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  1. diverdan

    diverdan Bangghai Cardinal

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    Wow, you certainly picked some nice specimens. Some of them will have to wait quite a while before you can add them as they are considered Expert Only specimens. That's not saying that you cant have them, they just would not be able to handle any sort fluctuations that can and potentially will happen with a newly set up tank.
    Are you planning on keeping any corals?
    I put some comments under each specimen in red. This is my personal opinion.
    I hope this helps.
    Just more to think about, just remember to do your research, read, read and read some more.
     
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  3. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    +1 ^^ to everything in red from diver. I really like sexy shrimp as well but I discovered that they are super, duper tiny in person. They may get lost in your tank or potentially eaten by your fish.....many people enjoy having cleaner shrimp in their tanks but I'm not sure on their diet. You could look at a goby/pistol shrimp combo - they have a symbiotic relationship like anemone/clownfish - you may want to google that - it's pretty cool! Especially since you are probably going to need to wait on the anemone.
     
  4. electric-dan

    electric-dan Astrea Snail

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  5. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    Welcome to 3Reef

    Research and start a sump if you can. DIY is all you need.
    I'd loose the bio wheel- guess you already did!

    I have 3 dwarf angels in my 125 currently, they all get along fine- but I do have a much larger tank with lots of rock/tunnels/caves.
     
  6. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    First off, welcome to 3reef, and to the addicting world of saltwater! You are already off to a great start and you will get some great help/advice here :)

    That being said, I think a 30 is a little on the small side for a Flame Angel, although it may be fine if you wait until the tank is established. Live Aquaria (a great resource to do some researching on the basic care of fish) lists their minimum tank size as 70 gallons, which I think is actually on the large side. Anyways, they can actually be very finicky to get eating and so will need an established tank to graze off of the live rock. Therefore the larger the tank and the more rock you have, the more they will have to graze off. That and they do swim a lot, so another reason for a larger tank. They are wonderful little fish though.

    And I would not try a dragonette in a 30 for the reasons Will (diverdan) mentioned. They need a tank with a very established pod population, and unfortunately a 30 may just not be large enough to sustain one without constant and costly additions of pods. I would not even try one in my 55 for that reason.

    There are plenty of other great options though! Plenty of Blennies and Gobies, Possum Wrasse, smaller Flasher or Fairy Wrasse, Firefish, smaller Cardinals, Chromis, Basslets/Grammmas/Assessors, etc.
     
  7. Justin13

    Justin13 Plankton

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    Welcome to the 3Reef! I'm new to the site but old to Saltwater... Of you ever have questions feel free to pm me.