i get to spend tax refund!!!!!!!!

reef_dart21

reef_dart21

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everyone knows the tax refund season is here!!!!well i got a hefty sum back and i wanna blow it.............i mean invest in some coral and fish!!!!!!!!! got any cool ideas?
fish i got:
1sixline
2 green chromis
1 lawnmower blenny
1 dartfish
1clownfish
inverts:
lots-o-snails/hermits
cleaner shrimp
mated coral banded (going into my agressive tank im soon to make
thank you people of the fourums for helping me pick !!!)
coral:
1 hammer head
3 bubble
shrooms(dunno lost count)
1brain coral
1sponge
parameters are:
salinity 1.023
nitrite 0
nitrate >10
ph 8.3 (is that too high?)
temp 76-78 varies
calcium aroung higher 600
Lighting: 180 watts with a small depth 55 gallon tank and two power heads for current.
im thinking of bright corals/fish any opinions would be great ^_^
and i like to have bigger fish for about 1 year then i usually trade in for another at a lfs (happen with long horn cowfish
)
thankyou in advance
 
paintballer768

paintballer768

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IMO, let the calcium lower itself over time to around 400-460. Those are the safest levels for a tank. Also, since it seems like your tank is a reef, corals like a little higher salinity than FOWLR. I would recommend raising it a little to around the 1.025-1.026 range.
What kind of lighting is it? PC, T5, T5HO, or MH? This is going to be the decider for what you could possibly keep or not.
 
reef_dart21

reef_dart21

Member
i nko your gonna say no anemone because i have t5 BUT like i previously said my tank has more surface area and is lower than most tanks that are 55
bout 12 inches NOT including the live sand
 
paintballer768

paintballer768

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And chromis do best in odd numbered groups. Not sure why, but they just do. They will kill one off until its to their liking. For a 55 gallon, I would say go for 3 of them.
 
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regina13

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How about: (not all, just ideas)
FISH
Purple firefish pair
or if you like to take chances a Fuzzy Dwarf would be cool
CORAL
Fox coral
Some really nice colored ricordias
Mixed zoo rock would be cool
frogspawn
Candycane
Thats what I would get
 
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regina13

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Actually I'm not shure about the Fuzzy.. He might eat your other fish.
 
big

big

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Purple Firefish are cool, I love mine, low maintance too, but they sometime carpet surf I have been told. No issues with mine YET, have had him about 8 or 9months.
Look into having a pair though, seems like I remember reading somewhere, one or at least three. Issues with with pairs one dominating the other badly unless it is a mating pair????....... Warren
 
mike22cha

mike22cha

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Originally Posted by paintballer768
http:///forum/post/2457266
And chromis do best in odd numbered groups. Not sure why, but they just do. They will kill one off until its to their liking. For a 55 gallon, I would say go for 3 of them.
haha I have 2 and they do great. Started with three, but that's what you get for buying them at a lfs that has a dead fish in every tank.
 
reef_dart21

reef_dart21

Member
sweet but i have a firefish and its not purple.........will my normal firefish mix with a purple one? also got any bigger fish ideas?
 
alex4286

alex4286

Member
i have 5 bluegreen chromis in a 55gal.
They did the 'schooling' effect for the first month or so. but then they all split up. i have a 3 pair that swims and then theres two odd balls that are always solo. But they all are healthy & hardy as heck! LET ME TELL YA all the stuff my tanks gone through.. they're all still there. Best $5 fish i've ever bought!
 
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regina13

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What fish do you have?? At the top it doesnt say you have a firefish.. I just dont want to give ideas that are not compatable.
 
al mc

al mc

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I would spend part of it on a QT tank, and, if needed, upgrading equipment...Skimmer, Filtration system, building a sump/refugium, if possible. Boring stuff, but would go a long way to making sure any new fish/corals/other inverts remain healthy. Save the rest of the money, then get what you want once the QT is cycled.
 
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regina13

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Well, if you like to take chances, get a flame angel! They are a very nice colorful fish. If you want to be a little more on the safe go with a coral beauty.
I personally would go with the flame but you might get a bad one that eats coral... 50/50 chance. If it doesnt work out you can always get a new one
 
reef_dart21

reef_dart21

Member
i have had a HORRIBLE death toll with angels........i let the acclimate for 3 1/2 hours by dripping then transfer in a clean net then when they get it somethign always happens and then kills them in 2 days (could be fomr the store i got them from.......i stoped going because they wouldnt tell me their paremeters of their tanks....)
 
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