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Need a clean up crew and some ideas on fish. I don't want it to be very crowded, I'm going more towards coral but would like to have some fish also.

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I have a striped Blenny that I like a lot. I have also really enjoyed my purple fire fish! There is always the classic shrimp and goby pair swell. As for a CUC I would go for some blue leg hermits, maybe one emerald crab, Narcissus snails, astrea snails, and a BLACK brittle starfish. I know lots of people have had bad experiences with brittle stars but I have kept a few over the years and have fallen in love with them. If any fish dies they are the first to eat it in my tank. A great feature with a small tank when you are away on vacation. I have only kept black brittle stars and I have never had a fish go missing. My current brittle star is over a foot across and is in with lots of small docile fish. You could also add a cleaner shrimp to your list.

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How about a pygmy or possum wrasse and two firefish, maybe something else in there?

I would stick to one fire fish unless you can get a bonded pair. I have a clown goby with my possum wrasse, and most gobies or blennies would work well with the 2 you've chosen. Flame hawks are pretty cool little fish, great personalities. Assuming your joking on the other post.

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I second the clown goby. I had a yellow one for quite a while and he had a great personality. I also have a Randall's goby and shrimp pair and seeing them in action is really neat.

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All fish eat pods, they're one of the staples of the reef Eco-system, the hawks may eat small shrimp, but IME fish get lazy and quickly learn that the good will come find them ;). If you do go with a flame hawk you may want to avoid other rock perching type fish.

 

With a wrasse though you'll also want to be careful about adding any slow moving pod reliant fish (dragonets, pipefish, etc) as the wrasse will easily out compete them, it still amazes me at how fast my possum wrasse can move when he wants to

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petkingdom619

OK. Yesi thought they ate pods like the dragonet. I do like the wrasse. I'll probably just end up with what the LFS has

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OK. Yesi thought they ate pods like the dragonet. I do like the wrasse. I'll probably just end up with what the LFS has

 

It really is best to have a stocking plan before you go to the LFS. Most LFS' will also order the fish you would like to have. More often than not the impulse buys don't work out in the long run.

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petkingdom619

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Here is a tank shot. 20lb live rock 20lb sand

Koralia pump. 120 watt led

I'm getting a few more small pieces of lr soon. Should I change the scape it seems a little dull to me

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Be careful about those dwarf angles. Although the cherub's don't usually go for coral, they do have a huge ego (kind of like small dogs). In my experience they tend to pester tank mates but I have also heard that is hit or miss. I guess it really depends on the individual fish!

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petkingdom619

I wouldn't put a dwarf in a 30. Seems to small. What about cardinal fish? Do I need to get 3 of them

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Depends on the type of Cardinal.

 

I see pajamas and bangaiis solitary in tanks all the time and they seem to do fine. The liveaquaria websites say most cardinals like to be in small groups though.

 

I have 5 pajamas in my 250g cyclinder tank, as they are the type most likely to school, and they schooled together for about a day when first introduced, and for about an hour after each tank cleaning. Mostly they stay perfectly spaced equidistant from each other at all times. There is a pecking order, but no aggression. A simple charge that stops 3 inches from the other fish, and then everyone readjusts where they are floating to ensure they are as far as possible from all other cardinal fish.

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petkingdom619

I was also looking at chalk bass. Live aquarium says semi aggressive but in description says non aggressive. So who knows. Went to the LFS store and saw some nice looking dartfish

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