I set up a 20 High this weekend. My intention was to temporarily remove a Duncan in my (basic) 38 gallon that had been harassed by a clown. Unfortunately I was too late and the Duncan didn't make it.
Now I have a freshly set up tank and many ideas on what I could do with it, but unsure as to what the best options could be.
Currently the tank has:
I did add a bottle of Tigger pods and FritzZyme Turbostart to the tank on Saturday when I set it up. Have been adding phytoplankton and Purple-Up daily since then.
I am somewhat unsure what I should do next, I was initially thinking a few bubble corals on the substrate with some mushrooms on the live rock.
A Possum wrasse, a Hector or Jester goby, urchin, and some porcelain crabs for my livestock and a cleanup crew that included a strawberry conch or two (no hermits).
I am also thinking about just going with one bubble coral instead of 3-4. I have had a bubble coral before and it did very well. I have some mushrooms right now in my 38 and would like to put some in here as well but I was thinking of some acans and lobos in the substrate and some montipora, chalice or stylocoeiniella attached to individual magnetic frag rocks. I haven't had any experience with these corals so am unsure how well they will do but I will start with relatively inexpensive frags so am willing to take a chance.
I don't want to add anything prematurely and read somewhere to wait for coralline algae to grow before adding corals.
Do you think I can add corals to the tank now, or should I wait? Also any comments on my livestock choices?
Here is the tank today, its a little cloudy due to the Purple-Up.
Now I have a freshly set up tank and many ideas on what I could do with it, but unsure as to what the best options could be.
Currently the tank has:
- ~11lb of live rock, 6lbs of Jakarta live rock and another 5lbs from a local fish store I added today
- ~30lbs aragonite sand, `20 lbs dry and 10 lbs the "alive" variety
- Fluval 107 with spray bar for mechanical filtration
- SICCE Voyager 1000 circulation pump
- Nicrew 100W marine light
I did add a bottle of Tigger pods and FritzZyme Turbostart to the tank on Saturday when I set it up. Have been adding phytoplankton and Purple-Up daily since then.
I am somewhat unsure what I should do next, I was initially thinking a few bubble corals on the substrate with some mushrooms on the live rock.
A Possum wrasse, a Hector or Jester goby, urchin, and some porcelain crabs for my livestock and a cleanup crew that included a strawberry conch or two (no hermits).
I am also thinking about just going with one bubble coral instead of 3-4. I have had a bubble coral before and it did very well. I have some mushrooms right now in my 38 and would like to put some in here as well but I was thinking of some acans and lobos in the substrate and some montipora, chalice or stylocoeiniella attached to individual magnetic frag rocks. I haven't had any experience with these corals so am unsure how well they will do but I will start with relatively inexpensive frags so am willing to take a chance.
I don't want to add anything prematurely and read somewhere to wait for coralline algae to grow before adding corals.
Do you think I can add corals to the tank now, or should I wait? Also any comments on my livestock choices?
Here is the tank today, its a little cloudy due to the Purple-Up.