Opinions On 56g Stock :)

[DominicUK]

Okay so i'm thinking this so far:

Kenya Tree Coral
Orange Sponge
Polyps
Devils Finger Leather Coral
Pulsing Xenia
Millepora Staghorn
Torch Coral
Cup Coral

Clean Up Crew
Starfish
long Spined Urchin
bulb tip anenome
pink tip anenome
malu anenome
ritteri anenome

Percula Clownfish
Black Percula Clownfish
Three Spot Damselfish
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Dwarf Zebra Lionfish

Is this too much?
Aquarium size; 103cm long x 62cm high x 45cm wide.

Thanks Dominic

 

[SkiFletch]

Sadly the tank is too small for the Tangs. You might be able to get away with a Kole Tang or Bristletooth Tang, but not a YT or PT.

Add teh clownfish simultaneously and try to avoid the damselfish, it really will turn into a terror as it gets older

 

[DominicUK]

Sadly the tank is too small for the Tangs. You might be able to get away with a Kole Tang or Bristletooth Tang, but not a YT or PT.

Add teh clownfish simultaneously and try to avoid the damselfish, it really will turn into a terror as it gets older

Thanks Ski,
Shame about the tang's i love the aerodynamic fins they have
What do you mean about the damselfish ? I thought the Lionfish would be the one to watch! Do you think my tank should be fine to support that whole list apart from the tangs?
Dominic

 

[ben1987]

Lion fish is also probably a no no too. that will eat fish upto and sometimes more than half their own size

 

[Alex Brown]

I too am looking at a YT or PT tang, can you keep one on its own, maybe with some damsels or clowns and thats your lot in a 55g tank?

Also, what prises are people finding PT tangs for? My local has one for £99.

 

[SkiFletch]

With the tangs alex, it's more an issue of swimming room than stocking for the filter. Most Tangs are very fast swimmers and cruise the whole reef in the wild. Because they're not territorial and are constantly cruising, they don't do well cooped up in smaller tanks. I mentioned before Kole Tangs and Bristletooth Tangs (Chevrons too if you've got a dep wallet). Those Tangs (all of the same genus) tend to do OK in moderate tanks (or big ones) 55g or greater.

 

[BigClownFace]

I too am looking at a YT or PT tang, can you keep one on its own, maybe with some damsels or clowns and thats your lot in a 55g tank?

Also, what prises are people finding PT tangs for? My local has one for £99.

My LFS has a Purple Tang for around 105 US dollars. I wanted one really bad until I saw the price

 

[Lynden]

It would be best to have only one kind of anemone, and the bulb tip is the hardiest. Adding more than one species of anemone to any one closed system will trigger chemical warfare, and if they contact each other physically one (or both) will almost certainly die. Be sure that you have a strong lighting system in place for any anemone.

I would also leave out the starfish unless you can find a small Fromia species. Most others eat too efficiently and can strip a tank of food in weeks, and others predate heavily on sedentary organisms.

 

[ben1987]

I too am looking at a YT or PT tang, can you keep one on its own, maybe with some damsels or clowns and thats your lot in a 55g tank?

Also, what prises are people finding PT tangs for? My local has one for £99.

My LFS has a Purple Tang for around 105 US dollars. I wanted one really bad until I saw the price

You pay that for a tiny juvie over here. £130 GBP see's you with a decent sized one!