Ugh, my luck with reefs, I'm telling you :) Had the biocube which I really liked, but after a fight with my aunt (who I was living with at the time) I was told I couldn't keep anything in her house. Hmph. Am tempting fate by playing with a coral only 20 long at the moment, assuming my parents (the current roommates *sighs*) don't demand it gets taken down. I'm also seriously considering going the way of building a tiny house for myself, and am wanting to leave room for a moderate sized tank. I have next to nothing in the way of earthly possessions as is, so leaving room for one wouldn't be TOO big an issue. But since I'm trying to plan for an eventual permanent house, I'd like to see what I could get away with in a larger tank so that if/when I can build it, I'll know what spaces to leave and where so I can just get down to saving up money for one.
I'm thinking at least a 75, though I'd love a 125 with an upstream macro tank to grow pods (have a 20 long currently, so I could fill that puppy up.). I'd be doing skimmerless, simply because it'd be more power usage, and I am trying to eventually go all solar (HAH! With a reef tank??? don't worry, I'll wait for you to quit laughing before I continue :lol: ) and the less power consumption the better. Hoping to get away with just dosing, and to not need to do massive water changes all the time. The smaller/fewer needed, the better. Probably be a mix of SPS and LPS, with not much by way of soft corals. Bare bottom, and using less rock. Not necessarily a minimalist setup, but definitely not a couple of pounds per gallon either.
Would this work as far as fish go? If yes for the 125, no for the 75, could I drop something to make it work for the 75?
1x firefish
1x royal gramma (I'd love a pair, but from everything I've read, they're ridiculously hard to pair. . . .)
5x masked goby
5X chalk bass
5X bangaii cardinals (tank bred!) with an urchin to hang out around
plus a mandarin? (definitely AFTER the tank has been set up for a while!)
The only other fish I'd possibly be interested in are neon gobies, greenbanded gobies, or possibly rusty gobies (FL native-stay tiny, cave dwellers) I adore cherub angels, but since I'd be going for LPS, not sure I could manage one. Bah. I've also seen on live aquaria that the chalk bass or the bangaiis may eat smaller fish. Would that be a big issue in a tank where I'd be aiming for smaller fish? Not really a flasher/fairy wrasse person. Some are really pretty, but again going fore more peaceful, and a lot of things I've seen say that it's hard to get females (or at least to keep them female), which I'd need to keep the peace with them.
Workable into a plan like this, too much? Any other ideas as far as stocking something like this? Even though they're a staple, I don't want clowns, and I've never been a huge fan of tangs, so won't be adding them.
I'm thinking at least a 75, though I'd love a 125 with an upstream macro tank to grow pods (have a 20 long currently, so I could fill that puppy up.). I'd be doing skimmerless, simply because it'd be more power usage, and I am trying to eventually go all solar (HAH! With a reef tank??? don't worry, I'll wait for you to quit laughing before I continue :lol: ) and the less power consumption the better. Hoping to get away with just dosing, and to not need to do massive water changes all the time. The smaller/fewer needed, the better. Probably be a mix of SPS and LPS, with not much by way of soft corals. Bare bottom, and using less rock. Not necessarily a minimalist setup, but definitely not a couple of pounds per gallon either.
Would this work as far as fish go? If yes for the 125, no for the 75, could I drop something to make it work for the 75?
1x firefish
1x royal gramma (I'd love a pair, but from everything I've read, they're ridiculously hard to pair. . . .)
5x masked goby
5X chalk bass
5X bangaii cardinals (tank bred!) with an urchin to hang out around
plus a mandarin? (definitely AFTER the tank has been set up for a while!)
The only other fish I'd possibly be interested in are neon gobies, greenbanded gobies, or possibly rusty gobies (FL native-stay tiny, cave dwellers) I adore cherub angels, but since I'd be going for LPS, not sure I could manage one. Bah. I've also seen on live aquaria that the chalk bass or the bangaiis may eat smaller fish. Would that be a big issue in a tank where I'd be aiming for smaller fish? Not really a flasher/fairy wrasse person. Some are really pretty, but again going fore more peaceful, and a lot of things I've seen say that it's hard to get females (or at least to keep them female), which I'd need to keep the peace with them.
Workable into a plan like this, too much? Any other ideas as far as stocking something like this? Even though they're a staple, I don't want clowns, and I've never been a huge fan of tangs, so won't be adding them.
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