Adding my first livestock in biocube 32

[mbixler1537]

My tank is officially cycled and I plan on adding this livestock to my tank. Any thoughts/input/criticism is welcomed.

Starting with Green Clown Goby, 1 or 2 rock nems, and 1 or 2 porcelain crabs. After that, I was thinking 1 or 2 purple firefish and some snails. Once those have been established, I am thinking about adding a pair of clowns. Lastly, I will be adding a mandarin once the tank is established. I plan on adding small zoa frags pretty soon. Also, I want to add GSP to the back wall and probably a duncan. Also want to get into acans in a few months.

 

[Spare time]

Sounds good. You may want to consider frequently dosing phtyo if you are going to keep a mandarin (the phyto will help the pods keep their numbers up) as they can be difficult in small tanks.

 

[mbixler1537]

Sounds good. You may want to consider frequently dosing phtyo if you are going to keep a mandarin (the phyto will help the pods keep their numbers up) as they can be difficult in small tanks.

Absolutely...that will be beginning in the near future.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Definitely get a captive bred mandarin! This way you can supplement their diet with frozen food/pellets as I feel that it’s not very likely that your biocube can handle the mandarin’s voracious appetite without substantial help. Paul B’s mandarin feeder works well too.

 

[mbixler1537]

Definitely get a captive bred mandarin! This way you can supplement their diet with frozen food/pellets as I feel that it’s not very likely that your biocube can handle the mandarin’s voracious appetite without substantial help. Paul B’s mandarin feeder works well too.

Yes, I've contacted Paul B regarding a mandarin in my tank. The feeder might be an option.

 

[mbixler1537]

So, my thought of adding fish in this order is logical?

Green Clown Goby
Purple Firefish pair
Clown Pair
Mandarin

 

[harrylikesfish]

Mhm, all fish look good except the mandarin, but I’m not experienced with Mandarins so I’ll let someone else give you advice on that.

 

[brandon429]

if you add those fish, this w happen. try and have a plan ready. this will nearly always happen in new nanos unless a specific plan is in place, ie the plan nobody wants to do (wait eighty days to add fish and follow a strict disease protocol for new entrants thereafter)

welcome to marine fishkeeping. the cycle was the easy part

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Is Nemo struggling with his swimming or is this a normal swimming pattern?

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I havent met a new nano reefer willing to follow the prevention rules, we take the losses and buy replacements.

only fish disease is the issue, you could pack that new reef out with corals and do fine/lots of us do.

fish require a very certain set of choices to have any basic chance.

you could get away with maybe a clown or two skipping disease protocol, not much else.

 

[TvanB1]

I would skip on the mandarin unless you plan to feed it 5x a day; with 32 gallons of water and the biocube being an AIO, that might cause problems on its own.
I’d also consider waiting a bit longer to add the rock nems.

 

[mbixler1537]

I would skip on the mandarin unless you plan to feed it 5x a day; with 32 gallons of water and the biocube being an AIO, that might cause problems on its own.
I’d also consider waiting a bit longer to add the rock nems.

Interesting...everything I have seen about rock nems say they are extremely hardy.

 

[TvanB1]

Interesting...everything I have seen about rock nems say they are extremely hardy.

They are rather hardy, but its best to put them in a somewhat established system.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Anemones do better in more established systems. Adding some wet live rock/rubble to your display or sump will greatly speed up this process I was able to add in anemones to my tank at 3 months, however I used 100% wet live rock, media from an old tank that my friend had, and old water from his tank. Watch for a good amount of microfauna and beneficial algae as signs of a well established tank