Stocking ideas?

[Rose-Loves-Fish]

Hello everyone! I just joined reef2reef and I have a question about stocking my tank. I have a 28 gallon NanoCube. I have had it for a year and a half. I currently have two ocellaris clownfish, one cleaner shrimp, and one peppermint shrimp. I wanted to know what other fish I could put in my tank. Any good combinations that coexist well together and are easy to keep. If I can put in any at all. Is my tank stocked well as it is? I ask because it looks a little bit empty. And also about coral. Corals don't color up well under my LEDs. They never have bright color like I see in other nanocubes. I have tried a lot of things, like additives, feeding them different foods, putting them in different positions. But nothing seems to work. My water parameters are near perfect. I do regular water changes, 15% every Saturday and 25% every fourth Saturday. Is there anything I can do to make them look more colorful? I appreciate any advice!
PS: I have a protein skimmer, a refugium, and a UV sterilizer.

 

[tyler1503]

You could add a nice coral goby. Or some cardinals
Firefish are nice too.

 

[Rose-Loves-Fish]

That's great! I love gobies. They're my some of my favorite fish.

 

[SaltAddict89]

You could always add a sleep head goby to head sift the sand a bit

 

[tyler1503]

I wouldn't add a sleeper head goby to a 28. They should have at the very least a 55 as they get pretty big.

 

[eatbreakfast]

You could add a nice coral goby. Or some cardinals
Firefish are nice too.

+1

I wouldn't add a sleeper head goby to a 28. They should have at the very least a 55 as they get pretty big.

+1 again.

Other fish choices, a small liopropoma basslet, barnacle blennies, stigmatura or other small ecsenius blenny species, scissortail goby or blue gudgeon goby, a yasha haze paired with a shrimp, curious wormfish.

 

[skinz78]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

I just recently added a Pink Streaked Wrasse to my tank and it's an awesome fish that I highly recommend!

 

[Krull]

This is what I did...

 

[Florida reefer]

Just beware of certain small fish that may be shrimp killers,like wrasses and pseudochromis. I've heard that Cyclops will bring out colors because of the omega 3s. Maybe add something with zooxanthelea( I don't know if I spelled it right). In south Florida we have a product called "phycopure". It contains zooxanthelea. Otherwise, I would also be interested in how to bring out more colors.

 

[Nevil]

I have the same tank. I have 2 clowns that cruise their 8 bubble tip anemones all day. A Yasha Gobi w/ canycane pistol shrimp and an orchid dottyback. It's mixed reef.

 

[Nevil]

This is what I did...

Great job! That looks awesome.