What would you stock it with?

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  1. Brennan

    Brennan Gigas Clam

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    I have a 60g mixed reef that is currently cycling, it has a 20g refugium. i am going to be keeping mostly LPS with some easy SPS. I will have a CUC from reefcleaners and some other inverts like a cleaner shrimp and such. My cureent planned stocking is a melanurus wrasse, a mandarin, and pair of oc. clowns. The rest I am not sure about and is why I am posting this thread. i will post some fish I like and let you guys choose, if you have another fish in mind that I didnt put then feel free too add it. What I like are, Copperband butterfly, most wrasses, firefish, royal gramma, anthias, kole tang, pacific redstripe hogfish, yasha goby, barnacle blenny. Fish I dont like are flasher wrasses, cardinals, hawkfish, other blennies, chromis, damsels, and dottybacks...sorry if I mad the choices slim with all the fish I am not interested in hahaha. And before everyone says it, I am waiting 6 months before I get the mandarin for pods to colonize.
     
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  3. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    royal gamma
    the goby
    and maybe the kole tang.. and that would be it for me.
     
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    crazy reef love Skunk Shrimp

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    get a diamond watchman goby they're entertaining to watch!!
     
  5. Brennan

    Brennan Gigas Clam

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    I like this stock alot actually, so 1 melanurus wrasse, 1 mandarin, 2 oc. clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 yasha, and 1 kole tang. is this overstocked though, it seems like alot but if not then awesome!
     
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    link248 Ritteri Anemone

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    That should be your limit, except the kole tang. It will probably outgrow your tank. I would wait atleast 6 months after you add your last fish before I would add the mandarin. After your tank has cycled add the clowns, then wait atleast a week then add your next fish and so on. That way your tank can adjust to them. This is all my opinion
     
  7. Brennan

    Brennan Gigas Clam

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    okay that sounds good, I may get the kole tang and when its close to full grown take it back to the LFS
     
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    link248 Ritteri Anemone

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    You could do that. I would get it as small as you can find and hope that it doesn't grow fast from eating. Good luck with your tank
     
  10. Brennan

    Brennan Gigas Clam

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    Thanks! ;D