Originally Posted by yannifish
Thanks! I am very happy with that list. One other thing, about how much to set up a 55g tank with a biowheel external power filter, protein skimmer, live rock, and live sand to suit these fish?
2 Gold Stripe Maroon Clowns
1 Cloudy Damsel
1 Blackcap Basslet
3 Blue Reef Chromis
1 Flame Angel
1 Pajama Cardinal
1 Spotted Mandarin Dragonet
This is a very expensive hobby, so be prepared to shell out some money! Protein skimmers are somewhere around $100. depending on where you shop. I recommend taking your list and compare prices, maybe browse thru internet sites. We shop at one of the lowest priced stores I have ever seen, but I can not mention the web address, due to SWF.com's rules (understandable). Shop around!!!
I do not recommend any fish that is not reef-safe if you plan on having an anemone. Why? We had an Auriga Butterflyfish and a Coral Beauty Angelfish and both would pick at our BTA's until they were dead and then finished them off. So even if you don't have corals, I would stay with reef-safe fish.
Definitely, go with liverock, but we tried fake corals and due to our compact lighting, it faded out the color on the coral, and it was ruined. I think the colorful fish would be the only accent of color you need. JMO.