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ive decided to make my 55 gallon a saltwater tank..FOWLR for now..maybe corals later...ive already added sand (quickrete playsand) andim cycling now..i have 45 pounds of figi liveorck in it at the time and im hoping to have arpound 60 -70 punds total once its all said and down..now i want to have lots of samll colorful peaceful fish..id say around 8 small fish maybe? heres the fish i like...
percula clown fish
yellow watchman goby*
manderine dragonet*
green/blue chromis
lunare wrasse
black and white percula clownfish
clown goby(green?)
bi color blenny
midas blenny
sixline wrasse
fire fish* OR purple fire fish*
bengaii cardinal
striped cardinal
pistolshrimp*(with the watchman goby)
cleaner shrimp
snails
scarlit hermits
maybe some blue legged hermits but i heard they attack snails...

That's a lot of fish for that tank, I would say 5 or so is your limit.

The manderian will be a problem, you need a well established tank for that with enough live rock to provide enough pods to keep it fed.

Also, I'm not sure how those two clowns will get along.



Dan

You are planning on having more fish in a 55 gallon than most people have in a tank twice that size. Cut the list in half. I have a 75 Gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump and more than twice the rock and I have fewer fish than that.

Not to mention that you are talking about mixing clown species which is bad and having a Mandarin which is risky at best in a tank that size, and downright impossible with that little rock. And multiple Blennys is not a good idea.

ok,i guess i wasnt clear enough...i said these are the fish i like,not these are the fish i want..sorry if u didnt understand wat i said..i no not to add all those fish..thats just a list of fish i like..so cud u pick fish out of that list that will do well together?...also i said i might be able to get a total of around 8 fish maybe..and the list u see has 13 fish..try to read the whole thread and not just skipping down to the list of fish

As I said, 5 should be your limit. Here is my suggestions

percula clown fish
bi color blenny
sixline wrasse
fire fish* OR purple fire fish*

If not mistaken, these fish stay fairly small.

Fish to stay away from.

manderine dragonet
lunare wrasse I think this fish gets rather big.

For your clean up crew.

20 or 30 small hermits, red leg, blue leg, zebra, and scarlet
Several snails, such as astria.
1 or 2 serpent stars.
Some shrimp, such as fire, pepermint, and cleaner shrimp.








Dan

thanks dthurs..wat if i got the yellow watchman goby paired with a pistol shrimp instead of the bicolor blenny? wud that work?..if that wud work wud the pistol shrimp harm the other cleaner shrimp etc? also..wats a serpent star??Thanks again

The watchman gobie looks like it shoudl be fine, only gets about 3"

The pistol shrimp also looks like it should be safe. The only danger I see is with smaller shrimp.

This pair looks like it should be OK in your tank.


Dan