Umm Quick Question

[GAB99]

what plants can survive and thrive in a 1.015 sg tank?

and is this stock ok?:
3 mono sebae
3 bumble bee gobies
1 figure 8 puffer
2 knight goby
1 dusky panther goby
1 green scat
1 ruby scat
1 silver scat

55 gallons

 

[nmonks]

Nothing traded, except perhaps Samolus valerandi, and the scats would eat that anyway.

Cheers, Neale

 

[GAB99]

so there is nothing out there he can order or buy that can live in 1.015 sg except for that one plant??

does the sg to be at that level for these fish?

 

[Sarn1]

so there is nothing out there he can order or buy that can live in 1.015 sg except for that one plant??

does the sg to be at that level for these fish?

Roughly

Monos - 1.010
Scats - 1.010
BB Goby - 1.005 +/-
Knight Goby - 1.005 +/-
F8 Puffer - 1.003 - 1.010
Dusky Panther Goby - I don't recommend this one

 

[iliveinazoo]

what plants can survive and thrive in a 1.015 sg tank?

and is this stock ok?:
3 mono sebae
3 bumble bee gobies
1 figure 8 puffer
2 knight goby
1 dusky panther goby
1 green scat
1 ruby scat
1 silver scat

55 gallons

I reckon a 55(US)G is a bit small for that stock; Monos and scats will grow real big.
A Dusky Panther Goby or Waspfish will most likely be completely outcompeted for food plus I couldn't get mine to eat anything other than live food.
Knight Gobies apparently eat Bumblebee Gobies.
The F8 may find the Knight Gobies dorsal fin a bit tempting but you might be lucky.
IME Scats will eat any plant you put in with them with the exception of java fern but it won't survive at that salinity. You will be restricted to mangroves in a paladrium, sea grasses or macroalgae for plant life if you don't decide to go with the scats.
Also the SG stated is really too high for some of those fish.

 

[GAB99]

ok lol i had a feeling that scat wouldnt do well in there but it was worth a shot, there off


and yeah after i researched more on the panther goby im taking it off to as 1.) like you said its hard to keep and i want to go real simple with my first brackish and 2.) its poisionous lol

here is my new set up (imo i know im not an expert n any way but if you guys can get more examples of knights eating the bumblebees then ill alter the stocking)
5 mono
6 bumble bees
3 knight gobies
1 F8 puffer

is there anything else i could add?

 

[GAB99]

bump

 

[iliveinazoo]

ok lol i had a feeling that scat wouldnt do well in there but it was worth a shot, there off


and yeah after i researched more on the panther goby im taking it off to as 1.) like you said its hard to keep and i want to go real simple with my first brackish and 2.) its poisionous lol

here is my new set up (imo i know im not an expert n any way but if you guys can get more examples of knights eating the bumblebees then ill alter the stocking)
5 mono
6 bumble bees
3 knight gobies
1 F8 puffer

is there anything else i could add?

Personally I still think that that tank will be overstocked with that list - Monos are also big animals (I will probably get a shoal in the future but only when I get a 400l), I also think that the Monos would prefer a higher salinity than the other fish on the list - BBG's, Knights and F8's will all do well at SG1.003 where you would be able to add plants if you still wanted them.
There was somebody on here who was adamant that Knight Gobies should not be mixed with BBG's, maybe you could search for the post but if it was me I wouldn't risk it.

If you do go for a lower salinity system then there is plenty of other fish that would do well and won't grow too big; like Orange chromides or a shoal of halfbeaks or certain species of glassfish.

 

[GAB99]

ok lol i had a feeling that scat wouldnt do well in there but it was worth a shot, there off


and yeah after i researched more on the panther goby im taking it off to as 1.) like you said its hard to keep and i want to go real simple with my first brackish and 2.) its poisionous lol

here is my new set up (imo i know im not an expert n any way but if you guys can get more examples of knights eating the bumblebees then ill alter the stocking)
5 mono
6 bumble bees
3 knight gobies
1 F8 puffer

is there anything else i could add?

Personally I still think that that tank will be overstocked with that list - Monos are also big animals (I will probably get a shoal in the future but only when I get a 400l), I also think that the Monos would prefer a higher salinity than the other fish on the list - BBG's, Knights and F8's will all do well at SG1.003 where you would be able to add plants if you still wanted them.
There was somebody on here who was adamant that Knight Gobies should not be mixed with BBG's, maybe you could search for the post but if it was me I wouldn't risk it.

If you do go for a lower salinity system then there is plenty of other fish that would do well and won't grow too big; like Orange chromides or a shoal of halfbeaks or certain species of glassfish.

well i heard somewhere that monos are a bit like the "brackish" version of discus which is why i thought that they would be fine, not to mention almost every site i have gone to so far (5) say a 55 minimum

 

[GAB99]

im willing to take out the monos if there are other more suitable fish, its just that i would really appreciate if there was a way to get a show piece fish which in my books is something 6+"

im having real difficulty locating fish for this size tank

all i have that fits are livebearers, puffers, and some gobies, as well as the sebaes

 

[GAB99]

bump