20l lagoon tank?

[Centurion]

from all the reading ive done so far, a lagoon tank would be an ideal start into reef keeping. low to moderate light and water motion and having the lowest initial cost and demand.

my ideas so far:

• 20 gallon long tank
• 1x or 2x 65w 50/50 pc lighting
• 100w heater
• 2xMJ600's w/ spraybars
• protein skimmer?
• 3" DSB
• 20-30# lr

and my inhabitants:

• button polyps
• shrooms
• leather?
• green star?
• blasto?
• alveopora?
• banded coral shrimp
• peppermint shrimp?
• snail mix?
• crab mix?
• caulerpa
• watchman goby
• percula clown
• flame hawk?

anything with a ? is an item i am still unsure about. im planning on this being a peninsula tank, visible from 3 sides. ideas, suggestions, comments? tia!

 

[Centurion]

anyone?

 

[jackdp]

In a 20 gallon a Coral banded shrimp probably wouldn't tolerate any other shrimp. The goby and percula would get along fine. I'm not positve, but the hawkfish may be a little large and aggressive to keep in a 20 gallon. Definitely get the skimmer and I don't think in a 20 long that the DSB is that important. I have a 20 long with about 1-2" of sand and @25lbs LR and have very low nitrates and little difficulty maintaining good water chem.

 

[Centurion]

i plan on using a skimmer, just not sure which one for a 20g.