New Salty Aquarium

[matt-man123]

Hi, im 16 and have had Fresh water Fish since i was about 5, I started with the small round bowls and have now got a decent planted aquarium for my 2 elderly Shubunkins

So across the next 2-3 months i would like to start building up to getting my Marine aquarium, I have decided to get some corals and will have half Coral and the rest Just Rock, I have beeen doing some research for about two weeks and im currently in the situation where im ordering things online.

Well My dad says i have to plan everything, he has been on amazon and ebay and on pet stores sites to get the best deals on equipments, while he has been doing that i have been thinking of fish i would like, and heres a list of the ones i really want;
Breeding pair of Saddleback Clownfish, 1 Humbug Damsels, 1 Blue Tang and a couple of cleaner shrimps.

Well i have 4 questions to begin;
1) I have read that Humbug Damsels are quite territorial is having 2-4 of them too much?
2) What kind of easy to maintain Corals would you recommend?
3) Best type of Snails to put in the aquarium?
4) Are all the fish i want compatible and any other suggestions and advice are welcome

Thanks in advance, Matt

 

[jaylam]

1) I have read that Humbug Damsels are quite territorial is having 2-4 of them too much?
2) What kind of easy to maintain Corals would you recommend?
3) Best type of Snails to put in the aquarium?
4) Are all the fish i want compatible and any other suggestions and advice are welcome

Hi welcome to the salty side.

To answer you questions:
1) I had a humbug in my tank and had to take it back, it just tormented everything else in my tank.
2) Im pretty new to corals as well, I have a mushroom and a leather coral which are both pretty easy to keep
3) Turbo's are good but have a problem of not being able to right them self when they fall off things, I have a couple of mexican turbo snails which have a round shell which work great, excellent part of the cuc.
4) I would not put the humbug with the tang or the clowns to be honest.

 

[matt-man123]

1) I have read that Humbug Damsels are quite territorial is having 2-4 of them too much?
2) What kind of easy to maintain Corals would you recommend?
3) Best type of Snails to put in the aquarium?
4) Are all the fish i want compatible and any other suggestions and advice are welcome

Hi welcome to the salty side.

To answer you questions:
1) I had a humbug in my tank and had to take it back, it just tormented everything else in my tank.
2) Im pretty new to corals as well, I have a mushroom and a leather coral which are both pretty easy to keep
3) Turbo's are good but have a problem of not being able to right them self when they fall off things, I have a couple of mexican turbo snails which have a round shell which work great, excellent part of the cuc.
4) I would not put the humbug with the tang or the clowns to be honest.

Thanks for that Andy advice on other fish to replace the Humbug Damsel?

 

[jaylam]

1) I have read that Humbug Damsels are quite territorial is having 2-4 of them too much?
2) What kind of easy to maintain Corals would you recommend?
3) Best type of Snails to put in the aquarium?
4) Are all the fish i want compatible and any other suggestions and advice are welcome

Hi welcome to the salty side.

To answer you questions:
1) I had a humbug in my tank and had to take it back, it just tormented everything else in my tank.
2) Im pretty new to corals as well, I have a mushroom and a leather coral which are both pretty easy to keep
3) Turbo's are good but have a problem of not being able to right them self when they fall off things, I have a couple of mexican turbo snails which have a round shell which work great, excellent part of the cuc.
4) I would not put the humbug with the tang or the clowns to be honest.

Thanks for that Andy advice on other fish to replace the Humbug Damsel?

Chromis, goby, anthias (maybe) or blenny should all be ok.

All I can say is if you are going to add any form of Damsel do it last.

 

[seffieuk]

to the salty side of the hobby

Your fish choice will depend on your tank size?


Seffie x

ps but I agree with Jay, I wouldnt put a humbug in with clowns

 

[matt-man123]

I was thinking about a 175L One

 

[seffieuk]

I was thinking about a 175L One

I'm afraid I have some bad news for you - tangs really need to be in at least 400 litres of water

Seffie x

 

[matt-man123]

I was thinking about a 175L One

I'm afraid I have some bad news for you - tangs really need to be in at least 400 litres of water

Seffie x

Arr Thats a shame, i wil lsee how much 400L are in my local fish retailer ;/