Whats in ur 55 gal?

900dublr

900dublr

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Just getting some ideas of what to put in my tank so far this is my list:
40 lbs lr-adding more soon
50lbs of sand
10lbs of CC (wished i would have removed it all when i switched to sand)
2 pepermint shrimp
5 Astrea snails
2 Mexican turbos
1 serpant star
1 yellow tang
1 domino damsel
1 yellow tail damsel
Tanks been running 3 months.
Thats it for now, im going to order more inverts for the cleaning crew soon. I tried a pair of clowns 2 different times but both pairs didnt make it
. Im affraid to try them again. Im not sure what else I want to add fish wise. I think ill trade the tang in once its full grown. Should I add a few small fish or 1 larger fish like a dwarf angel? I really like flame and coral beauty's. Give some advice, also feel free to post pics. Thanks:happy:
 
cbort

cbort

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I know i am going to get heck for listing this, but remember, they are moving out soon and getting along very well.
40-50 lbs LR
50 lbs LS
Pagoda Cup coral
silver zoo's colony
Clarkki Clown
squareback anthias
2 green reef chromis<---going to fishstore for credit almost 2 in
2 blennies
sissortail goby<---going to my 20 gallon
6-line wrasse
clown goby<---going to my 5 gallon
sallylightfoot
7 hermits
unknown snail
 
unleashed

unleashed

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accually if you want to try clown fish again I would recomend getiing the damsels out and keep the tang the tang is a peacfull fish while damseld are agresssive to others Im not sure if you are aware of this but a clown fish is also a damselfish they also do much better without another clown
 
jacknjill

jacknjill

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my 55 has a yellow tang and a pair of tomato clowns. had a kole tang, but it recently died of ich
the others are still in qt. i have about 10 scarlet hermits and 10 snails. various corals, and an anenome. soon to be getting a new fish
 
jacknjill

jacknjill

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im also getting a cleaner shrimp. have about 100 pounds live rock. have sand (not sure how much).
1 brittle star
1 peppermint shrimp that i never see.
had a mandarin that recently died because his head got jammed in a rock. (has that ever happened to one of you guys?) lol
 
brad524

brad524

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My 55:
1- tomato clown
1-oscelaris clown
1-green chromi
1-yellowtail (coming out when I catch him
)
1-Eilib's angel
1-LTA
2-condi's
1-c.b. shrimp
1-cleaner shrimp( not allowed to clean any fish but the angel)
1-arrow crab
75- nassarius snails
4-blue legs
some corals (lps, zoo's,xenia and softies)
50 lbs. live rock (adding slowly)
at night with flash
gettin cleaned( this cleaner will clean your finger too.)
 
dmc888

dmc888

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The domino damsel and yellow tail damsels are very agressive fish. And they get worse as they grow. They would fight with my clowns alot. Thats why i don't have damsels anymore. I used to have a yellow tang . He never bothered the clowns. But when i got a small blue tang they fought constantly. Leading to both of their deaths from ich. The coral beauty might fight with the yellow in a 55 . I try to stick with friendly fish in my tank.
i have 3 g chromis
2 osc clowns
1 Bicolor blenny
1 yellow goby
1 yellow sleephead goby
1 sandsifting star
7 nass snails left
1 cleaner shrimp
40lbs of live sand with dead corals and replicas.
That should be it for my 55. I just need a BTA
 
moraym

moraym

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nothing's in mine right now, i have an empty 55g sitting around.
thinking about putting in 6 green chromis to school, and then a clown and flame angel from my other tank. And then make it my tank to play w/ anemones and corals. Or maybe put in my small SFE and once things start disappearing i'll know he's ready to be bumped to my aggressive tanks :D
 
900dublr

900dublr

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How do u like the flame angel? I thought about getting one to add to my tank. Would my tank be big enough for one with the fish I have? :thinking:
 
bot587

bot587

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Yellow tangs are one of the more aggressive tangs. I would try to do tomatoes or maroons (very hard). No perculas or clarkiis. Maybe a saddleback or an onyx. Most people like the true percula look, that simply won't work in your tank with the yellow tang.
 
debbie g

debbie g

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I just have: two small oscellaris clowns,
one small (1-1/2") six-line wrasse
one flame hawkfish
one torch coral
one zoanthid colony
about 60 lbs of live rock
about 25 astrea turbo snails
When I first put the six-line (Lucy) in, the hawkfish was terrorizing her (I tried and tried, my daughter and her boyfriend tried to get her out , but she was smart and eluded us. I just figured I'd try again in the morning (hoping for the best through the night) But when I looked in, they were fine together. I haven't seen any aggression since. I guess they made friends!
 
goinballde

goinballde

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I have: around 85 lbs of LR..3-4 inches of sand....
2 black perculas
2 purple firefish
1 sixline wrasse
5 peppermints
1 coral banded
25 nassarius
15 scarletts
5 turbos
25 astria
1 fighting conch
blue ricordia
orange ricordia
bright green ricordia
devils hand leather
spaghetti leather
star polyps
daisey polyps
clove polyps
hammer coral
bubble coral
2 wells brains
1 trach brain
green shrooms
purple and blue shrooms
red with blue dot shrooms
greenstriped shrooms
purple and green shrooms
about 4 different kinds of zoo's
 
clown52

clown52

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19 Scarlet hermits
10 Zebra hermits
1 Haloween Hermit (soon to be 2, he's lonely)
25 Astra Snails
5 Cerith Snails
4 Nassarius Snails
1 Lettuce Nudibranch
1 Pepermint Shrimp
1 Tiny Pistol Shrimp (came on LR, about 3/4")
80 lbs LR (or about that)
260w PC lighting
Frogspawn (grown from 4 to 6 heads)
Brain Coral (recovering from a mean Flame Angel)
Zoos
Ricordeas
Fridmani Phsudocromis
False Percula Clown
Sailfin Tang (Sailfin is finding a new home soon)
 
fishamajig

fishamajig

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my very new 55 gal ( 2 months old)
2 tellow tail damsels
18 blue legs
2 haloween hermits
1 blue mandarin
couple of turbos
and about 35 lbs lr ( adding as i go)
with a 2 inch sand bed
 
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xoxox

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MY 55
1 conch
1 cleaner shrimp
1 blood shrimp
1 very large hairy crab
Rock, sand
orange plate, green brain
(soon to add more coral if they don't turn into a block of ice before I get them)
 
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