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[Slocke]

Sorry everyone I’ve been busy with real life and have fallen behind in this thread.

Hello!

I have a 38 gallon Hex tank (Taller than it is long)

I have some bristleworms and it's not a huge problem yet (I hope it stays that way)

Will a wrasse solve my problems? Will I be able to house one, which one? I am working on a refugium with macro and pods coming as well.

Bristle worms are generally good. They eat detritus and will help your tank look clean. However if you over feed they can explode in population.
In that size tank your options are only possum wrasse or a pink streak. They will eat baby worms and may help keep the population low.

Housemates:
Watchmen goby (actually saw him eat a bristleworm, you go bud!)
Pair of baby clowns
firefish
yellow clown goby
like 2 astreas, 2 turbos, sand conch, hermits

Can I eventually keep a shrimp lol like a cleaner shrimp.

Yes! Skunks are the bravest and will happily clean you if you let them. Fire’s are far more shy but very pretty.

 

[Slocke]

Hello Everyone,

I just set up my first saltwater fish tank, a 40-gallon breeder. I followed the BRStv 5-minute guide and purchased all of the recommended equipment.

I have just finished my cycle and am now thinking about stocking. Below is my current list:

1. 2 Clownfish
2. Buan's Goby
3. Cherub Angel
4. Purple Firefish
5. Cleaner Shrimp

CUC - Astrea and Cerith snail and a few hermits

Are there any additional utilitarian or shoaling fish I can add? I am interested in a few pajama cardinalfish or Chromis. However, I am most interested in utilitarian fish.

I do eventually plan to add soft corals once everything is stabilized.

There are no easy shoaling fish. I suggest getting a variety of fish instead. Shoaling fish tend to kill each other off in tanks. If you can get a male female pair of cardinal it may work but they are in my opinion very boring.

Consider a basslet like a royal gramma or a wrasse like a possum, pink streak, or small Halichoeres like a yellow wrasse H chrysus

 

[Slocke]

I need someone to talk me in/out of getting a sharpnose puffer in my mixed reef tank

Tank size, tank mates?

 

[William Chiavetta]

Tank size, tank mates?

125g
Common ocellaris clownfish
Mocha ocellaris clownfish
Blue hippo tang
Powder blue tang
Cleaner shrimp
Common firefish
Mandarin fish
Coral beauty angel
Leopard wrasse
Nudibranch
Scallop
Linkia sea star
Short spined sea urchin
Dwarf golden moray eel

 

[Slocke]

125g
Common ocellaris clownfish
Mocha ocellaris clownfish
Blue hippo tang
Powder blue tang
Cleaner shrimp
Common firefish
Mandarin fish
Coral beauty angel
Leopard wrasse
Nudibranch
Scallop
Linkia sea star
Short spined sea urchin
Dwarf golden moray eel

Wow
Got a GDE! Congrats.

The puffer is generally a pretty easy fish. There is one down side to them which is that like most puffers they love to nip fins. I think most of your stick will be fine as you don’t have any easy targets but it is a consideration.

 

[William Chiavetta]

Wow
Got a GDE! Congrats.

The puffer is generally a pretty easy fish. There is one down side to them which is that like most puffers they love to nip fins. I think most of your stick will be fine as you don’t have any easy targets but it is a consideration.

thank you!

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Flame angel- 69g tank... 36x22