Stocking List

[Nolan99]

I have a 34 gallon reef tank. I was wondering if this stock list is alright.:
-2 Ocellaris clownfish
-2 Bangaii Cardinalfish
-1 Coral Beauty (People at my LFS have said it would be fine)
-1 Yellow Watchman Goby
Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

 

[coralbandit]

The coral beauty may nip at some corals.
The cardinals may not get along?
I started with 5 a couple years ago(in a 120) and now have 1!
They are pretty mean to each other if not in larger groups?

 

[Nolan99]

Do you think these are good beginner fish too? My LFS has told me to let the tank establish for around 9 months before adding the coral beauty and it will just eat algae off of the rocks.

 

[coralbandit]

They are easy to keep fish yes.
The coral beauty probably won't kill anything more just nip or pick.
The cardinals only bothered each other and my 1 is still swimming around with 2 clowns,a hawk and marine betta in the same 120!
It shouldn't take 9 months to get tank up to snuff but it is VERY respectable for them be on the safe side(refreshing!) with their advice!

 

[54seaweed]

34g the foot print of the tank makes it a tight fit for a coral beauty , now if the foot print was like a 40b you would be better off and have a better choice of fish ,
you need to consider fish size full grown
coral beauty aprox 4 inch
bangii cardinal aprox 4 inch
Ocellaris clownfish 2 1/2 / 3 inch
add up size of all fish it's aprox 18 inch
now hold up a tape measure to your tank measuring out 18 inch
now those 5 fish measure out to 18 inch thats like keeping 1 18 inch fish in that tank
I tried to put this in terms easy to understand hope it helps