Stocking check

[NoahLikesFish]

Alright I did some price shopping and I have some ideas for what I want
1 pair bicintus
a tiger watchman
a mid swimmer or wrasse or something to cycle with
then a blenny or dragonet
idk what mid swimmer

 

[KingTideCorals]

What size tank are these fish going into, thats a good place for the list to start!

 

[NoahLikesFish]

20 long, I am considering doing banded sleeper instead. It’s going to have tons and tons of hiding areas. I’m going to get the 20g pack from salty bottom live rock which has a cleaner crew or I’m gonna get 30+lbs of Lr then get a pvc structure with some mortar to make more fake lr for hides and structure and I’m gonna have bottles and clay pots covered in coralline and most likely a crushed coral substrate or sand with some crushed shells from the beach

 

[NoahLikesFish]

It’s gonna be pulverized cc btw. So like 1/8 of an inch or smaller

 

[NoahLikesFish]

https://www.saltybottomreefcompany.com/Complete-Tank-Setup--20-gallon_p_1661.html this is what I’m considering I don’t want dry rock and I don’t care if this is half the cost of the tank. My friend would HATE me if I didn’t get live rock

 

[nereefpat]

Bicintus clowns? They get fairly large and aggressive. Similar, although maybe a little smaller than clarkii. They would own a 20 gallon, or 40 breeder.

I wouldn't get a sleeper goby or dragonete for a 20 gallon. The goby get big and sifts sand for food. You would be a slave to feeding the dragonete.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

What kind of clowns should I do. I changed my stocking it’s in my 20 long journal

 

[nereefpat]

Percula or ocellaris are the most popular.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I hate both of them they are both inbred

 

[Dcal]

I hate both of them they are both inbred

why not a wild type then

 

[Uncle99]

I hate both of them they are both inbred

You hate them because their captive bred?
Im confused, help me understand.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Designer and cb ocellaris and percula clowns are disgusting beause they are overly bred.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

i Might do skunk or tomato they are cool

 

[NoahLikesFish]

If the health of your living things is important don’t get designer clowns and coral. Get wild grown coral (like grown in a reef but on like a giant frag rack and do wild fish unless it’s like wild type with close wild blood

 

[Dcal]

Designer and cb ocellaris and percula clowns are disgusting beause they are overly bred.

Did you know theres ocellaris that arent designer and look exactly like they do in the wild

 

[Uncle99]

Designer and cb ocellaris and percula clowns are disgusting beause they are overly bred.

A basement breeder, maybe.
Good breeders go to great lengths at pairing the best colour and health together, it’s too their advantage.
It also reduces what we take from the ocean for our own enjoyment, seems like a responsible approach IMM.

 

[Dcal]

If the health of your living things is important don’t get designer clowns and coral. Get wild grown coral (like grown in a reef but on like a giant frag rack and do wild fish unless it’s like wild type with close wild blood

I know im getting baited into this since I've seen all your other threads but this one is absurd
You still don't have a tank set up and are spewing rhetorical all inclusive statements. What possible negative effects arise from tank grown coral

 

[NoahLikesFish]

It is smaller and has a smaller amount Of success. I’m talking about like farms on reefs. Not just wild caught codal

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Did you know theres ocellaris that arent designer and look exactly like they do in the wild

Are they immune to parasites and diseases? No.

 

[Dcal]

Are they immune to parasites and diseases? No.

is anything immune to parasites and diseases? No.