Caitlynn's 75 gallon reef build!

[EriksFish315]

Shop Rubbermaid 32-Gallon Gray Outdoor Garbage Can at Lowes.com

Only ever saw them in 32 gallons.

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

Shop Rubbermaid 32-Gallon Gray Outdoor Garbage Can at Lowes.com

Only ever saw them in 32 gallons.

My concern is I need it to be food grade because it's going outside :/ I don't think the 32 is.

Does anyone know for sure?

 

[TLTGF]

It is.

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

It is.

Oh awesome! Thanks.

 

[KAhner]

Haha all my clothes are summer clothes living in Florida but I get what your saying.

sure don't look like your chillin on the beach in your avatar

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

sure don't look like your chillin on the beach in your avatar

I PM you so I stay on topic lol

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

How do you guy feel about this guy?

Theses are my definates!

2 ocillaris clowns (sp?)
1 kole tang
? Bangggaii cardinals (sp?)
1 Midas Blenny

 

[carey]

Sounds good! Great choices!

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

Sounds good! Great choices!

Yay! Im so excited! Do I need snails? They creap me out lol and iveheard the can multiply so much you can't control it!

Also how many cardinals do you think I should get?

And do the Bartletts need to be in groups?

About how many fish can I have in my tank?

 

[EriksFish315]

With the cardinals make sure they eat prepared food before you purchase them or they could possibly pass away like mine and several others on here did.

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

With the cardinals make sure they eat prepared food before you purchase them or they could possibly pass away like mine and several others on here did.

awe! Thats sad! I hate losing fish. I will definitely make sure the will eat first at the store before I buy them!

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

So heres the plan so far!

Inverts:
1 electric blue hermit crab
1 emerald crab
1 banded coral shrimp
1 sexy anemone shrimp
1 blue tuxedo urchin
1 marble sea star
1 bumble bee shrimp

Fish:
2 clownfish
1 kole tank
3 cardinals
3 black Axil Chromis
? Bartletts anthias
1 midas Blenny

Corals:
Eagle eye zoa

I'm still looking!

What do you guys think?? How are the numbers? I like other fish so I wanna make sure I have the room?

 

[EriksFish315]

Sounds like good choices so far. Eagle eye zoas are kool I bought a rock with like 20 polyps and fragged them to two separate rocks there's red ones and green ones.

 

[carey]

You might want to get bigger shrimp than the sexy shrimp and bumblebees. BUT the coral banded can go after other shrimp. :-(

I would look at the fire shrimp, cleaners and peppermints.

The fish stock seems ok. You might be getting to your limit soon though. A couple of anthias in my opinion will put you at stocked.

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

You might want to get bigger shrimp than the sexy shrimp and bumblebees. BUT the coral banded can go after other shrimp. :-(

I would look at the fire shrimp, cleaners and peppermints.

The fish stock seems ok. You might be getting to your limit soon though. A couple of anthias in my opinion will put you at stocked.

Alright I may lessen my number of the Chromis and the cardinals because I want more variety. Does this sound ok?

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

Sounds like good choices so far. Eagle eye zoas are kool I bought a rock with like 20 polyps and fragged them to two separate rocks there's red ones and green ones.

They are awesome! I really like those and this one I saw at my local reef store that's like a disc and it's flat and orange eithe green stripes! Its so cool!

 

[mr_X]

Skip the "marbled sea star" It's a fromia starfish and it will not survive.

 

[caitlynnanne9189]

Skip the "marbled sea star" It's a fromia starfish and it will not survive.

I really want a star fish that's not a bristle that dosnt look like one. Can you recommend any?

 

[KAhner]

What does fromia mean?

 

[TLTGF]

It's the species type.