Hello everyone! I currently have a 20 gallon tank with about 10-15lbs of live rock, 2 clown fish and a small 3" blue spotted toby puffer. I have had this tank running for a year with no problems. My fish are very healthy and happy. I just recently bought a 55 gallon tank that I will be setting up once I move into my new house. I have a couple different questions...
First, I will be using a marineland emperor filter, a sea clone 100 protein skimmer and 2 power heads. Is there anything else I would need? I will be using live sand for this tank, I currently have substrate in my 20 gallon.
Second, other than my 2 clowns and puffer I plan on adding a blenny or gobie (or both), yellow tang and blue tang. Which other fish would you recommend that are compatible with these? I also plan on slowly turning it into a reef tank and I'm pretty positive all fish mentioned above are reef safe.
I would also love to add a Mandarin but I will first add copepods and see over the course of a couple months how well they reproduce in my tank. When I first started, a worker at a LFS told me it was ok to add a mandarin in my 20 gallon tank without copepods set up. I quickly realized after researching this was a mistake and he died after 5 months ;-( Is a 55 gallon tank even big enough for a mandarin?
First, I will be using a marineland emperor filter, a sea clone 100 protein skimmer and 2 power heads. Is there anything else I would need? I will be using live sand for this tank, I currently have substrate in my 20 gallon.
Second, other than my 2 clowns and puffer I plan on adding a blenny or gobie (or both), yellow tang and blue tang. Which other fish would you recommend that are compatible with these? I also plan on slowly turning it into a reef tank and I'm pretty positive all fish mentioned above are reef safe.
I would also love to add a Mandarin but I will first add copepods and see over the course of a couple months how well they reproduce in my tank. When I first started, a worker at a LFS told me it was ok to add a mandarin in my 20 gallon tank without copepods set up. I quickly realized after researching this was a mistake and he died after 5 months ;-( Is a 55 gallon tank even big enough for a mandarin?