Here is a plan for a 55g FOWLR (Fish Only With Live Rock) tank. This set up includes a tank, filtration, power head, light hood and a list of fish and invertebrates which are colorful and actually get along with each other. Start here with the basics, then gradually move up to a full reef tank.
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I have a 55 with live rock. I just replaced it with a drilled 55. It has cycled.
I have a Clown and a yellow tailed blue, several red legged and blue legged crabs, a star, and one Fire shrimp, and one skunk shrimp. They all get along well. Oh, I just picked up 3 snails that bury themselves in the sand and I had a turbo.
I like to increase the critters but have not decided yet.
Nasos are nice, they had a small one but I think it will grow too large. But I like them.
Thanks
Bill
I think the fish selection is a bit agressive for a 55 gal tank. I had a Yellow Tang and Flame Angel in my tank and the bioload was just too high after a year or so when they grew.
So although those fish are beautiful, I would recommend replacing some of the recommended fish with smaller fish such as Chromi’s and perhaps a Neon Goby. Good luck!
I have a 35 hex tank with 2 small clowns, a purple firefish, a very small hippo tang and a flame angel. The angel and the tang began to loose color and their fins began to disappear. The angel finally died and the tang is still the same. The clowns & the fire fish are fine and all fish swim & eat great. My local store sold me a vitamin suppliment (Reef Solution) which they believed would help but after a week there is no change. Do you have an opinion of the problem as I would hate to loose the tang also. Thanks
I think that your tang is stressed because the 35 gallon hex is much too small for any tang. The smallest size for a tang is 50 gallon and that is still at it’s very lowest gallon capacity and then only one or two other small fish. This also will restrict you to the type of tang, because many tangs require much, much larger tanks. A Tomini tang or a Scopas would work in a 50 but that’s about it, and certainly there is not a tang that is compatible for any tank smaller.