your oppinion please

I have a young (nearly 3 months) 125 gal reef tank with a 55 gal refugium.        

It currently houses                                                                                                

 some soft corals (mushrooms, leathers, zenia, zoos and whatnot)        

4 blue green 

4 false percula clowns                                                                                   

1 six line wrasse                                                                                               

and a derasa clam         &n bsp;  

I really like the clowns because they are so personable If you would be so kind could you give me your opinion as far as personability and suitablity for a younger tank on the following fish that I am considering for my tank.

bi color blenny                                                                                                         

Neon gobies                                                                                                           

 Royal Gramma                                                                                               

high fin red banded goby    

clown goby

If you have any other suggestions let me know

                                      

 

Edited by Mymanfryday

Please forgive my brashness, but I believe it would be premature to suggest any more fish for a three month old tank without knowing the way it is set up and what filtration is currently operating. How much and what kind of LR, LS, Algae, etc. Thanks,  

Edited by Mark Peterson

blennies and gobys are both awsome. I have one of each in my 55gl and the are both fun to watch.

filtration and circulation I have the 55 gallon refugium 2 aquaclear 500 a smaller protien skimmer that isn't skimming anything right now as there really isn't anything to skim a 6" sand bed in the tank and the ref. only 100 lbs of live rock but I got it from a tank that had been running for about 2 years so it is well aged. as for algae I have grape calerpa, and also some mangroves in the refugium but no algae in the main tank.

I am kind of worried about blennies because I really just don't have much algae in my tank. Ive been putting extra food in my tank for the hermit crabs just to keep them alive. could I grow algae in the refugium to feed the blenny and what kind would it eat?

 

Edited by Mymanfryday

I put a bi-color blenny in my tank about a month ago and I love him. He's got tons of personality and is very active. While watching the tank he'll stop to rest and just stare back and yawn at me. The best is when he finds a nice hole in a rock and backs into it so only his head pokes out.

Algae in the Refugium would not do any good for a Bicolor or Lawnmower Blenny in the main tank. How well are the Mangroves doing? Do you have Macroalgae in the Refugium?

Feeding fish food to keep Hermit Crabs alive is not a desirable thing. The tank at RISE needs Hermit Crabs. Would you mind donating some of your extras to help the children? See my last post in this thread: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7714& get=last#88971

 

My comment on the fish you mentioned:

Royal Gramma  (though it competes with the Six-line for food)

2+ Rainsford Gobies

Neon Goby

Is there really not much algae or are there just a lot of snails in this new 125 gal tank?

Is Coralline Algae growing at all?

Mark,

Why don't you like the neon goby?

Wild caught neon's have a very poor track record.

Adam

they are itty bitty, they don't seem to be hurting anything. And my six line wrasse is slowly killing them off. He looks totally gorged all the time.