ArowanaLover1902
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Well I'm driving 3 hours (and another 3 back) to pick up a really nice 35 gallon from craigslist today. It's already drilled, with overflow, return pump, 10 gallon sump, decorative (and incredibly practical) custom stand and canopy, light (probably not strong enough, but good enough to cycle with), and other good stuff for $350. I'm going to move over from my 20 gallon to it though. I'm trying to think of what to add though. I've already got a royal gramma, clownfish, watchman goby, and a lawnmower blenny (who apparently eats cyano (I'm not sure if this is common or not, if not I'll probably trade him out for something more decorative like a starry blenny, he was just to test whether or not I could keep blennies), as well as a emerald crab, hermits, snails, and a porcelain crab (maybe, I put him in and haven't seen him since). My royal gramma the only fish I've definitely got to keep (I've had him for my entire time reefing, 4 years, and he has survived every mistake), the other fish can go if they have to make room for something cooler. I've got a lot of coral and want to add more eventually, but I won't have money for that for a while, I've still got to buy live rock and sand, as well as filter media, a protein skimmer, a bit of plumbing stuff, and new lighting. I feel like I got a bit off subject, but my suggestions are:
- A medium sized fish that has lots of color and personality (I'd love a small tang but know I don't have the room)
- Maybe a wrasse
- Maybe a purple firefish (I bought one a month ago and it died within the first day, I have no idea why, my parameters were perfect and everything else is super healthy)
Suggest decorating ideas too, at the moment I'm thinking something like this
Nice Rock area with lots of corals (left)
Algae and feather dusters (middle)
Small Rock Area with faster growing corals (right)
It's all laidout so as to have a left facing flow (thats how I usually do my tanks, my current one is a mess though, I had to break down my perfect one to find a pesky killer shrimp). I'll have more flow pushing to the left too, as the overflow is on the far left and the output is on the far right. It can be hard to put corals in sometimes, but it generally works fine. But let me know what you think?
- A medium sized fish that has lots of color and personality (I'd love a small tang but know I don't have the room)
- Maybe a wrasse
- Maybe a purple firefish (I bought one a month ago and it died within the first day, I have no idea why, my parameters were perfect and everything else is super healthy)
Suggest decorating ideas too, at the moment I'm thinking something like this
Nice Rock area with lots of corals (left)
Algae and feather dusters (middle)
Small Rock Area with faster growing corals (right)
It's all laidout so as to have a left facing flow (thats how I usually do my tanks, my current one is a mess though, I had to break down my perfect one to find a pesky killer shrimp). I'll have more flow pushing to the left too, as the overflow is on the far left and the output is on the far right. It can be hard to put corals in sometimes, but it generally works fine. But let me know what you think?
