what to add?

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  1. saltydogg

    saltydogg Bristle Worm

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    hey just getting some opinions from people here. far from ready to add fish.
    im just wondering whats good or bad to add first... i have 55 gal tank,with LS & some LR....
    i want some coral & about 6 fish... i heard though i need a clean up crew first? so what would be good to start with? i know my 5 year old wants NEMO.. so thats a must... lol.. ;D
     
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  3. ananemone

    ananemone Astrea Snail

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    Haha welcome to the club that was my wifes major concern.... We can get a nemo right ???? but they are really cool fish we have two of them in our 55G now.

    For your clean up crew you just gotta decide if you want hermits or no hermits and it will be easy to go from there. Definately google ReefCleaners that should give you a little help or your clean up crew.

    A few ideas for fish would be a pair of clowns ( only one species recommended there are a couple so see which fits you best )

    A Goby (we have a Yellow Watchman and i think hes awesome ) you can also pair these with a Pistol Shrimp (if lucky) and they will co-exhist in your tank its really cool to watch.

    Green/blue Chromis Cool smaller schooling fish

    Coral Beauty Lots of color decent size fish that doesnt produce a large bio-load great add to catch anyones eye in the tank

    As far as corals go, Easy guys to keep alive are a Colt Coral which is a soft coral kinda looking like a pink/orangish tree, or some leathers or Zoas.

    Hope this helps! Any questions just PM me and ill do my best to help out
     
  4. rglewis

    rglewis Flamingo Tongue

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    You gotta have Nemo lol. As far as cleanup crew.... if you get nothing else, get some Mexican Turbo Snails. They eat algae like no other.
     
  5. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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