stock ideas

I am looking for some stocking ideas for fish that would work with my 50.3 peninsula reef tank. Current stock: 2 gladiator clownfish 1 Royal gramma Future stock list: 2 gladiator clownfish 1 Royal gramma 1 shrimp goby (not sure if I want a yasha or something else) 1 pistol shrimp 1 Tomini...

My RedSea reefer 250 has been up and running for about 18 months now and I’ve never really filled it with many fish. I had a few Anthias but I was unsuccessful with them, so now I’m only left with a pair of clowns, a yellow tang and a regal tang leaving me with no more little fish to admire. The...

Hi all, I have upgraded from a previously small 15G cube tank to now a 50 Gallon 2 feet cube and was planning my stock and wanted to get some feedback and recommendations. All the weeks mentioned are after cycling Week 1: Snails and Shrimp Week 2: Midas Blenny and Firefish Week 3: Bristletooth...

Hello! I wanted to get some input on stocking ideas for my 60-gallon reef tank. Right now it's mainly empty (just a clownfish and royal gramma) and a bunch of corals. The tank itself is pretty well-established and I'm considering getting a more 'finicky' fish but can't seem to make up my mind...

Hi all, I’m looking for suggestions on what to stock my 30 gallon tall tank with, I have rock up the back of the tank and, I’m looking for some soft, bright corals ( that will pop under the black light) that will grow outwards instead of upwards. I’m also looking for interesting and bright fish...

So I want to consider upgrading from my 24g Eco Recife AIO. I was thinking between 90-120g would be good. Things I am looking for, - Shallow height, don't want to be deeper than 18" but will settle for 24" standard I suppose - 3-4ft width, don't want a 6ft - Durso drain or something that is...

Hello everyone, I am trying to figure out what other fish I should get for my mixed reef tank. My tank size is 55 gallons tall so really the same 36in length as a 40 breder. I'm not at all worried about nutrient issues as I have a filter roller, skimmer, reactors... honestly I'm over...

Hello everyone I am thinking about to upgrade my wb pen 25 to 3620 but I don’t really know about the equipment. At this point I am thinking about - 2 Red Sea reef leds 50 because I already have one - 2 maxspec gyres f230 - absolutely no clue about the skimmer completely clueless - eheim...

Hi all, I have a 20 gallon long tank with 2 clowns, firefish, gramma, and yellow goby. I have very strong filtration, tank parameters are great, everyone is peaceful. I just have no blue color in their. I know I am already pushing it with the amount of fish I have, but just feel like I can...

Hello I've recently just setup a 150gallon tank that I'm looking to make primarily an SPS Reef. I do already have a few fish for it that have been in my 40g macro tank for the last 2 months. Those fish are a pair of SixLine Wrasse and two Aiptasia eating Filefish. The one fish that I really...

Good morning guys, it is a slow Monday so I decided to reach out on R2R to get some ideas on a new nano tank project I have. Here is what's going on - last month I bought a 10 gallon tank from Petco (see pic) to set up as a nursery for some baby seahorses as my male was pregnant. Well, he gave...

Hello all! I wanted input on my stock list for fish for my 100 G tank. Details: 100 G tank (quarter circle, think Hershey kiss shaped), 30 gallon sump. FOWLR. This was an established tank we bought and it came with some fish (a few passed from disease and we rehomed some as we didn’t have...

I have plans of creating a 10 gallon nano tank and am curious what everyone thinks about my plans: - Tank: 10 gallon Aqueon aquarium - Aqueon aquarium lid - tidal 35 hob filter - current loop orbit marine light w/ light rack - current loop 660GPH Felix wave pump - 100W heater - MagTool auto...

After having bought someone’s 20gal set up a few weeks ago, I have majorly gotten the reef itch. The current set up isn’t horrible and for $80 including two black photon clowns and a tailspot blenny, I couldn’t pass it. Aqueon 20 long, tidal 35, Aqua knight A029 with a cheap 100 watt heater...

Hello, I have a Red Sea max s 500 (132g total volume) tank. I have a fleece roller, protein skimmer, bio-reactor, about 100lbs of live rock and an external refugium (12g). My current stocking list is: Powder Blue Tang Tomini tang 2x ocellaris Clownfish Midas blenny Tailspot blenny clown goby...

Hey gang, I just wanted to see how other stickheads and sps dominated reeftanks are stocked. Are your established systems heavily loaded or on the lighter side? For me, I have in a 140 gallon 5 tangs 6 clownfish 5 leopard wrasse Royal gramma Neon goby Yellow coris 2 pink streak wrasse Allen’s...

So my 15 gallon innovative marine is about cycled and I’m heading to my LFS In Pittsburgh to get fish this weekend. My plans are 2 nano clowns, one clown goby and 2 cardinals is this fine or over kill? The nano clowns are so small they shouldn’t bother the other fish I think. Any feedback would...

Hello, I know all tanks are different when it comes to this subject, but I'm just looking for opinions based on your experiences. As mentioned my tank is 120 gallons and six feet in length. There is a sump, protein skimmer, and refugium below. My current inhabitants are: 2 clowns 2 cardinals 1...

I’m in the process of upgrading from a Fluval evo 13.5 to a waterbox 50.3. Display area dimensions are ~35.5x14x17 (about 36.5gal display and 12.6gal for the sump area). Existing live stock I’m moving over: - oscellaris clownfish pair - YWG/pistol shrimp pair CUC: - trochus and turbo snails...

Looking for fish that would be perfect for a beginner setting up a 65 gallon mixed reef would like fish I don’t have to rehome to a bigger tank

Grabbing a 65 gallon looking for stock options new to this hobby nothing too small I was thinking Coral Beauty Angelfish , Saddle Valentini Puffer to start off but what else?