C-Vue 40 Stocking Ideas

[Woodster8297]

I have just gotten my C-Vue 40 wet and am interested in getting ideas for stocking.

I know I’d like like to have a
Melanarus wrasse
Potter’s Angelfish

In between about
Hawk fish (long nose or flame)
Goby shrimp pair
Blenny or mandarin
Pearly jawfish

 

[Peach02]

I have just gotten my C-Vue 40 wet and am interested in getting ideas for stocking.

I know I’d like like to have a
Melanarus wrasse
Potter’s Angelfish

In between about
Hawk fish (long nose or flame)
Goby shrimp pair
Blenny or mandarin
Pearly jawfish

coral beauty or flame angel if your willing to take the nipping risk. firefish seem good. with the goby shrimp pair, make sure you have a deep sand bed because they can starve quickly once they clean the **** out of your sand

 

[lion king]

All of your choices sound great for a 40g.

 

[Woodster8297]

Thanks, I’m trying to figure out if they are compatible. Hopefully I can find out how to introduce them all at the appropriate times so that there isn’t any aggression.

 

[nereefpat]

I don't like any of the dwarf angels for a 40 gallon, except the smallest group of cherub, flameback, etc.

The goby won't starve. Watchman gobies eat prepared foods just fine. They don't get all their food from sifting sand like sleeper gobies (diamond, and others).

The mandarin, on the other hand, could easily potentially starve, unless the tank is at least 1 year mature with a fuge.

Most blennies are fine, unless it's a scooter "blenny." In that case, similar to the mandarin.

 

[Woodster8297]

If you can believe it I have a cherub pigmy angel in my 16 Biocube and have had him for about 6 months.

The girl at the LFS who has since been FIRED, sold it to me telling me it would be fine in the 16.

Amazingly, he is my only fish left in the 16 and loves it.

I was going to trade him in at LFS for a potters angel as the showpiece fish in my Cvue.

I am just torn because my lfs had him for a while and he is very healthy and active and would hate if the potters did not do well.

The reason I do not have a mandarin yet is because of that same reason.

 

[Jesterrace]

All of your choices sound great for a 40g.

I disagree. Melanurus Wrasse and Potter's need more space than a 40 gallon offers (unless it's a long). 4 foot long minimum tank for both of those fish. I have a Melanurus Wrasse and Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel and they both definitely make full use of the space and the Wrasse still has another 2-3 inches to grow and the CB about another inch or so.

If the 40 gallon is at least 3 foot long I would be looking at the Lubbock's Wrasse and possibly Transferring the Cherubfish from the 16 gallon over. The 16 gallon may work while the cherub is really small but it will definitely be cramped in the long run:

Here is the Lubbock's (pictures don't do it justice):

 

[lion king]

I disagree. Melanurus Wrasse and Potter's need more space than a 40 gallon offers (unless it's a long). 4 foot long minimum tank for both of those fish. I have a Melanurus Wrasse and Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel and they both definitely make full use of the space and the Wrasse still has another 2-3 inches to grow and the CB about another inch or so.

If the 40 gallon is at least 3 foot long I would be looking at the Lubbock's Wrasse and possibly Transferring the Cherubfish from the 16 gallon over. The 16 gallon may work while the cherub is really small but it will definitely be cramped in the long run:

Here is the Lubbock's (pictures don't do it justice):

My bad, you're right,

 

[Woodster8297]

I am going to go with a potters angel and melanarus wrasse as my showpiece fish. They have a melanarus in the LFS 30 breeder and my success with the cherub angel has me feeling confident.

 

[nereefpat]

I am going to go with a potters angel and melanarus wrasse as my showpiece fish. They have a melanarus in the LFS 30 breeder and my success with the cherub angel has me feeling confident.

Why not move the cherub over, since it will outgrow the biocube, and the Potter's probably needs more than the 40 gallons?

 

[Woodster8297]

I could and probably should, I just know how territorial he is and plan on moving him over to the larger tank after all other fish have been added. I just feel like the potters angel is a gorgeous fish and might end up getting one later.

 

[Jesterrace]

Save the potter's for a larger tank. For the price that they are and the difficulty that many have getting them to eat it's not worth the added gamble of a cramped tank. Dwarf Angels AND wrasses really do need 4 feet minimum long term.

 

[Kyl]

Keep in mind this is an AIO tank and the 40 gallon volume a) doesn't factually exist in the first place and b) is the total water volume including rear compartments, not the main display capacity. You can't compare it to "roughly" a 40 breeder, there is much less internal volume available. Given as such, the actual display volume will be ~24-25 gallons. Though it's wide, that's still basically nano tank territory and will really limit stocking choices. Just the fact of things, unfortunately.

 

[Jesterrace]

Keep in mind this is an AIO tank and the 40 gallon volume a) doesn't factually exist in the first place and b) is the total water volume including rear compartments, not the main display capacity. You can't compare it to "roughly" a 40 breeder, there is much less internal volume available. Given as such, the actual display volume will be ~24-25 gallons. Though it's wide, that's still basically nano tank territory and will really limit stocking choices. Just the fact of things, unfortunately.

Very True.