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i have updated my fish list. please give any comments regarding. if there are minimal/maximal numbers for each please suggest. some of these i know. i would love to have a small school of the gobies if that would work. i dont intend to necessarily have all of these fish. i dont know how many will fit comfortably in my tank. please advise. also, could someone advise me on the number of cleaners in each category that i need? 75gallon fish/reef tank

thanks,

pussycat

percula clownfish
lemon goby
royal gramma
mimic blenny
banggai cardinalfish
marine betta
firefish

peppermint shrimp
common cleaner shrimp
american star shell snail
blue-legged hermit crab
 
i couldnt get all the snails that i wanted so i ended up with 1 turbo and 3 mexican turbos. does anyone know anything about these guys? will the 4 of them, plus 2 peppermints and 2 common shrimp be able to take care of my 75g plus be fish/reef safe?

anything to add about the fish would be appreciated.

thanks
 
clean-up crew

I don't know about your fish chioces, None are very large or will get very large. From an aesthetic standpoint, I would like to add a fish that is more visible, a swimmer to the list. Grammas are beautiful, but can be shy. Blennies and gobies are primarily bottom swimmers. As for the cleaners, I just cycled a 75 gallon and have about 60 turbos, 60 nassarius, 60 hermits, an emerald crab, and 3 cerith snails. I plan to add a brittle star and a cleaner shrimp. I don't know if this is over-kill, but I like my glass clean and my floor "mopped". Hope this helps. I am also fairly new to the salt world.
 
Originally posted by pussycat
i have updated my fish list. please give any comments regarding. if there are minimal/maximal numbers for each please suggest. some of these i know. i would love to have a small school of the gobies if that would work. i dont intend to necessarily have all of these fish. i dont know how many will fit comfortably in my tank. please advise. also, could someone advise me on the number of cleaners in each category that i need? 75gallon fish/reef tank

thanks,

pussycat

percula clownfish
lemon goby
royal gramma
mimic blenny
banggai cardinalfish
marine betta - ]I would drop this one from the list
firefish

peppermint shrimp
common cleaner shrimp
american star shell snail - ] I do not know this one
blue-legged hermit crab
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Usual rule of thumb ( and I hate rules of thumb) is atotal of snails + crabs = gallons of water.

For clean up I would add detrivore kits from one or both of the following before any fish. Give them 3 weeks in the tank first.

www.IPSF.com

http://www.inlandaquatics.com

Ray
 
Hi,

Just would like to know how many cleaner shrimp should be put in a 50 gal tank. By the way, I'm just new to this site and I'm from Manila, Philippines. Hope you'll give me your best suggestions.

Thanks...Ferdie
 
Originally posted by hanjin
Hi,

Just would like to know how many cleaner shrimp should be put in a 50 gal tank. By the way, I'm just new to this site and I'm from Manila, Philippines. Hope you'll give me your best suggestions.

Thanks...Ferdie
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It depends on the type. Coral Banded Shrimp - 1

Most others in groups of three in my opinion.

Ray
 
i have a royal gramma in QT now. i am trying to decide what to add as my next fish. i would like to have a small school of colorful, peaceful fish. would either the lemon gobies or blue-green chromis work? if so, how many? if not, what would be another suggestion?

thanks,

pussycat
 
green chromis

The blue-green chromis should be fine. We started our 46 gallon with them. They are attractive, peaceful, and look nice schooling. We are trying to get blue chromis for our 75 gallon just to have diversity between the two tanks.
 
i think i am going to go with the royal gramma, maybe a firefish, 2 percula clownfish and a flame angel. if not the firefish, something peaceful and 4" or under. how does that sound? yep, no to the beta. i probably would never see him anyway.

thanks,

pussycat
 
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