What have you done to your set up today?

I bought some new GFO and put it in my reactor. It's been a long time coming. Cyano was taking over and SPS were losing a little color. I also emptied my skimmer collection cup and cleaned my filter sock.

 

Final Stock for 56g

Fish

x2 True Percula Clownfish x Onix Clownfish(cross breed)
x3 Blue/Green Reef Chromis
x1 Green Mandarin
x2 Black Seahorse - Tank-Bred
After I get new skimmer
x1 Yellow Tang (re-home, or upgrade tank)
x1 Hippo Tang (re-home, or upgrade tank)
x1 Leopard Wrasse or Mystery Wrasse
x1 Orange Stripe Prawn Goby

Inverts


x1 Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
x1 Flower Anemone
x1 Porcelain Anemone Crab
x4 Porcelain Crab
x2 Emerald Crab
x1 Red Tuxedo Urchin
x1 Snapping Shrimp
x2 Peppermint Shrimp
x1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

 

Bob,

IMHO, and solid reef/fish keeping/waste management,

again, IMH/EO,

the first 8 fish are too many for a 56g, and forget about the rest until you get at least a 125g.

While the protocols I learned when I was starting out are not well liked by people that IMO over stock their SW tanks.....

You'd need at Least a 125, and better yet 180 for all trhose fish.

Even when they are small.

Best rule of thumb for a healthy tank if you do it right,
1 fish per 10g SW.

And yes, I'm aware of the fish-inch/per gallon, but it still is an excellent rule of thumb.

FWIW- I have 10 fish in my 125g Mixed reef, including a large Blue(royal/hippo) Tang.
This will all be tranferred to my 180 this Spring. At that point I MAY add a few more fish, but, I'm now mostly into the coral.

Reef ON!

 

I agree with Todd on this one. And to take it a step further, I highly recommend only stocking fish that can live their whole life in the tank they are going into. Even though you will have all the intentions to upgrade once the fish start getting bigger, life gets in the way...

Also, Sea Horses are normally kept in species only tanks. Curious as to your plan to keep them well fed and healthy with the other aggressive fish?

 

Actually I'm getting an 80g long 48'' 24'' 16''
That should be enough for a Hippo and a Yellow
I'll have a Reef Octopus NW 150 and 40b refugium/ frag tank.

 

My friends dad has some that are having babys, I feed cyclop-ez and mysis. I already have tons of micro and macro fauna that i get from the lagoon so food isn't a problem. I wont have aggressive pod eaters and the Manderine is trained on cyclop-ez.

 

I actually like the dimensions of the tank, but no, it is not large enough for a Blue Hippo Tang long term unfortunately. They ideally need 180 gallon tank, but 6' minimum either way. A Yellow Tang should be fine though. You want a fish to be able to at least swim 6 of its body lengths before hitting the other side. A Blue Hippo grows to ~1', which is why they need a 6' tank. A Yellow Tang gets to about 8", so a 48" long tank works for them (assuming the width is sufficient, which yours is ).

Getting back to Seahorses in a reef with active fish, see here for more info (in case you have not read it yet): SEAHORSE KEEPING

Plenty of great links to read. Rayjay is on this forum and definitely knows his stuff when it comes to Seahorses. I would just hate to see them not do well for you.

 

humm very interesting.. will definitely keep that tip in mind when looking for stock for my 135

 

Please do! I have a 125, and so basically the same dimensions