What Kind Of Corals Could I ADD

martinc909

martinc909

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so can I keep frogspawn or torch coral.
so what I could keep are
zoos
shrooms
leathers
star polyps
and whatever lps is.
 
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n_sarno

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frogspawn and torch coral are forms of LPS coral. LPS stands for large polypd stony corals.. Other LPS corals are open brain coral, hammer coral, blasto, acan lord etc etc.. all of those corals you could also keep under your lighting.
 
martinc909

martinc909

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This is what I would like to add to my tank.
30+lbs live rock
1.5 inch sand bed
2 percula clownfish
1yellow watchman goby
1 mandarin dragonet
1 cleaner shrimp
1-2 cleaner clams in refuge
1 yellow cucumber. (tank or fuge)
x number of snails
a star fish
frogspawn
torch coral
zoos
shrooms
leathers
star polyps
brain coral
hammer coral
4 inch sand bed in fuge
chaeto/or other plant
11 watt lighting in fuge.
dont know what pump size
is that too much.
I'm not planning on adding all of these, these are just the things that I like. Or could I have all of these in my 20 gallon?
 
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kalied20

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in a 20 gallon I would cut one of the fish. 4 in a 20 is tight. With the setup you are talking about you might have good luck with it though. I would add the fish one at a time over an extended period,(except for the clowns add them together), and watch the water parameters closely when you do. If things stay the same then your good. Just remember with that much bio load you will need to do your water changes on a timely basis. I do mine in my 24 gallon every two weeks and it makes everything wonderful.
Good Luck.....
 
martinc909

martinc909

Member
well it's going to be a 20 gallon with a 27 gallon sump/fuge. I could probably do the two clown and the goby. and if all go s well and I have good setup i'll add teh mandaring. Thanks kalied!
 
nygel

nygel

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its not recommended to have a mandarin in anything under a 55ish gallon tank thats been up for a year or so... but if u can replenish its food supply (pods) then it shoudl be fine... just harder to maintain
 
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n_sarno

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This is what I would like to add to my tank.
30+lbs live rock -sounds good.. to give it that very full look I like to try to get as close to double the amount of gallons.. 30ish-40 lbs should fill it out very nicely
1.5 inch sand bed- that works
2 percula clownfish-sure
1yellow watchman goby-sure
1 mandarin dragonet-cannot be done please dont even attempt it.. this fish MUST be in a tank w/ AT LEAST 100 lbs of LR because all it eats are pods, and it will die in your tank. In your size tank I'd only go w/ 3 fish
1 cleaner shrimp-looks good
1-2 cleaner clams in refuge- dont know much about these
1 yellow cucumber. (tank or fuge)- dont know much about these
x number of snails- looks good but also add hermit crabs
a star fish- the only type of star that wlil survive long term is a serpent starfish. I have 3 in my 75 gallon tank, and they come in many many colors.. I have a bright orange one which is stunning. Do not however, get a "green serpent star" they can be terrors in your tank and eat your fish and or shrimp.
frogspawn- sure great coral, hopefully your clowns will choose either this or torch and host in it
torch coral-great coral great choice
zoos-always a good choice
shrooms- I love shrooms especially ricordia
leathers-not a huge fan of leathers myself but I do have a couple. They will work fine in your tank but I just feel like they are to large in my 75 gallon tank.. I cant imagine them in a 20 but if you wanna.. go for it!
star polyps- great coral.. spreads VERY quickly
brain coral- which type? I'd go for a open brain coral aka trach
hammer coral- also a great coral. It is just like frogspawn and torch.
Another great coral you dont have listed is candy cane coral.. its a beautiful LPS coral
4 inch sand bed in fuge
chaeto/or other plant
11 watt lighting in fuge. -this all sounds great
dont know what pump size-cant help you here
is that too much.
I'm not planning on adding all of these, these are just the things that I like. Or could I have all of these in my 20 gallon?
You may be able to manage but the stuff grows pretty fast so you'll have to frag stuff out.. I'd stay away from the leathers if I was you.. just because like I said before they are very large and tempermental.. not one of my fav types of coral.
 
martinc909

martinc909

Member
okay thanks. I guess I'll have to skip the mandarin. I would post some pics when I get started. I'm going to pick up my twenty gallon as soon as I get some cash.
I've only done fowlr. so should there be some other equipment that I should get before I start. Or could I do the tank like I would do a fish only tank. and then go from there. Thanks to everyone.
 
martinc909

martinc909

Member
are there anymore corals or inverts that I could add. how about an urchin(don't know anything about them)
how many snails and crabs would you recommend.
 
ledzep fan

ledzep fan

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A queen conch needs at least a 30 gallon tank. I have had one before and they to a great job of mixing the sand up and cleaning it. How big of a tank do you have?
The sun coral brings a lot of color when open. I have one in my 12 gallon and when i feed the fish with frozen he opens up in like 5 minutes.
 
ledzep fan

ledzep fan

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You could probably have a cucumber but, do you really want a urchin? They will eventually get big and get the nickname bulldozer(sp?) for a reason. They will knock down rocks and even corals. In that size of a tank I wouldn't. JMO
 
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