Toby puffers can be a hit or miss but if you care about your CC don't get one; they can decimate a CC causing more issues down the line like an GHA outbreak.
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Yea, laziness on my part. Did a little looking around and it appears as though C. Aprinus is not very common in the hobby. I think perhaps going with the longnose could be a better call for a number of reasons.Common names strikes again.
The pixy refers to Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus. Sometimes that one is called 'spotted' too.
Usually the spotted is the bigger more aggressive Cirrhitichthys aprinus.
Gotta figure out how to edit the original post... for some reason it isnt letting me do so...Ribbons are very hard to keep, and are best for more experienced eel keepers.
Careful with overstocking, many of those are quite large, and the tank is somewhat small.
Lionfish are venomous and can be aggressive, so watch out.
The tank likely would not be great for corals. More hardy macro and soft coral could be good, careful of spread, it may be hard (and unsafe) to get hands inside the tank.
I think Dusky wrasse need 70 gallons or more
TBS live sand is good yeah
puffers can eat corals
Ive been looking at getting a big ol brittlestar and a couple conches for the sandbed or a cowrie. as for something to clean the rocks themselves I might be needing to look at a fish perhaps? I am also hoping that having a large refugium will help with any hair algae issues.Toby puffers can be a hit or miss but if you care about your CC don't get one; they can decimate a CC causing more issues down the line like an GHA outbreak.
I have the 60 breeder and my two nicrew 150's light it the heck up, if not too much light. And I run whites at 5% and blues at 60%. I think youll be fine for a good while with the ai primes, with plenty of time to replace them eventually if you wanted.Hmmm, from my experience the ghost ribbon eel is not like the ribbon eels. https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/1737/?pcatid=1737
Still can be challenging to feed but not to the level of the black and blue.
Just saw that the petco 50% off sale just began, but it looks like they dont have the 60 breeder on sale! dang! It does look like the 75 gallon is half off which is kinda peaking my interest however I am not sure how my two AI primes will do for a 75, perhaps it is pushing it?
I would recommend looking into:Ive been looking at getting a big ol brittlestar and a couple conches for the sandbed or a cowrie. as for something to clean the rocks themselves I might be needing to look at a fish perhaps? I am also hoping that having a large refugium will help with any hair algae issues.
I was super excited to see the 60 breeder as a new option, but i figured with it not being part of the 50% off sale and the 75 being only 125... might as well. Especially with the heavier bioload this tank is going to have. Maybe if I decide the tank needs it ill add another 2 ai primes onto the build.I have the 60 breeder and my two nicrew 150's light it the heck up, if not too much light. And I run whites at 5% and blues at 60%. I think youll be fine for a good while with the ai primes, with plenty of time to replace them eventually if you wanted.
I suppose Ill just occasionally be restocking my cleanup crew. Part clean up crew, part puffer snack!I would recommend looking into:
Zig Zag perrywinkles: super cheap, and very tiny, maybe a good puffer food/distraction
Chitin: eat basically any algae on rocks, well armored and very well affixed to rock.
a bunch of florida and dwarf ceriths could help too.
I wouldn’t do a dusky or anampses wrasse in a 60g as they get rather large.Alrighty, well, the tank is currently cycling, about 20 lbs live rock. I figure itll be solid by the end of june. I am now at the point that i am thinking about having my LFS order up some fish to throw in his qt tanks.
I am thinking of first throwing in an Oxycirrhites typus and either a Canthigaster leoparda/Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis/Halichoeres chrysus.
after deliberating on the subject for the last two weeks this is my list:
Longnose hawk
3 wrasses: 1 dusky wrasse(most desired), some type of anampses and or Macropharyngodon, or some other wrasse like a yellow coris.
Dwarf lionfish
C. Leoparda puffer
Once the tank is mature and stocking list is complete, I’ll determine whether or not the tank can handle a snowflake eel.
1.5 inch sandbed, the left side of the rockscape was redone and there is some additional live rock in the tank as well.
Wish i knew how to edit the original thread, but went with a 75 instead. Think I mentioned that a few posts back. Yep, Halichoeres chrysus , i like it and it is a fish that i have had before but i am not 100 % set on it. As for the radiant, i suppose its just not for me. As for eel danger with the reading that i have done a 4-5” fish should be “safe” and that the biggest thing is ensuring that the eel stays on its feeding schedule.I wouldn’t do a dusky or anampses wrasse in a 60g as they get rather large.
Stick with something smaller I.E. Radiant Wrasse or Yellow “Coris” Wrasse (The yellow coris is actually a Halichoeres and not part of the genus Coris).
If you go for a snowflake then be warned that you may lose a lot of the slim bodied fish.