Finally making plans for stocking plans for tank... What do you think?

[sredzins]

It's a 50 gallon breeder tank with aqua max hob skimmer and a 5 gallon cpr hob refugium. I would like to add these fish

Pair of snowflake clowns
6 line wrasse
Red mandarin
4 green chromis
Sleeper goby
2 helfrichi fire fish or a cool pair of anthias

Eventually this will be a mixed reef, would this be over stocking? Or any other recommendations for fish? What do you think?



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[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looks good except for the Mandarin.

 

[sredzins]

The tanks been set up for several months, I have dosed the refugium with pods twice to kick start the food supply and have about 60 lbs of live rock. I set up my tank around getting a mandarin.

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[sredzins]

Would this stocking plan be a heavy bio load?

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[revhtree Verified Admin]

The tanks been set up for several months, I have dosed the refugium with pods twice to kick start the food supply and have about 60 lbs of live rock. I set up my tank around getting a mandarin.

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Oh ok if you're familiar with the needs then great!

Also the bio load looks ok as long as you don't overfeed and make consistent water changes.

 

[Swine]

Keep in mind the wrasse will compete for pods

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[harley]

It's a 50 gallon breeder tank with aqua max hob skimmer and a 5 gallon cpr hob refugium. I would like to add these fish

Pair of snowflake clowns
6 line wrasse
Red mandarin
4 green chromis
Sleeper goby
2 helfrichi fire fish or a cool pair of anthias

Eventually this will be a mixed reef, would this be over stocking? Or any other recommendations for fish? What do you think?



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I think you're close, however, I'd highly suggest a flasher wrasse over a 6 line, much nicer and a better tank mate, plus won't compete for pods as much. Any of them are awesome, I have a lubbocki, naoki(shark fin), melanarus(not flasher and a pod eater) and a carpenters in my tank, and they are my favorite fish. Just make sure you have a mesh top/other top on your tank as they are jumpers. All wrasse are, as well as your clowns and firefish. If you don't have a top you can make one with mesh from BRS.com and a DIY window screen kit from Lowes. PM me if you want instrustions. It cost about $25 and allows for good gas exchange.

As for the mandarin, I'd wait till about the year mark, let those pods, and a wide variety really take hold. Outside of that, it looks like a good list as long as the chromis get along.

 

[ohio reefer]

IMO I'd say no to the wrasse, I have heard a guy at my lfs mention he had a 240 with plenty of pods and the manderin starved because if his wrasse, angels eat pods too


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[Eienna]

DON'T GET THE SIXLINE. If you do, it's awfully likely your mandarin and firefish at the very least will be killed by it.