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greenmonkey51    Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004   | I was thinking about doing a 55g sw but something came up. I do have a 20g long. I will add live rock slowly over time but not at first. I have a AC 200 on it and a tetra whisper 100gph. I was thinking of one damselfish or clownfish and some shrimp and crabs. I know that 20g is small to start with but its all I got. Any Comments Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 05-Apr-2005 00:22 |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 |     |
dthurs     Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | It can be done, but will need to be watched closly. Keep it topped off and you should be fine. Forget the damsel, it will take over the tank. A pair of clowns will do fine in that tank. Dan Dan |
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| greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | Would a single clown work. I want the tank to be understocked just to make it easier. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 | |
| dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | A single clown will be just fine. As a suggestion, I would go with a false purcula, or a true purcula if you want to spend a bit more. They are very active and stay small. Also very colorful and easy to care for. If you wish to add an anemone, a sebae is a good choice for the true purcula. The only problem is anemones get big and will out grow that tank. Only do this if you plan to get a larger tank later on. Dan Dan |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 | |
| greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | Im going to get some fake anenomes. Could I add a small fish later like a neon goby or royal gramma basslet |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 | |
| dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | One of those will be just fine with the clown. But that will be it for a tank that size. Dan Dan |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 | |
| greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | How much rock could I have in there Im going to use about 30lbs of reef bones and 7lbs or live rock. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 | |
| dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | Depending on how much rock work you want, between 25 and 100 pounds. When I had a 55gal reef I had about 65 pounds or rock, and I thought it was a bit sparce. For a FOWLR tank, 37 pounds should look OK. The problem with a 55gal tank is it's tall and narrow. So it's hard to stack rock very high. Dan Dan |
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