Omgnotyouagain tank update

[Bandito Aquatics]

Hello hello everyone so an update on my tank. So with the addition of some live rock from a fellow reefer my tank has flourished. A sign of a few hitchhikers was i guess a good sign. After a few days and tests later it seemed to be cycled...... but I was suspicious so I left it alone. Anyways fast forward a few days I wake up middle of the night to took to find a few small snails moving around in the sand. So in the morning I tested seemed legit. So after a water change I add my first coral which happen to be a small mushroom.

who is doing well and seems to be happy in his little corner. As an added bonus I was setting up my hob refugium and out of the chato I bought at my LFS had a small peppermint shrimp popped out he is happily living in the tank under a rock. Other then that all is well can’t wait to get a fish or two anyone have an good ideas for what would be a good fish to start with. Would it be to much to get a pair of clowns. ???

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[DangerDave]

What size tank is it?

 

[Bandito Aquatics]

What size tank is it?

25 gallon


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[DangerDave]

Lots of cool small fish to choose from. I think I’d like fire fish and chromis, but I’ve never stocked a 25 gallon. I’m sure someone with some experience there will offer you some advice. Good luck!

 

[Mark_C]

I've kept a pair of clowns (and only a pair of clowns) in a 25 for years with success - a gladiator clown with a phantom clown
They're damselfish so they're quite hardy and they look great.

 

[mnat]

You should be ok with some clowns but they may make it difficult to add fish afterwards as they can be aggressive and territorial.

 

[etmanning1]

Do what I have in my 40B currently- watchman goby, one chromis, and a firefish. Cool little trio.

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[Hawkeye]

A 25g? I assume that's just a glass box with no predrilled overflow? or did you add a glass holes overflow? What are you running for a skimmer or equipment?

The reason I ask is that the amount of waste being exported by your equipment has a direct correlation to what kind of capacity you can have in the tank.

 

[Bandito Aquatics]

A 25g? I assume that's just a glass box with no predrilled overflow? or did you add a glass holes overflow? What are you running for a skimmer or equipment?

The reason I ask is that the amount of waste being exported by your equipment has a direct correlation to what kind of capacity you can have in the tank.

No the tank is not drilled to brake it down the tank is a 25g glass tank, with a aqua clear 50 filter. As well as a small protine skimmer and a hob refugium.


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[Hawkeye]

Just be careful as I noticed your LR is stacked into a corner there. The flow of water behind that area can get stagnant resulting in higher nitrates.