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Originally Posted by
SergeantSniffle http:///t/397138/is-this-stocking-option-overcrowded#post_3538737
55 Gallons With:
Engineer Goby
2 Pajama Cardinals
2 Green Chromis
Striped Fang Blenny
Some Kind Of Fairy Wrasse
Some Kind Of Dwarf Angel
Royal Gramma
Double-Barred Rabbitfish
Blue Tang (Grow-Out)
And it's not reef.
Some random inverts. Lettuce Nudis Cleaner Shrimp Various Crabs Etc.
Hi,
11 fish is WAY overstock for a 55g tank....besides what GeriDoc told you about the species you selected. an adult Hippo Tang or Power Blue need a 100g tank. The Blue reef chromis has the same awesome color as the Hippo tang, even the black stripe, and the blue color actually fluoresce and shimmer under the lights...and you can have more then 1, they get about 3 inches as adults.
The fairy wrasse (doesn't matter which one) is a jumper, I mean they
intend to kill themselves. I had a mesh covering 100% sealed up, and mine managed to jump out at the tiny corner I lifted to feed it as I was standing there with the food....not only did it manage to jump, it leaped to the back of the tank against the wall where I couldn't recue it if I wanted to.
The idea of "grow out"...I did it and NEVER will again. The hippo tang can go completely flat under the rocks, you will catch it as you remove the last rock from the tank. That stresses the entire tank of fish, and the tang, and it stirs up sand that has been unstirred for years under those little crevices, releasing, possible toxins as you remove the rock.
What I kept in my 55g:
- Dwarf angel (I tried a flame angel first...the tank was too young...a year later once established I got a Lemonpeel, was my favorite fish)
- Lawnmower blenny
- Royal Gramma 4 or 5 years later it died.....I replaced it with an orchid dottyback, I liked the dottyback better.
- Teeny, tiny fingernail sized Hippo tang (I actually purchased a larger tank as it grew, 75g to a 90g and then moved all the fish.
Fox face rabbitfish
Purple firefish
Diamond sandsifter goby (later died of starvation when fauna was depleted)
Hermit crabs, snails, serpent star and two cleaner shrimps
I didn't know about the Blue Reef Chromis until I had the 90g tank. Get this book, it gives the adult size of the fish, and needed tank size to keep it.
An example page, click on the picture to see it enlarged to read it.
