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[nickkohrn]

I have a Waterbox 100.3, which has a display of ~71g and a sump of ~24g. The dimensions are roughly 36"x24"x24". I will be going bare-bottom. I have a bonsai structure with two dens, which were created by Paul at West Mariculture. I have a Reef Octopus 130 eSsence skimmer, one live rock (~5lbs), and a MarinePure plate, which has 23,000 sq. ft. of surface area. The 8"x8"x1" plate handles a 100g tank, and my plate is the 8"x8"x4" plate, so I should have more than a sufficient amount of room for bacteria.

I love wrasses, and I'd enjoy having a fairy wrasse or a flasher wrasse; I will be making a screen top for my tank. I also fell in love with ORA Lemon Damsels, which a local shop always has an abundance of. Since they are quoted to be hardier and more peaceful than the typical damsel, I became attracted to them even more. It doesn't hurt that their splash of yellow brings quite a bit of color to a tank. So, my thoughts were a trio of Lemon Damsels and a wrasse. Does that seem appropriate? I tend to shy away from tanks that have many species of fish. I'd rather have one or two, which is why a wrasse and a trio of Lemon Damsels is attractive to me.

I'd love your thoughts!

If it helps to visualize my display tank, here are some photos of it:

 

[JasonK84]

Very cool structure. Yes the marinepur is awesome. You've got the block not plates. I've got 4 1" plates in my 120 and have had "0" nitrates since the cycle completed. I won't run a tank without marinepur ever again. I use a couple marinepur spheres 1.5" in my QT and never change water unless finished with meds. It is killer at biofiltration.

Great looking tank and if that's all the fish you want it will be fine. More would be fine also. Add the fairy wrasse first so it can get established before the damsels.

 

[nickkohrn]

Very cool structure. Yes the marinepur is awesome. You've got the block not plates. I've got 4 1" plates in my 120 and have had "0" nitrates since the cycle completed. I won't run a tank without marinepur ever again. I use a couple marinepur spheres 1.5" in my QT and never change water unless finished with meds. It is killer at biofiltration.

Great looking tank and if that's all the fish you want it will be fine. More would be fine also. Add the fairy wrasse first so it can get established before the damsels.

I have had trouble keeping nitrates with the MarinePure, so I bought a DŌS to dose nitrates and phosphates because I had dinoflagellates in a prior system since I couldn't keep those parameters at detectable measurements. I love the efficiency that they provide with regard to filtration. I have the spheres on standby, which will be going into my sump so that I can pull some out for QT since they worked so well for me when doing that previously.

Thanks for the suggestion on adding a wrasse first!

 

[JasonK84]

I have had trouble keeping nitrates with the MarinePure, so I bought a DŌS to dose nitrates and phosphates because I had dinoflagellates in a prior system since I couldn't keep those parameters at detectable measurements. I love the efficiency that they provide with regard to filtration. I have the spheres on standby, which will be going into my sump so that I can pull some out for QT since they worked so well for me when doing that previously.

Thanks for the suggestion on adding a wrasse first!

I run a fish only tank so "0" nitrates is good with me.

 

[nereefpat]

For damsels, I would stick with the Chrysiptera genus (sapphire, Talbot, yellow tail, etc). Anything else makes me uneasy.

To get the yellow color, a yellow wrasse (H. chrysus) is an all-around perfect fish...assuming you have at least an inch of sand.

Flasher wrasse like McCosker, carpenter, yellow fin are beautiful and fairly easy to get a hold of.

 

[Deiblerj]

I run a fish only tank so "0" nitrates is good with me.

How do you keep your sandbed so clean?! It’s clean the whole way through

 

[JasonK84]

How do you keep your sandbed so clean?! It’s clean the whole way through

I run very low light levels since it's only fish and have run a 24watt UV since day 1.

Tank was filled October 5 2018 and I've never stirred or siphoned it. I'll get a couple diamond gobies if it ever starts getting dirty.

 

[JasonK84]

How do you keep your sandbed so clean?! It’s clean the whole way through

I also only have its lights on about 6 hours when we are home. Again, no coral to support.

 

[BestMomEver]

Lemon damsels are beautiful! Get 8 or 10. Sometimes they quarrel with each other... they disappear!