Livestock questions

[MakitaSalesRep]

I have a 90 gallon aquarium that currently has an assortment of livestock that
I had consolidated from some other tanks. I want to start adding some basic
corals and such to the tank but I am not sure what I can get away with
considering the fish that are currently in it. Here is a list of what is
currently in the tank:

(2) False Percula
(1) Bubble Tip Anenome
(1) Blue Tang
(1) Domino Damsel
(1) Yellow Tail Damsel
(1) Sleeper Gold Head Goby
(1) Spotted Prawn Goby
(1) Sand Sifting Star
(1) Feather Duster
(15) Hermit Crabs

Which fish would be the best to keep in this tank?? Just FYI the tank has
about 90 pounds of well established live rock and a Live Sand Bed of approx.
2-3 inches. It has a built in center trap overflow that flows to a 30 gallon
sump which utilizes a G1 protein skimmer. Lighting is a Power Compact system
4x96w. I would also appreciate any suggestions on some coral/inverts/etc that
would be good for someone that is fairly new to the reef tank setup. I have
successfully kept FO setups for the past few years. I want to get some color
into the tank so give me some good ideas for livestock. Thanks in advance :-)

[Cindy Fong]

I started my nano reef about a month ago, and it was FO for 3 months before
that. Clowns, damsels, and gobies are all reef safe. The only fish I see
that you may want to keep an eye on is the blue tang. I kept a baby blue
tang temporarily in my twelve until his tail healed from the other fish
picking on him, and I saw him nipping on my acropora.

When I didn't yet upgrade my lights, I started with mushrooms and star
polyps. I recently added:

Softies
-finger leather
-anthelia
-pom pom xenia

Stonies
-candy cane/caulastrea
-sun coral/tubastrea
-frogspawn
-acropora nana
-millepora

When I had a spike in PH trying to raise my calcium levels, the anthelias
didn't respond very well. But they're picking back up. I also tried an
acroporid sps when I didn't know any better, and I wouldn't recommend
getting into stonies or any coral again without doing research first (it
died of RTN) or getting a book on coral care and requirements such as
Aquarium Corals by Eric Borneman. However, the xenia frags I got yesterday
are doing well. Sun corals are nice, but require hand feeding regularly
since they are non-photosynthetic filter feeders.

So I think if you stick with the easy softies, you should be fine.
liveaquaria.com makes a good quick (ultra quick) reference, but my Aquarium
Corals book goes a long way more in providing details and specific care
info. Wish I had it before I got my first acropora that died =(

Hope this helps!


"MakitaSalesRep" > wrote in message
...
> I have a 90 gallon aquarium that currently has an assortment of livestock
that
> I had consolidated from some other tanks. I want to start adding some
basic
> corals and such to the tank but I am not sure what I can get away with
> considering the fish that are currently in it. Here is a list of what is
> currently in the tank:
>
> (2) False Percula
> (1) Bubble Tip Anenome
> (1) Blue Tang
> (1) Domino Damsel
> (1) Yellow Tail Damsel
> (1) Sleeper Gold Head Goby
> (1) Spotted Prawn Goby
> (1) Sand Sifting Star
> (1) Feather Duster
> (15) Hermit Crabs
>
> Which fish would be the best to keep in this tank?? Just FYI the tank has
> about 90 pounds of well established live rock and a Live Sand Bed of
approx.
> 2-3 inches. It has a built in center trap overflow that flows to a 30
gallon
> sump which utilizes a G1 protein skimmer. Lighting is a Power Compact
system
> 4x96w. I would also appreciate any suggestions on some coral/inverts/etc
that
> would be good for someone that is fairly new to the reef tank setup. I
have
> successfully kept FO setups for the past few years. I want to get some
color
> into the tank so give me some good ideas for livestock. Thanks in advance
:-)