Diving head first

Made a deal with my hubby In 2 months time I have to get "back in shape" If I "get back in shape" I will be getting a 55 gallon salt tank. Easy as pie. So needless to say I am officially getting a salt tank. Going to be forever stocking it but I got eye candy list already of what I want. Unfortunately won't be able to be able to get everything So here's my candy list

Misc Fish:

Flaming Angel
Red Fairy Anthias
Japanese Borbonius Anthius
Blackcap Basslet
Strawberry Basslet
Pseudochromis fish (Porphyrous)
Red Scooter Blenny

Gobies:

Yellow Watchman
Blue and/or green Mandrin
Purple Firefish
Green Banded
Flaming Prawn

Wrasses:

Melanurus Fairy
Hawiian Flame Fairy
Coris- Green

Mushrooms:

Blue Florida Ricordea
Orange Florida Ricordea
Green Florida Ricordea
Green and Blue/Purple Bullseye

Corals:

Purple Garf Bonsia
Blue Acropora
Orange Sun
Aussie Dragon Soul Reverse Prism Faula
Metalic Green Torch

Zoas:

LA Lakers
Strawberry Garden
Eagle Eye
Eye Of Jupiter
African Blue Hornet
Alph and Omegus


LPS Corals:

Flaming Dendrophyllia Head
Elegance

Sea Fans:

Red Finger
Orange Tree

Hermit Crabs:

Blue Leg
Electric Blue
Scarlet
Halloween

Shrimp:

Peppermint
Scarlet Skunk
Blood Red
Golden Coral Banded
Blue Body Coral Banded
Pederson
Sexy
Tiger Pistol
Candy Stripe Randalls Pistol
Saron

Sea Slugs:

Chamberlain Nudibranch
Purple and Yellow Nudibranch
Velvet Nudibranch

Fan Worms:

Yellow and Red Fountain Head
Flourescent Green

And of course there will be plants lol

Misc Fish:

Flaming Angel - good choice
Red Fairy Anthias - jumper, plankton feeder needs to be fed regularly
Japanese Borbonius Anthius - jumper, plankton feeder needs to be fed regularly
Blackcap Basslet - good fish once they adapt, a good copepod population will help
Strawberry Basslet - one of the meaner ones
Pseudochromis fish (Porphyrous)
Red Scooter Blenny - awesome little fish but you have to have a lot of copepods for them to feed on

Gobies:

Yellow Watchman - good and hardy, just dont see them much, but in the 55g I did always see mine
Blue and/or green Mandrin - you need to pick one copepod feeder, a 55g will not support 2, unless you get a tank raised one of these and they are available at boardroom.
Purple Firefish - jumper
Green Banded
Flaming Prawn

Wrasses: have a tendency to jump

Melanurus Fairy
Hawiian Flame Fairy
Coris- Green

Mushrooms: - very good choices

Blue Florida Ricordea
Orange Florida Ricordea
Green Florida Ricordea
Green and Blue/Purple Bullseye

Corals:

Purple Garf Bonsia - acros are pretty hard to keep
Blue Acropora - acros are pretty hard to keep
Orange Sun - you have to feed it, has no zoanthelle (the algae part of most corals that makes them need light) so its a daily feederand can be easily trained to come out during the day
Aussie Dragon Soul Reverse Prism Faula - favia? there are others just as pretty but without the massive price tag
Metalic Green Torch - good choice after you are good with the softies this is a good next step

Zoas: are a good choice for beginners!

LA Lakers
Strawberry Garden
Eagle Eye
Eye Of Jupiter
African Blue Hornet
Alph and Omegus


LPS Corals:

Flaming Dendrophyllia Head - kinda hard to keep happy
Elegance - pretty aggressive from what I know

Sea Fans: - mostly filter feeders and need special foods

Red Finger
Orange Tree

Hermit Crabs:

Blue Leg - good and cheap
Electric Blue
Scarlet
Halloween - way over priced IMO

Shrimp:

Peppermint - good aptasia eaters
Scarlet Skunk - awesome for picking parasites off fish
Blood Red - pretty but not so good at picking parasites
Golden Coral Banded - only one coral banded per tank unless they are a mated pair
Blue Body Coral Banded - only one coral banded per tank unless they are a mated pair
Pederson
Sexy - very small may become food
Tiger Pistol - pistols make a godawful crack noise and will kill and eat your other shrimp
Candy Stripe Randalls Pistol - pistols make a godawful crack noise and will kill and eat your other shrimp
Saron

Sea Slugs: pain in the butt, and have a habit of ending up on powerheads and in the overflows, better off looking at cucumbers who have a harder body.

Chamberlain Nudibranch
Purple and Yellow Nudibranch
Velvet Nudibranch

Fan Worms: are filter feeders

Yellow and Red Fountain Head
Flourescent Green

Forgot to add I want a couple clowns to...Now to go through the list again and modify things lol

Ok changed the list. Took out stuff and added I think. So new list..and it still has a few things I'm iffy on.

