Zach's 20 gal long build

[zacheyp]

feels so good to finally type this, 20 gal long is up and cycling.
21 pounds of live rock
1 dead shrimp
plans for stocking are
2 ocellaris
1 royal gramma
1 yellow watchmen goby
1 longnose hawkfish
few condy nems
a few mushrooms
comment away

 

[zacheyp]

And no coral bueaty

 

[zacheyp]

what type of light to condys requrie

 

[coffeetwitch]

sounds like its going to be an interesting tank. any pictures?

 

[zacheyp]

pics coming soon, maybe tonight, a day or 2 at most

 

[bootz]

from my experience don't get the longnose + with that dotty back it is alot of aggressive for that tank seems stessful on those clowns. I truthfully just would never get another longnose hawk again because it terrorize the other fish in my tank and it limits you from having shrimp

 

[redsea]

Sounds like a great stocklist! All very interesting fish! Have fun with your tank!

 

[zacheyp]

do you think the stock list is safe together, also can i have shrimp with a longnose

 

[redsea]

do you think the stock list is safe together, also can i have shrimp with a longnose

Unfortunately, a Hawkfish will eat your shrimp. I have never owned a Hawkfish, but I have read this.

 

[bootz]

no shrimp with a longnose he will hunt it + i think the tank is too small for it to begin with

 

[zacheyp]

would the setup work if i replaced the hawk with a clown goby or some other peaceful nano fish

 

[bootz]

yeah but be aware that even though the dottybacks are small they will be aggressive so i would add it last to the tank.

 

[zacheyp]

dottubacks and gramma are different

 

[bootz]

i always get that fish confused looks so much like a dottyback lol. I havent had one so i am not too sure says minimum of 30 gals might want to reconsider. liveaquaria sets pretty legit parameters for the minimum a fish need to be sustained. whats your equipment?

 

[Greenturtle]

My Longnose Hawkfish in my 90 gallon reef leaves my Peppermint Shrimp alone. He even lets my TINY Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (less than 1 inch) clean him. Based on my readings, I have concluded I have a mentally insane hawkfish So I would go with no longnose.

I would recommed the Green or Citrinis Clown Goby. I am getting a green one for my future 29 Biocube

 

[redsea]

I agree Clown Gobies are awesome fish!

 

[zacheyp]

I have decided to push it a bit and go with 6 fish plus inverts.

 

[coffeetwitch]

what fish did you decide on?

 

[zacheyp]

2 ocelarris
1 (yellow) watchman goby
1 royal Gramma (not dottyback)
maybe 1 longnose (more reasearch to be done about them with shrimp)
1 NANO fish tbd, all suggestions welcome

 

[coffeetwitch]

Hope that longnose works for you. I think they are interesting fish. Looks like a nice stocking list too.