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lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	Im thinking of converting my 20g to a marine tank. This would be my first salt tank, but i am very experienced with tank-keeping and i have a decent knowledge of marine. I would do water changes twice a week and im not worried about not having the time a small tank requires. With that said, how does this stocking sound: 1 red-fire shrimp 2 scarlet reef hermits 2 turbo snails 1 yellow watchman 1 spotted mandarin and of course some live-rock. Does that stocking sound ok? Any input or suggestions? [span class="edited"][Edited by lunker101 2004-08-17 11:21][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
DarkRealm Overlord Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002	I wouldnt recommend the Mandarin in anything smaller than a 150 gallon tank with a refugium, and atleast 150 lbs of live rock. Their diet consists of amphipods, and copepods that are found on the live rock. Unless you have alot of live rock, and a safe place for them to breed, the mandarin will wipe the pod population out and will slowly starve.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	yea i am not going to get the mandarin, after doing some further research i saw that they are not an easy fish to keep and something i can not handle at this point in time.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003	Well, without the Mandarin I think that list is just fine. You can even add more inverts if you choose, such as other hermits and more snails. They add virtually nothing to the bio load of the tank, there really just has to be enough food for all of them to eat. Same places suggest as many as 1 hermit per gallon.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	Ok, but what about more fish? Now im thinking of a few inverts, maybe a percula and maybe 2small species of goby. If the tank is well mantained (which it will be), i believe that would be fine, correct?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
never say die Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Jul-2004	id go with 1 perc and a goby of some sort or 2 percs with some snails n hermits or a couple of gobys with snails n hermits.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	lets say i get 6" of fish, how many crabs/snails could/should i add?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40


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