics are gonna be inacurate but it give u the general idea
 

fishkid2

Member
looks sweet
i hate when cameras make tanks look 2 times bigger then they are because it looks like ur tank is like 40 gallons or something.
 

brandon7491

Member
thxs for ur comps. i cant wait till my mhs come in this week hurrays. i do have bad news though my royal gramma in my 14 has ick i just noticed it just now. time for hypo tomorrow
 

brandon7491

Member
btw noyce little tank it looks bigger than 10gallons. idk what else to get lol the flame will be sexy,6line will eat flatworms from the acro,royal gramma is always a noyce fish to watch. but i really dont no what else to add maybe a fire fish who knows
 

brandon7491

Member
true true i could do that but personally i believe
that clowns should have an anenome and im not getting one cuz it would disturb the sps. maybe if i get a frogspawn i might have luck with them hosting it lol
 

fishkid2

Member
yeh i kind of feel like that too. I took away my clarkii out of my 55 gal with a condi that he loved and i put him in a 30 gal with nothing
my perc loves his frogspwan in my aquapod and he used to host with a creamcrown toadstool.
 

petjunkie

Active Member
4 fish in a 20? I would think two would be better and no flame angel, way to big for a 20, I wouldn't put one in my 33 and that's four feet long. Maybe the sixline and royal gramma max. I'd switch the gramma for something more interesting though, most just hover around and don't swim much.
 

fishkid2

Member
Originally Posted by petjunkie
4 fish in a 20? I would think two would be better and no flame angel, way to big for a 20, I wouldn't put one in my 33 and that's four feet long. Maybe the sixline and royal gramma max. I'd switch the gramma for something more interesting though, most just hover around and don't swim much.
He does have a lot of lr for the angel to pick off of. I do think he might need a little bit of swimming room too though.
 

fishkid2

Member
how about a flame hawk fish? Or do they need a 30 gal. I have one and i just love he swims around perching and staring at me.
 

brandon7491

Member
i have a longnose hawk in my 14 i have had him for four years. also i have a flame angel in my 14 for 3 yrs. i have tons of lr and swimming space and hidding spots. a flame will do perfectly fine. if you look in the nano fourms in a 14 they have 2-3. in a 20 and its long 30x12x12 4 is perfectly alright.
 

brandon7491

Member
ehh only one problem, i am going to have 3 large cleaner shrimp and they are shrmip eaters. maybe ill put my longnose hawk in there. also do u think it would be worth to get a turbo twist 9w uv sterilizer for my tank?
 
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