55g saltwater stocking

[ReefJake123]

Thank you

 

[00pipirose]

Yeah haha, more questions but for anyone willing to answer

Stock I have:
2 clown fish
1 diamond goby
1 6 line wrasse

Fish to add:
1 flame angel
1 coral beauty
1 long nose hawk
1 orchid dotty back
3-4 green chromis*

Would I be OK to add the above fish? I would add the angels last ofc. Any other fish I could have as well or would this be fully stocked? Also, I looked up "do green chromis kill eachother" and nearly everyone says that they kill each other! I would love to get 3-4 but don't want them to just end up dying.

 

[ReefJake123]

They are fine your stocking is a could list

 

[ReefJake123]

Good*

 

[Jesterrace]

I wouldn't put two dwarf angels together in the same tank, especially not a 55 gallon. Pick either the coral beauty or the flame angel (I would personally go with the Coral Beauty as more people have had success with them in terms of aggression and not nipping at corals) Also the 6 line wrasse can turn into an unholy terror so keep a close eye on it.

 

[ReefJake123]

I wouldn't put two dwarf angels together in the same tank, especially not a 55 gallon. Pick either the coral beauty or the flame angel (I would personally go with the Coral Beauty as more people have had success with them in terms of aggression and not nipping at corals) Also the 6 line wrasse can turn into an unholy terror so keep a close eye on it.

Well I have all three of those and they cause no trouble at all

 

[Jesterrace]

Well I have all three of those and they cause no trouble at all

Cool, you are one lucky guy. Very few people successfully keep all 3 of those in a tank under 100 gallons. The 6 line wrasse is 50-50 and it is said that some start out great but don't get aggressive until they get a little bigger/older.

 

[ReefJake123]

Yeah he is huge now but I have yet to see any aggression but the funniest thing I saw was my little tiny sharknose goby attacking my mama clownfish it was hilarious because the clown acted like nothing even was happening to her I was laughing

 

[00pipirose]

I got a quick question about what my lights should look like. my lfs lights are always just blue but my orbit marine lights are typically very white for like 7 hours in the day and about 2 just hours of blue lights. Should my lights always be blue for corals?

 

[Jesterrace]

The LFS use the lights for showcasing, but honestly it depends on what you are growing. Also I would do no more than 8 hours light total unless you want algae all over

 

[ReefJake123]

Depends on the question it should always have blue but never should only have white the white and blue should be on together with the blue being stronger than the white if that makes sense

 

[Jesterrace]

Yeah haha, more questions but for anyone willing to answer

Stock I have:
2 clown fish
1 diamond goby
1 6 line wrasse

Fish to add:
1 flame angel
1 coral beauty
1 long nose hawk
1 orchid dotty back
3-4 green chromis*

Would I be OK to add the above fish? I would add the angels last ofc. Any other fish I could have as well or would this be fully stocked? Also, I looked up "do green chromis kill eachother" and nearly everyone says that they kill each other! I would love to get 3-4 but don't want them to just end up dying.

I would be wary of adding a flame angel and a coral beauty together to a tank of that size. The dwarf angels can get pretty nasty with each other and the flame angel is one of the more aggressive of the bunch. Personally I would pick one or the other. The rest looks fine for your tank. Keep a close eye on that 6 line though. They can turn into little devils as they get older.

 

[00pipirose]

I decided to just get the coral beauty (safer choice) and so far I don't regret it

 

[ReefJake123]

Good choice

 

[Jesterrace]

I decided to just get the coral beauty (safer choice) and so far I don't regret it

Agreed. I will be adding one to my 90 in the next couple of months. I had a flame and he was just an aggressive butthead from the get go. Less than a minute into my tank and he made sure my Purple firefish was buried in his cave. My purple firefish got great and figuring out when the flame wasn't looking though.