Suggestions on Fish and/or Inverts Selection!

lilwill83

New Member
Ive got a 55g live sand with a mix of texas holey rock and fiji premium to seed it, its been running for a little over a month and going well.
Fish
2 Green Chromis
2 3Stripe Damsels
1 Ocellaris Clown (hes been in there a little over a wk and going strong, wish i had as much energy as he does)
Inverts

1 Arrow Crab
1 Emerald Crab
10 Astrae Snails
1 Sand Sifting Starfish
1 Camel Shrimp
Im looking for suggestions as far as fish or inverts, im not looking to get into corals and such just yet ill have to upgrade the lighting for that anyway. I really like the Raccoon Butterfly not sure if hell work well with what ive got, the LFS has one in with some chromis a few citron gobies and a chocolate damsel and he seems to be doing great. Im basically looking for some quality looking community fish that wont cause problems with whats already existing in the tank.
Thanks
lilwill83:D
 

schubert

Member
I'd go with a Rhicondon typus...
No seriously,
If I had a 55 gallon, I'd take out all the damsels once it has completely cycled, or just thrown in some live sand, that should speed up the process. Some fish to consider that I like:
Small yellow tang
Flame angel
Coral beauty angel
Flame hawkfish
Five stripe wrasse (AWESOME)
Small lunare wrasse
Sixline wrasse
Small snowflake eel
Just a few possibilities, not all of them obviously. Remeber, take you time and research. Best of luck
 

ophiura

Active Member
How did you cycle your tank? How long did it take? What are your water parameters?
IMO, you are a bit heavily stocked for a very young tank. Many tanks take 4-6 weeks just to cycle, so I would wait a bit longer....especially before adding any tang or dwarf angel, if you are planning such additions (tank should be many months old, ideally 6 months at least before adding them).
 
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