STOCKING MY FIRST REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEF

[death-by-reef]

Hi so my first reef a ten gallon is nearly done. The build thread is linked to my tag and all the equipment is arriving in the next week. I was wondering what to stock. A couple of ideas:

clownfish x2, neon goby x1

green chromis x2, neon goby x1

azure damselfish x1

thoughts?

CUC will be a snail, a hermit crab, and a serpent star.

thanks

 

[Jekyl]

Would steer clear of the clowns. Tank is a little small and they can be jerks.

 

[death-by-reef]

Ok
Do the chromis work? That’s my favorite idea

 

[Mschmidt]

How about a few smaller, like a yasha goby and pistol shrimp, tailspot blenny and if you want a clown, get one that stays smaller and may be less aggressive. My black clown pair are fine in the 15 gallon.

 

[death-by-reef]

Yeah I was thinking a basic clown or a mocha

 

[MoshJosh]

No on the chromis, they will get too big for that tank. . .

think you could get away with a small pair of clowns, but would do nothing else in that case.

 

[Petcrazyson]

I would say pass up on the chromis. Like @Mschmidt stated a small goby would work with maybe a clown and a chalk bass and cap it at that.

 

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Clowns would be OK IMO. Just make sure they're on the smaller size species wise.

 

[Genetics]

Depends on the clowns but Ocellaris and Perculas should be okay… until they pair and become your hand’s sworn enemy.

 

[Mschmidt]

Chromis seem to be pretty active swimmers. Imo (which isn't worth very much) bigger fish like clowns in a small tank are ok if they don't do a whole lot. Where a clown is happy chilling in it's corner, a chromis would be out and about. A 20 long may work for the chromis, you could also see what jacking the flow does. Increased flow I'll make it work harder and keep it from atrophy.

 

[death-by-reef]

Ok thanks for everyone’s help, I will probably end up with a pair of clowns

 

[Tchung23]

I'd get a cool basslet, helfrichi firefish and some cool sexy shrimps!!

 

[death-by-reef]

Ok, I’ll look into it

 

[Dave1993]

are you plan on having torch coral cause the clowns might decide they want the torch to host them and would pee it off

 

[death-by-reef]

maybe, i heard it wasnt to hard to keep. What do u mean by pee it off

 

[Dave1993]

maybe, i heard it wasnt to hard to keep. What do u mean by pee it off

they will have the torch host them and annoy it to the point it will stop opening up or kill it completely clowns aint worth the hassle i would get a few gobys avoid "Valenciennea" species though

 

[death-by-reef]

ok ty

 

[steveschuerger]

For a tank your size, I’d run with the clowns and maybe a couple neon or shark nose gobies. They stay real small and mind their own business.

 

[death-by-reef]

ok

 

[AydenLincoln]

I’d say fish max at 2-3 fish at most in a 10 gallon. I’d go with a pair of clowns…the classic!