elmuyloco5
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi,
I'm getting ready to start stocking my 55 gallon tank. I plan on it being fish only at this time. I have some base rock in the tank that is turning colors and I was curious if this means that it is still alive, or what? It's turning a golden yellow color mostly with some spots that are a bright blue and pink.
I'm also trying to decide what to stock with and the LFS here are horrible!!! My husband and I went to get some green chromis last night and the teenage clerk literally ripped apart the whole tank. SHe was even taking the net and jamming it inbetween decorations trying to get the fish out. We left, of course. You can see why information is on the short side there. Anyhoo....we have three kids that want a Nemo (but they're not picky they will take a tomato or a maroon etc. as long as they can all it Nemo), so I'm trying to figure out what would be the best to stock with. We are on a limited budget and blennies and goby's are expensive here. We like a lot of the damsels but are afraid to mix. We also like the cardinals, bannerfish, and triggerfish. I know triggers are agressive, so I'm trying to see if a more aggressive tank would be better and if we could find a "nemo" to fit in. I also like the blue cleaner wrasse but heard that they are hard to keep alive, is that true? Anyone's input on possible stocking would be appreciated. I'm in Hawaii so the indo-pacific ones tend to be on the cheaper side.
Thanks in advance!
I'm getting ready to start stocking my 55 gallon tank. I plan on it being fish only at this time. I have some base rock in the tank that is turning colors and I was curious if this means that it is still alive, or what? It's turning a golden yellow color mostly with some spots that are a bright blue and pink.
I'm also trying to decide what to stock with and the LFS here are horrible!!! My husband and I went to get some green chromis last night and the teenage clerk literally ripped apart the whole tank. SHe was even taking the net and jamming it inbetween decorations trying to get the fish out. We left, of course. You can see why information is on the short side there. Anyhoo....we have three kids that want a Nemo (but they're not picky they will take a tomato or a maroon etc. as long as they can all it Nemo), so I'm trying to figure out what would be the best to stock with. We are on a limited budget and blennies and goby's are expensive here. We like a lot of the damsels but are afraid to mix. We also like the cardinals, bannerfish, and triggerfish. I know triggers are agressive, so I'm trying to see if a more aggressive tank would be better and if we could find a "nemo" to fit in. I also like the blue cleaner wrasse but heard that they are hard to keep alive, is that true? Anyone's input on possible stocking would be appreciated. I'm in Hawaii so the indo-pacific ones tend to be on the cheaper side.
Thanks in advance!