Misc Fish:

Flaming Angel
Blackcap Basslet
Strawberry Basslet
Red Scooter Blenny
Clown Fish

Gobies:

Yellow Watchman
Blue and/or green Mandrin
Purple Firefish

Wrasses:

Melanurus Fairy- Don't think I like it anymore, but up in the air
McCoskers Flasher

Mushrooms:

Blue Florida Ricordea
Orange Florida Ricordea
Green Florida Ricordea
Green and Blue/Purple Bullseye

Corals:

Purple Garf Bonsia
Blue Acropora
Orange Sun
Aussie Dragon Soul Reverse Prism Faula
Metalic Green Torch

Zoas:

LA Lakers
Strawberry Garden
Eagle Eye
Eye Of Jupiter
African Blue Hornet
Alph and Omegus

Sea Fans:

Orange Tree- Up in air

Hermit Crabs:

Blue Leg
Electric Blue
Scarlet
Halloween

Shrimp:

Peppermint
Scarlet Skunk
Blood Red
Golden Coral Banded- May have to settle with this
Blue Body Coral Banded- Want this, but may not be available
Saron

Sea Slugs: They look cool so still on list but won't get them

Chamberlain Nudibranch
Purple and Yellow Nudibranch
Velvet Nudibranch

Fan Worms:

Yellow and Red Fountain Head
Flourescent Green

Misc Fish:

Flaming Angel
Blackcap Basslet
Strawberry Basslet
Red Scooter Blenny
Clown Fish - good in almost any tank! If you want to end up with a pair you get 2 small young ones at the same time, they change sexes!

Gobies:

Yellow Watchman
Blue and/or green Mandrin - tank raised? They really do much better!
Purple Firefish - like I said its a jumper!

Wrasses: - fairys are really the only ones who mix well, I would keep it to one in that tank.

Melanurus Fairy- Don't think I like it anymore, but up in the air
McCoskers Flasher

Mushrooms:

Blue Florida Ricordea
Orange Florida Ricordea
Green Florida Ricordea
Green and Blue/Purple Bullseye


Corals:

Purple Garf Bonsia - Ummm I'm still afraid to mess with acros lol
Blue Acropora
Orange Sun
Aussie Dragon Soul Reverse Prism Faula
Metalic Green Torch

Zoas:

LA Lakers - I think its a deep water one and those are more demanding
Strawberry Garden
Eagle Eye - easy enough to get!
Eye Of Jupiter
African Blue Hornet
Alpha and Omegas - I killed mine
You forgot radioactive dragons eye!

Sea Fans:

Orange Tree- Up in air

Hermit Crabs:

Blue Leg
Electric Blue
Scarlet
Halloween

Shrimp:

Peppermint
Scarlet Skunk
Blood Red
Golden Coral Banded- May have to settle with this
Blue Body Coral Banded- Want this, but may not be available
Saron

Sea Slugs: They look cool so still on list but won't get them

Chamberlain Nudibranch
Purple and Yellow Nudibranch
Velvet Nudibranch

Fan Worms: make sure you are avoididnt the kinds in fire coral, that stuff will tear you up!

Yellow and Red Fountain Head
Fluorescent Green

Oh forgot to mention I'm going to do an egg crate top or whatever it's called. It should work shouldn't it?

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it could work but will block off some of the light, we can try to re-glue in that glass to make a center brace its already cut to fit that tank it just didnt hold the first time.... or you can set that piece on and lay your lids on, just gotta be careful not to knock the whole mess in!

I really need a job now lol. I want one of everything....I know someone using egg crate and they have tons of corals and what not and they're kicking butt...but idk lol

give it a try! I've herd of it being used too! Just will cut down a smidgen of your light is all

Just got 23 lbs of base rock...need more, or need smaller pieces and it was only $1.99 a LB woo hoo....So when are the fish out of quarantine? lol I still have to get salt and water so it's going to be a little while longer

ummm I have water lol
2 weeks is the qt on them
how big of pieces did you get? I need some bigger pieces and have plenty of small stuff!

idk how big they are lol I have 3 pieces

could be huge could be small, all depends on the porosity of them.

oh bring them over as soon as yo get them, lets get them in the tank so they can start colonizing!

hammer and chisel work well for making them into small pieces if necessary

LOL very true, but my luck I would smash my poor fingers to

Well stock has changed again to this...


1st: Hermit Crabs
2nd: Shrimp-Skunk Cleaners, Peppermint, and Blood Red
3rd: Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse
4th: Blue Gudgeon Dartfish and Purple Firefish
5th: Yellow Prawn Goby
6th: Blue mandrin and Red Scooter Blenny
7th: Blackcap basslet
8th: Flame Angel

And now I'm thinking of dropping the Blue Gudgeon Dartfish and yellow prawn goby and getting a Blue Hippo Tang (Dory) Would get a squirt one and plan on upgrading to a bigger tank in the future if it's possible using pre existing equipment. Would it be possible fern?

It could work, you could make it work for a while and slowly upgrade to proper sized stuff, you just dont want a deep tank, the deeper the tank the more light you need for it.
The pump could probably go on a larger tank, its a mag 7 so its pretty hefty.
What size you looking to go?

No idea what size...have to measure the stand and work around those measurements. I need a job lol