55g And Need Help With The Stocking...

[Batmanjay28]

I have a 55G tank thats going to be a fish and liverock only tank.

I need help with stocking the tank......these are the fish that I like the most and are all small. Though, right now my tank is occupied by a green wrasse thats about 3 inches.

I would like to have 2 clownfish,

I really like Bangai (high-fin) Cardinal fish

Firefish

Yellow Watchman Goby

Spotted Cardinalfish

Sailfin/Algae Blenny. I would include the clean up crew in this too. If someone could help me with the stocking of the fish that I listed that would be so cool. Or anything that ypou can suggest would help. I have 60 pounds of live rock also if that helps. Could I have all this fish together in the same tank? Thanks for the help.

 

[SkiFletch]

Those fish can all co-exhist. However we'll have to get a good ID on the wrasse as it might have a snail/crab/ appetite. Many green wrasses belong to the Haliocheres genus which tedn to munch on inverts. Got a pic?

 

[Batmanjay28]

Those fish can all co-exhist. However we'll have to get a good ID on the wrasse as it might have a snail/crab/ appetite. Many green wrasses belong to the Haliocheres genus which tedn to munch on inverts. Got a pic?

I have hermit crabs in the tank with him right now and no problems. I will try and get a pic of him, he's always in the sand though. So I could have all those fish in the same tank together and not be overstocked or anything? Whats a good stockig for my tank with the fish that I have listed?

 

[SkiFletch]

Always in the sand huh? Is he a green leopard wrasse?

A good stocking for a 55 is probably 8-10 smaller sized fish like you've chosen

 

[Batmanjay28]

Always in the sand huh? Is he a green leopard wrasse?

A good stocking for a 55 is probably 8-10 smaller sized fish like you've chosen

Ok so like I would like to have 2 clownfish,

2 Bangai (high-fin) Cardinal fish

2 Firefish

2 Yellow Watchman Goby


1 Sailfin/Algae Blenny. And this is not including the clean up crew right?

 

[SkiFletch]

correct, algae blennies are not part of the CUC. Just two words of warning about algae blennies. First, they are known bulldozers of smaller coral frags that are not secured properly. If you're planning on doing a reef longterm, maybe not an ideal fish. And second, they are also prone to nipping the mantles of decorative Tridacna clams (like derasa, crocea, maxxima, squamosa). So again, if you want or may want one of those, stay away from the blenny.