Grims 97g SPS Cube

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  1. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    Thinking about stocking this tank... Besides a plethora of hard corals I want to do a number of small active fish. I'm thinking something like this...

    Fish:

    2 Black and White Ocellaris
    2 Firefish
    1 Bangaii Cardinals
    2 Blue-green Chromis
    1 Midas Blenny
    1 Royal Gramma
    6-8 Waitel Anthias
     
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  2. pgoodsell

    pgoodsell Horrid Stonefish

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    Welcome back. Great looking cube.
     
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  3. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    meh. Where are the grouper?
     
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  4. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    Numbers wise, being an sps tank you are high. I'd take a few fish off to prevent aggression and they all inhabit similar areas in the water column, and of course heavy filtration and whatnot....
     
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  5. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    No worries about nutrient levels. I am very capable of handling heavy fish and food bio loads.
     
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  6. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    Lots o' fish = lots o' SPS food

    So long as you keep the water quality up, heavily stocking an SPS tank isn't necessarily a bad thing. Just not something which would be recommended to a beginner (which Grim is not :)).
     
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  7. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    I have the following in a 75 Gallon SPS Tank:

    1 Red Saddled Anthias (Pseudoanthias flavoguttatus)
    2 Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris)
    1 ORA Naked Clown (Amphiprion ocellaris)
    1 Blue Spotted Jawfish (Opistognathus rosenblatti)
    1 McCosker's Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus mccoskeri)
    1 Potter's Angelfish (Centropyge potteri)
    1 One Spot Foxface (Siganus unimaculatus)

    Am I "overstocked"? Maybe. But I don't have aggression, nor do I have a nutrient issue. Heavily stocking an SPS tank is always a positive if you can handle the filtration,
     
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  8. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I do like the barnacle blennies idea.
     
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  9. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    I like it, although Bangaii Cardinals, Royal Grammas, and Firefish are not very active fish ;) The others meet your specs though!
     
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  10. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    No, in fact you could still have room for another fish if ya want.
    Hey grim have you thought about doing a slightly larger group of anthias and nothing else?
     
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