Saltwater fish stock prepositions?

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  1. Destimondia

    Destimondia Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    ok, i've posted this before, but i now have A LOT more experience in the saltwater domain and have had an economic add to my saltwater budget.

    I have
    2 occelaris clown fish(paired up and doing great!)
    1 cleaner shrimp
    1 peppermint shrimp(i have a aipstasia infestation)
    3 snails
    4 hermit crabs

    my levels are
    0ppm ammonia
    0ppm nitrite
    0ppm nitrate
    1.022 salinity

    I have a 36 gallon tank and 26 pounds of live rock. I have a skimmer and fine sand.

    WANTS!
    I will most likely have new lights and will get corals. I hope to get atleast one more fish. Any suggestions?
    1., i was thinking of a yellow tang (haven't looked into it much)
    2., a royal gramma
    3., copper butterfly fish

    and maybe others, havent thought much about it a lot yet
     
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  3. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    If you plan on keeping coral you will need to get your SG up to 1.025.

    The tank is too small for for all but the Royal Gramma on your list.

    A sixline wrasse or a small species of Fairy wrasse is a possibility. Firefish would work also.
     
  4. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    yeah negative on the tang or butterfly! Maybe a bicolor or flame angel!
     
  5. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    CBB are difficult to keep especially in smaller new tanks. They do well for a couple weeks and then decline.

    As John posted a tang belongs in a much bigger tank.

    The RG is the most appropriate for you tank.
     
  6. chelseagrin

    chelseagrin Fire Goby

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    you can probably only fit 2-3 small fish into that tank with the clown, only 1-2 medium sized ones. but you will probably have territorial issues with those clowns being so gosh darn aggressive!
     
  7. Destimondia

    Destimondia Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    i'll probably just be getting one royal gramma, maybe another shrimp
     
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  9. dunc101

    dunc101 Flamingo Tongue

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    This sounds like a good idea to me. A great way to kill the aiptasia is to either using boiling water or saturate a cup of water with kalkwasser and then use a syringe with the above to inject them directly in the mouth.
    I've used the kalk method with some majano anemone's before with good success.