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25 Gallon Reef Stocking Ideas


Bingo1213

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I currently have a 25 gallon nano mixed reef aquarium that has been up and running for a little over a year. It is home to a clownfish, a purple fire fish, a Bangaii Cardinalfish, a skunk cleaner shrimp, a tuxedo urchin and many corals. As far as filtration goes I have a 5 gallon sump with a skimmer, ATO, and refugium. The tank also has a BRS dual reactor in which I run purigen, GFO, Carbon, and Seachem denitrate. I am also running a turbo twist UV sterilizer. The tank has around 30 pound of live rock as well as 20lbs of live sand. I would like to add at least one more fish and would like it to be unique and different. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

Parameters:
Salinity: 1.025
Ph: 8.18
Temp: 80-82
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: <1
Phosphate: <.25
Calcium: 400

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Also I forgot to mention my clean up crew. I have 5 red leg hermit crabs, 8 blue leg hermit crabs, 8 nassarius snails, 5 cerith snails, 5 astrea snails, one Mexican Turbo snail, a brittle starfish, and an emerald crab.

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IMO a rock or sand dweller would be nice, that could be a small Hawkfish, geometric pygmy hawkfish (not actually a hawkfish), shrimp/watchmen gobies, clown gobies, cleaner gobies, small blennies, jawfish, etc

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I agree about the sand or rock dweller! I know most hawkfish will eat my cleaner shrimp but are geometric pygmy hawkfish shrimp hungry as well? Also do jawfish tend to make a mess with sand or are they pretty good about not trashing a tank haha

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Tailspots blennies are cool. They like to hide in little holes and crevices. They are algae eaters, but even though liveaquaria says that it's a herbivore, IME they like mysis and brine as well.

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I agree about the sand or rock dweller! I know most hawkfish will eat my cleaner shrimp but are geometric pygmy hawkfish shrimp hungry as well? Also do jawfish tend to make a mess with sand or are they pretty good about not trashing a tank haha

Goemetric Pygmies tend to get, maybe 2-3in max. So only tiny shrimp are vulnerable. Not sure on the Jawfish.

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Polarcollision

flasher wrasses are fun to watch and will sleep in your rocks. So are the smaller leopard wrasses. They sleep in the sand

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What makes leopard wrasses so hard to take care of? I always hear how hard they are but have never know why lol Also which species would work in a 25?

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What makes leopard wrasses so hard to take care of? I always hear how hard they are but have never know why lol Also which species would work in a 25?

They are bad shippers and often are quite finicky, I wouldn't recommend them in a 25 gallon.

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