dingusplease
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Tank is finally cycled! Did a huge water change to bring the nitrates down to 5. Everything else is reading where it should be. Planning on getting stuff this weekend either tonight or tomorrow. Here's what I'm wondering:
Fish: narrowed down to 3
Goby (aurora, clown, or neon)
Firefish
Possum Wrasse
Can I do all 3? If not which 2 would you pick?
Inverts: since I did mostly base rock and only a few pieces of live rock there is next to no algae in the tank. Should I do inverts or wait until the algae covers more of the rock? Maybe just get a few snails to clean up uneaten food? Also how do I encourage good algae growth?
Corals: I'd like to get 1 or 2 coals this weekend since my tank is just stark white right now. In my brain, I see both rock Islands covered in Zoas maybe Mushrooms and the smaller Island having some sort of tree looking coral. My question is the top of the larger Island is right under the outflow of the filter. Will this be too much flow? I attached a pic of the tank. I took it while I was doing the water change so the water level is low.
Thanks guys.
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Sounds good! A fire fish would probably need the whole 10g, if you wanted that to be the single fish. Otherwise, you might be able to fit two gobies together (I'm sure someone else will chime in about this.)
About algae, many people will tell you a cuc isn't necessary. But many people like them regardless! I personally think a few snails and shrimp add a nice touch to a reef . Also, you could add a snail or hermit at this point, however you are right that there isn't any serious algae food yet. You shouldn't try to create more algae (it will develop over time. Be glad you don't have to battle with the stuff lol.)
As for flow, many corals (such as GSPs or Anthelia like ample flow.) If necessary, you can always adjust the filter or rockscape if you want to put a lower flow coral on that peak.
By the way, I really like your scaping! One bit of advice I have is to pick out a snail or hermit that has some coralline on it, to seed your tank (or a piece of live rock, either way.) Overtime, your rock will color up with algae and such to make the rocks less "white" looking.