Coral and fish additions to 25 gal peninsula

[LeonardTheWrasse]

Hey all,

I've had my waterbox 25 set up for about a month now, and I've transferred the fish from my previous tank into here.

Pink streaked wrasse
Yellow assessor
Green clown goby x2

I was hoping to get some advice on what corals to start the tank off with that won't take over completely.
I can't figure out how to start with coral, it's a bit overwhelming.
Obviously going to wait until the tank is ready for corals parameter wise though.

Thanks

 

[krollins]

Not related to the original question, but where did you get that rock?

 

[LeonardTheWrasse]

I got the rock from my LFS, this is the only type of 'live' rock we can get in Aus.
It's a really porous dry rock, I think parts of it are old coral skeletons, but I could be wrong.

 

[Naekuh]

Euphyllia is my absolute favorate, but it will out grow your tank over time and you will need to clip it.

I also like Acanlords, Favia. (these probably wont out grow your tank anytime soon).
You can sand bed acans, meaning they do not need to be mounted to rubble, and can sit on sandbed.

Some softies like a toadstool, but that will also outgrow the tank over time.

But id go Acanlords, and Euphyllia (Hammer, Frogspawn, torches).

 

[betareef]

I got the rock from my LFS, this is the only type of 'live' rock we can get in Aus.

Some of my LFS have real coral with a little live growth on it, sponges, encrusting coral etc.

 

[betareef]

I was hoping to get some advice on what corals to start the tank off with that won't take over completely.

My thought on that with small tanks is that it should be easy to strip out anything that tries to grow to well

 

[LeonardTheWrasse]

Euphyllia is my absolute favorate, but it will out grow your tank over time and you will need to clip it.

I also like Acanlords, Favia. (these probably wont out grow your tank anytime soon).
You can sand bed acans, meaning they do not need to be mounted to rubble, and can sit on sandbed.

Some softies like a toadstool, but that will also outgrow the tank over time.

But id go Acanlords, and Euphyllia (Hammer, Frogspawn, torches).

Thanks for the detailed reply

 

[CBonito]

I would highly recommend ordering a couple cups of sand from Floridapets and adding that to your tank to increase the bacterial diversity and microfauna. I added a couple bags of mud to my refugium and a couple bags of their live sand to my display and I don't regret it one bit. I have a lot of small filter feeding organisms now in my refugium among other things. It's all real live sand and mud from the florida keys and will only benefit any corals you add in the future.

 

[LeonardTheWrasse]

I would highly recommend ordering a couple cups of sand from Floridapets and adding that to your tank to increase the bacterial diversity and microfauna. I added a couple bags of mud to my refugium and a couple bags of their live sand to my display and I don't regret it one bit. I have a lot of small filter feeding organisms now in my refugium among other things. It's all real live sand and mud from the florida keys and will only benefit any corals you add in the future.

Unfortunately this is not something that I can access in Aus, but thanks for the suggestion, and I'll see whether there's anything similar here.

 

[Barrett T]

I got the rock from my LFS, this is the only type of 'live' rock we can get in Aus.
It's a really porous dry rock, I think parts of it are old coral skeletons, but I could be wrong.

Definitely looks like old coral skeletons, probably some type of SPS.

 

[CBonito]

Unfortunately this is not something that I can access in Aus, but thanks for the suggestion, and I'll see whether there's anything similar here.

If you have a beach nearby, steal some sand and put it in your tank. Just as good.

 

[betareef]

Unfortunately this is not something that I can access in Aus, but thanks for the suggestion, and I'll see whether there's anything similar here.

You can get similar things at Aussie stores

 

[krollins]

For fish you could add a goby pistol pair.