Kid's Reef Tank: 26g aquarium reset!

novahobbies

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yeah, I had a handful I threw in there. I keep it in my horse tank, grows like a freakin' weed. It will probably dissolve from lack of light with his tank, so it'll just help the cycle along if that's the case.
 

novahobbies

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Now that his cycle is starting up, we're getting into the fish planning stage. Current planned list is going to be:
B&W Ocelaris Clown
Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse
Yellow Watchman Goby (??)
2 PJ Cardinals
Purple Firefish
Inverts:
Green Bubbletip Anemone
1 cleaner shrimp
10 blueleg hermits
3 Nacarius snails
2 Cerith snails
1 small Turbo
2 Astraea snails
1 Emerald crab, against my better judgement.
Corals are still up in the air, but I figure on starting him out with a couple blue & green zoa colonies, a leather toadstool, a kenya tree, and some pulsing xenia. When he's good with these hardier species I'll look at trying him on an open brain and a frogspawn.
 

cedarreef

Member
Looks like a good stocklist, but I would get a diamond watchman goby instead of the yellow watchman. The diamonds clean the sand and look really cool doing it.
 

novahobbies

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I was wondering about the diamond, actually. It was a three way split between the yellow watchman, the diamond, and the sleeper goby. The tank has a glass top so I'm not worried about jumping, but don't diamond gobys get a little big for such a small footprint as a 26?
 

cedarreef

Member
True. The others would work in a 26 I think. My LFS has a sleeper goby in their nano they have setup which I believe is a 24.
 
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