
December 3rd 06, 04:37 AM
posted to rec.aquaria.marine.misc
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What Livestock Might I Add? (a bit long)
George Patterson wrote:
What this means is that, if you add corals and live rock to your tank, the other
inhabitants must be "reef safe" to some extent. You're used to checking to make
sure that a new fish can get along with the guys you already have? This is an
extension of that. Once you start adding inverts and/or coral, you need to
figure out if your fish will eat them.
Take a look at http://www.liveaquaria.com . The description for each animal
tells you if it's "reef-compatible" or not. If not, it likely eats something you
might have. Mix that with http://www.marinedepotlive.com . That site will tell
you what each animal eats (among other things). The two combined should give you
enough info to make an intelligent decision.
Corals need decent lighting. From what you've posted, you have what would be
called "intermediate lighting" on the Marine Depot site. Looks like that could
support a brain coral.
Frankly, it's a lot of work doing the lookups to see who eats who, and I'm not
going to do it with your laundry list of "maybe" fish. If you decide to go
further into the reef world, you might post to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs. Be
prepared for a lot of suggestions that you change your equipment. A lot of
people think that you can't keep any of this stuff without a ton of live rock, a
sump, a refugium, and an RO/DI filter.
Thanks. I'll spend more time on those sites too...
It would be cool if there was a collection of "setups" already posted
somewhere.
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