It Is Done

[haulme]

Hi all

Finally 4 months in the making and I have all the fish I ever want. 50 US Gallon tank

Stocking Limit for fish 24"

Currently have
Devil Lionfish 4" maximum 7"
Foxface Rabbitfish 4" maximum 9"
2 Tomato Clowns 1" male 1.5" female Maximum 3"
Six Line Wrasse 2" Maximum 3"

25" theoretical limit so one inch over

plus

3 Cleaner Shrimp

3 Dwarf Red Legs with PIMPED homes.

1 Sand Sifting Starfish

Beauty of my setup is that the Lionfish is so very tame. Doesn't go for the Cleaner Shrimp at all and lets them clean him. The clowns and wrasse are also unhassled and its never agressive. Just looks super cool and waits for me to come to feed it.

As for the corals

Xenia Anthelia
Blue Mushrooms
Various Polyps
Gionipora
Torch Coral

Stupid amounts of pods and life running around.

Had my ups and downs with this setup. Lost 1 fish (Bristletooth Tang) due to ich and one cowrie (due to starvation). 4 months and a complete NOOB to fishkeeping in general and I'm finally happy with my setup.

I'm going to get some more coral that moves alot like the torch, Gioni and Xenia. Any suggestions for moderately hard to keep coral?

Thoughts in general?

Pictures to follow

 

[MoonTang]

Your Tomato Clownfish's will grow Up to 6 inches.

 

[haulme]

I read they grow up to six in the wild but rarely get that big in captivity. Is this true?

 

[SkiFletch]

Hah, you think you're done? Wait a month for the upgrade bug

Tomato clowns will get to 6" but it might take a decade. Most people dont see them get that big in captivity because they quit the hobby or sell the clowns before they get that large

Goniopora are some pretty tough corals to keep... The wild caught ones sometimes die without warning, or they live for a decade. People dont really know why. Was yours tank raised or wild caught? I'd be most concerned with the lionfish deciding he was bored and wanting a snack though Some people have made it work, and if you can, more power to you, but beware, he might get a little nippy.

As for corals to add that look/behave like goniopora... Go for hammer, frogspawn, torch, bubble, toothy plate, galaxea, or my personal favorite elegance coral. Those all have that fleshy tentacled look to them. You might like open brains too if that fleshy look appeals to you

 

[blazzent]

Hey Haulme,

Your tank sounds great, Id love to see some pics.

Can you post some??

 

[haulme]

Pictures as promised

Thoughts?

http/uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/andrewbha...348fre2&.src=ph

 

[Dude]

Pictures as promised

Thoughts?

http/uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/andrewbha...348fre2&.src=ph

wow a lionfish ,, isnt it dangerous to put your hand in there?

edit. by the way great tank!

keep us updated

 

[haulme]

The Lionfish is venomous but its wonderfully tame. It adjust corals all the time and it just sits there.

The rabbit fish is also venomous and I hand feed it. Its also very tame.