90 stock list?

[dannyafoster]

Finally almost home. Getting lists together for my 90g ill be starting up once i make its home. Just wanted to get some opinions this is my first reef tank.

Clean up crew: 24 dwarf blue leg 20 nassarius 10 dwarf red tip 15 cerith 1 peppermint shrimp 1 banded coral shrimp 2 electric blue hermit 2 serpent sea star

Stock list:1x tiger pistol shrimp 1x yellow watchman goby 2x fancy ocerallis clowns 1 royal gramma 1x kole yellow eye tang 3x longfin cardinals 1x linespot flasher wrasse

1x long spined sea urchin



Anything wrong with this list? opinions? Thanks for taking the time to read.

 

[Reefplumber13]

Yeah if your wanting a reef you might eant to rethink the urchin. . They like to pick things up and move them

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[dannyafoster]

Any suggestions on what i could add to this list to replace the urchin?

 

[wildernets]

Is wait a short bit on the cleanup crew till you have something to clean up. Otherwise they just stand around and get lazy....

 

[redstang]

wildernet;927264 wrote: Is wait a short bit on the cleanup crew till you have something to clean up. Otherwise they just stand around and get lazy....

And then die. Which can then cause an algae bloom thinking it wasn't big enough the first time lol!

Also, some people don't like hermits in their CUC at all. They are opportunistic feeders and if they're hungry and a snail is close by... And sometimes they'll kill a snail just to see if the shell is a better fit.

I've always had them and not sure I'll use any in my next tank. Haven't seen any evidence that they are more beneficial than just snails and I have had to intervene to save, temporarily anyway, a snails life from a hungry or cramped hermit.

 

[stacy22]

I have three urchins in my 150. I love them and will ALWAYS have unrchins in any tank. They do bulldoze things on occasion but not enough to matter to me.

 

[dannyafoster]

well can they hurt the coral by moving them? and do they eat them or just move them?

 

[redstang]

DannyaFoster;927300 wrote: well can they hurt the coral by moving them? and do they eat them or just move them?

Depends on where they drop them. I've had a pistol shrimp bury about 4 or 5 frags by moving them or moving sand on top of them. If it drops it and it lands coral down in the sand they'll usually live as long as you see it the same day. No guarantees if it drops a coral on another coral though. Then there's always the chance it takes it somewhere and drops it that you can't see and 2 months later you're sure you had a frag of X but can't figure out where it went lol! I've also found frag plugs with only a skeleton left and that's when I remember that I had that coral...

This is a reason many people will have a dedicated frag tank or if the sump is big enough maybe a frag rack in the sump. I'm thinking of having an urchin as well. Just have to be prepared.

 

[Reefplumber13]

RedStang;927302 wrote: Depends on where they drop them. I've had a pistol shrimp bury about 4 or 5 frags by moving them or moving sand on top of them. If it drops it and it lands coral down in the sand they'll usually live as long as you see it the same day. No guarantees if it drops a coral on another coral though. Then there's always the chance it takes it somewhere and drops it that you can't see and 2 months later you're sure you had a frag of X but can't figure out where it went lol! I've also found frag plugs with only a skeleton left and that's when I remember that I had that coral...

This is a reason many people will have a dedicated frag tank or if the sump is big enough maybe a frag rack in the sump. I'm thinking of having an urchin as well. Just have to be prepared.

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[dannyafoster]

ok so as long as it is an established coral that is anchored it wont mess with them?

 

[dannyafoster]

I thought the coral banded shrimp cleans fish? or am i mistaking this with another shrimp? if so can someone tell me the one that does clean fish?

 

[ringo®]

DannyaFoster;927310 wrote: I thought the coral banded shrimp cleans fish? or am i mistaking this with another shrimp? if so can someone tell me the one that does clean fish?

I believe you're thinking of a skunk cleaner shrimp.

 

[mcphock]

Coral Banded Shrimp are not obligate cleaners.

Like just about every aquarium species, it is up to the individual animal's temperament. Some will be naughty, some will be nice. I had a huge Coral Banded Shrimp for years. Never messed with fish, but did eat peppermint shrimp.

 

[dannyafoster]

Im talking about the shrimp that fish swim up to and he cleans the gunk off their skin?

 

[Reefplumber13]

Acandoit;927322 wrote: That would be the Skunk Cleaner

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[dannyafoster]

ok well thanks for the clarification. Any other suggestions?