Tangina20’s 40 gallon breeder

[Tangina20]

Set up date: 06/22/18

Newly built, few free to comment any tips or ideas! This is an upgrade from the 20L being used as the sump.

Fish

yellow watchman goby
white lightning maroon clown
Tail spot blenny
4 bar damsel

Inverts

astrea snails
blue legs
red leg
Rainbow bubble tip
Coal banded shrimp

Softies

Green finger leather
Green striped mushrooms
Red mushroom
Blue mushroom
Turquoise mushroom
pulsing xeina
eagle eye zoa
Alpha zoa
Electric joker zoa
Liams clove Polyps
Rasta zoa
Hypotonic zoa
Green goblin zoa
Neon orange mushroom
Neon green finger leather
Sunny D zoa
Rainbow infusion zoa
Playboy bunny zoa
Blondie zoa
Scrambled egg zoa
Purple monster zoa


Large Polyp Stoney

Atomic Torch
Green tip hammer
Red Lobophyllia
Green favia
Duncan
Acan
Toadstool
Glaxea
Purple acan
Red/blue acan
Ultra acan

Small Polyp Stoney

Red montipora digitata
Red montipora capricornis
Birdsnest
Purple monti digi
Bonsai acropora
Stylophora
Montipora spongidos

Equipment

1.5” overflow
Quiet one 5000 return
2 hydra 26 HD
SCA protein skimmer

 

[Tangina20]

Progression pictures

 

[cwalton00]

Looks like you are off to a great start!

 

[Tangina20]

Looks like you are off to a great start!

Thank you!

 

[cwalton00]

Here's my 40 breeder. Sorry about all the blue light.

 

[Tangina20]

Here's my 40 breeder. Sorry about all the blue light.

Looks good! What fish do you have in there? I think my maroon has killed my last 2 fish

 

[cwalton00]

Don't want to reveal all the fish because some people will get mad. Let's just say it's heavily stocked.

Looks good! What fish do you have in there? I think my maroon has killed my last 2 fish

 

[Tangina20]

Don't want to reveal all the fish because some people will get mad. Let's just say it's heavily stocked.

Lol I made my display name “tang in a 20” in honor of all the fish police.

 

[cwalton00]

You said so. It has a yellow Tang, tomini Tang, pair of clowns, pair of red Cardinals, sixline wrasse, Randal goby. There was a Talbot damsel but the other fish didn't get along so it's in the sump for now.

Lol I made my display name “tang in a 20” in honor of all the fish police.

 

[Tangina20]

You said so. It has a yellow Tang, tomini Tang, pair of clowns, pair of red Cardinals, sixline wrasse, Randal goby. There was a Talbot damsel but the other fish didn't get along so it's in the sump for now.

I only have a lightning maroon and watchman goby, Do you have any recommendations on fish? I’ve had some random fish deaths and the only thing I can think of is my clown attacked them, My clown attacks my hand when I put it in but I always see them swimming side by side without any aggression so I don’t know what’s going on. I might just get another lightning and call it quits on fish.

 

[Tangina20]

I only have a lightning maroon and watchman goby, Do you have any recommendations on fish? I’ve had some random fish deaths and the only thing I can think of is my clown attacked them, My clown attacks my hand when I put it in but I always see them swimming side by side without any aggression so I don’t know what’s going on. I might just get another lightning and call it quits on fish.

 

[cwalton00]

The choices on long term fish in a 40 gallon are somewhat small. I would first try to add a bubble tip anemone and let the clown take over that. Might help with aggression. After that some of the smaller wrasses are a good choice. Any of the Cardinals would be fine. The nano fish section on live aquaria has some good choices too.

 

[Tangina20]

It’s been a while since I updated the build but I have added tons of coral since the last update!