Hey Guys !

[Luke.]

Hello everyone ! As some of you know I have a 20g saltwater coral reef tank with fish I have
2 paird clowns
1 purple fire fish

I love them and they are awesome in my 20g, so yesterday I went out and picked up a 36"x12"x21 1/2" (40gallon) tank and im gojng to transfer my 20 gallon to the new 40 . My question is , is what kind of fish to get ? Anyone have some in mind that do well in 40 gallons I wanted 2-3 new ones but would be fine with 1 or 2, im excited to have something doubble my size and a 20 gallon is a little tough but I did it for 11 months, aswell I have a wee cyano algee on my 20 g sand bed and bit on rock and corals I bought new sand but really need to re use live rock because I don't want to toss over 200$ worth and I'll be adding 3-5 pounds a month- month and a half till I get to about 35 and the reason to cyano is over feeding of reef roids for 2 weeks .. I never had this issue in 10 months and then started using reef roids and I guess you can say a screwd up .. So my best best is it scrub what I can

 

[unibob]

What do you have for cleanup crew? Any shrimp? Also do you have a lid for new tank?

As far as fish go, a nice peaceful looking fish is a bangaii cardinal. Only put 1 in unless it's a pair coming from a. Hobbiest.

You could add a group of small cardinals as well. Like yellow striped cardinals.


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[Luke.]

No clean up crew had a shrimp but it died and hermit crabs ate my corals lol so they are no more

 

[unibob]

No clean up crew had a shrimp but it died and hermit crabs ate my corals lol so they are no more

I would definetly add some snails. Get some for sandbed, and some for liverock/glass.


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[Jesse biocubebeginner]

Give hermit crabs another chance. The tiny ones shouldn't hurt your corals.


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[Luke.]

I had 10 and they all pick at the corals what about a yellow wrasse they should eat bugs and what not .. And I had sand sifting Snails in my 20 gallon and they would attack the glass cleaners lol I never have luck with them

 

[unibob]

Yellow wrasse are excellent for flatworm control, are bright coloured and stay on smaller side.


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[Luke.]

Can you keep a few wrasses together ?

 

[TORX]

You definitely need to invest in a CUC, a few different snails. Also, if you are getting a wrasse, you definitely want to get a lid for the tank. They tend to be known for jumping. Cyano is a normal thing in a new tank.

 

[Luke.]

I see so many vids on YouTube of people having yellow tangs in a 40.. Why ? Isn't that to small or can it be done ,

 

[TORX]

Tang Police will be on you for that for sure. Tangs are swimmers and need space to do so. Same as putting a grey hound in an apartment or never letting a horse out of its stall.

 

[Luke.]

Strange weird people do it , you could probably keep a dwarf angle ? I see flames and coral beauty's in coral reef tank

 

[TORX]

People would put a dolphin in a 40 gallon if it looked cute and was available

 

[TORX]

I have lots of tangs in my tank, but it is 4' long. Rock works down the middle leaving both sides open to swim. I also have a RW-15 at 100% blowing down either side making tons of water to swim against simulating distance

 

[Luke.]

Does anyone have luck with dawrf angles in reefs ?

 

[scubasteve]

theres only about three or four angels that are reef safe they are pretty notoriouse for nipping corals especially sps but even lps and zoas arent 100% safe you might get lucky but is hard

 

[EricTMah]

In such a small tank, you're just asking for trouble!

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[Luke.]

What about wrasses anyone know a few that would be fine together in a tank? I won't be getting any fish for a few months but I want to take a look i like wrasses

 

[heath]

I just added a Blue & Red fairy wrasse, they grow to about 4"... I think that most of them stay hid most of the time..

 

[Luke.]

What about a Melanurus Wrasse

And could I keep a yellow wrasse with it too ?