You need to eliminate the Mandarin Goby from your possible fish list. This fish will not survive in a 40 gallon tank. The extreme amounts of copepods & amphipods consumed by this fish in a day are not practical for a small tank.
a shrimp goby pair
clown pair
firefish
yellow headed jawfish
yellow headed sleeper goby
banggaii cardinal trio of youngsters
cintron goby ( what is the proper spelling)
clown goby
I know this. The tank sould be here on tuesday.
the tank stand is not done.
I can't have an external sump. maby an internal.
I need a type of food that can be used like flake food.(can I use flake food if it is not the staple in the diet?)
I don't know
Where should I get my water from.
Pasfur, Is key largo rock ok? I will proably get 50 pounds and seed with live rock.
I have a 40G as well, and keep the following:
-2 Clowns
-1 Mystery Wrasse
-1 Bicolor Blenny
-1 Yellow Watchman Goby
-1 Cherub Pygmy Angel
I love my setup. They all get along great and each have amazing personality.
From your list, I would eliminate/select... (Personally)
-a goby shrimp pair = Would work Great. Yasha Hashe's or high-bandes are my personal favorites.
-royal gramma =
-Mandarin goby = Eliminate, for above reason.
-clown pair = Obviously great.
-firefish = Great.
-yellow headed jawfish = Needs a DEEP sandbed in order to thrive, unless you make a custom burrow.
-yellow headed sleeper goby = Hard to keep. Eliminate.
-trio of banggaii cardinals = You will most likely get fry eventually.
-cintron goby = Size issue (Small). Eliminate. -green clown goby = Stays too small for a 40G in my opinion. Eliminate
I would get the clown pair, goby shrimp pair, a firefish, and the trio of Banggaiis personally.
All of the advice above is fabulous. Thanks Cody for catching the Citron Goby...definitely not a fish for this tank.
I used Key Largo Rock in my 180. I have been very happy with it and found it very easy to work with.
Flake food is fine. As for a staple, i don't believe anything should be a staple. You need 6 to 8 different foods and should just rotate. I feed frozen Angel Formula, Brine, Squid, Marine Cuzine, Plankton, plus Garlic enhanced pellets and several different flake foods. Plus algae sheets daily.
Yep, the Gramma is a great substitute for the firefish.
I would also like to direct you to Purple Firefish, or even the expensive Helfrich Firefish ifyou are into purple. All four choices (firefish, firefish, firefish, gramma) would work great.
The urchin is fine, but I honestly wouldnt do it. They get HUGE.
I actually have three sets of the 36" 72W lights of that you just posted. I can grow pretty much whatever I want, and I have seen growth on everything. I love them, and I get a lot of variety in the bulbs because they are T5.
the bangaiis will most likely kill the weaker of the 3 in time. in the wild large groups of these fish is common but in tanks i suggest a mated pair. try to find an already TANK BRED pair. this is your best bet for breeding.
as for urchins, alittle aqua putty stuck with a few toothpicks works best.
RO/Di water is water that was purified first by Reverse Osmosis (hence the RO), and then run through a DeIonizer (the DI). This is one of the more pure forms of water, without contaminants.
I think you have to many snails. I would expect them to slowly starve to death. I would cut the numbers in half.
Also, be cautious with the Coral Banded Shrimp mixing with other shrimp. They can be aggressive. Some hobbyists have even reported CBS attacking fish. I have personally witnessed very aggressive pursuing of small fish, but the CBS is never quick enough to catch them.
so drop the snails number to 3 or 2 of each and drop the coral banded shrimp and I should be ok with the inverts being peiceful to each other and the fish? If i decided not to get clownfish what could I add? I will be making a build thread later.
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