illuminum
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hey everyone. I've been reading up on marine aquariums for over a year now and just took the dive with a 24g nano. Up to now I've got about 24 pounds of live sand and 15 pounds of live rock (fiji and tonga branch) in. I'm trying to figure out what I can stock my aquarium with. I've got a few weeks before I want to add anything though. Below I have a list of fish which I know I shouldn't have all in my 24g, so I was wondering which ones would make the best combination for a healthy and aesthetically pleasing reef aquarium:
1) Clown Goby
2) Orange stripe prawn goby with a pistol shrimp
3) Lawnmower blennie - How would he interact with the other livestock? Would he
be effective in algae control?
4) Ocellaris clown - This is probably going to be my first addition since it's real hardy
5) Firefish
6) Green mandarin - Now I know I'm going to get alot of heat on this one but I'm determined to wait and find a mandarin that eats frozen foods and does to readily. I have 4 reputable LFSs close by that have mandarins regularly so I am going to search those for a suitable one. Finding the right one will take a while but I'm willing to put in the effort. I'm also setting up a fuge in the middle compartment in the back to grow some pods for the mandarin
7) Bicolor pseudochromis or fridmani pseudichromis - I've heard the bicolors can be quite pests in that they can become aggressive towards others in the tank. Does anyone hav eany first hand experience with this? I'd prefer to have a bicolor but if they are troublemakers, I'll go with the fridmani.
I also love these inverts: Cleaner shrimp, sexy anemone shrimp, fire shrimp, orange sea star
I haven't decided which corals I want to grow either.
So, fire away guys. Any comments and suggestions are more than welcome.
1) Clown Goby
2) Orange stripe prawn goby with a pistol shrimp
3) Lawnmower blennie - How would he interact with the other livestock? Would he
be effective in algae control?
4) Ocellaris clown - This is probably going to be my first addition since it's real hardy
5) Firefish
6) Green mandarin - Now I know I'm going to get alot of heat on this one but I'm determined to wait and find a mandarin that eats frozen foods and does to readily. I have 4 reputable LFSs close by that have mandarins regularly so I am going to search those for a suitable one. Finding the right one will take a while but I'm willing to put in the effort. I'm also setting up a fuge in the middle compartment in the back to grow some pods for the mandarin
7) Bicolor pseudochromis or fridmani pseudichromis - I've heard the bicolors can be quite pests in that they can become aggressive towards others in the tank. Does anyone hav eany first hand experience with this? I'd prefer to have a bicolor but if they are troublemakers, I'll go with the fridmani.
I also love these inverts: Cleaner shrimp, sexy anemone shrimp, fire shrimp, orange sea star
I haven't decided which corals I want to grow either.
So, fire away guys. Any comments and suggestions are more than welcome.