Final Tank stocking planning advice!?

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  1. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    Here's what I have:
    55g with live rock, CPR hob fuge teeming with pods/chaeto/chaluerpa, slim skim skimmer, 2xkoralia750's, and a AC 75 filter, gonna me mod'd to another fuge about 6 months old

    48 Cree led system!

    Livestock:
    2 false clowns
    bicolor dottyback
    chromis
    yellow tang
    mandarin( iseeded the tank multiple times for months to prep for him, and continue to target feet and re-seed monthly)

    Thinking I'm maxed on fish?
    or could i do yellow prawn goby with pistol?

    Thinking of adding a cleaner shrimp?

    Corals
    xenya, kenya tree(will be parting with shortly), assorted blah shrooms and zoas, then some 3 prettier zoa colonies, new red shroom, hammer, torch, frogspawn, huge ricordea and a baby, red blasto, 3 red acans, war coral, 2 red/green favia, 2 red monti's toadstool, GSP, small group of paly's and a candy cane my friend gave me that his led's bleached out!

    So obviuosly, my bottom is getting pretty full and i'm full on green and red!

    Gonna get a clam;
    Saltwater Aquarium Inverts for Marine Reef Aquariums: Maxima Clam Ultra, Turquoise - Aquacultured
    and thinking of this SPS starter kit:
    Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums: Drs. Foster & Smith Certified Beginner SPS Frag 5 Pack - Aquacultured

    Is there anything else for mid/high I'm missing that could add some color?
    The sps and clam are gonna be in a month, gotta save up for a better test kit!

    Also, what's the best site that sells cheap frags and clams? I kinda like getting the smaller frags and watching them grow! LA and the petplace seem to be the only places that have a good selection of both! I've used, LA, reefs2go.com, and saltcritters.com! LA is obviously the best, but saltcritters is cheap but no clams!

    Thx for any advice!
     
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  3. chelseagrin

    chelseagrin Fire Goby

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    i think you would maybe be fine adding a small goby. might get picked on quite a bit though. as for corals its all up to you. you can grow anything in there.
     
  4. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    I would think that you could add the yellow prawn goby with pistol with no problems.
     
  5. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    yeah, my that guys stays really small! My main concern with him, is competing for food with the mandarin! I think my population seems pretty stable!
     
  6. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    IMO your tang will get to large for your tank.
     
  7. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    yeah, i know! Already planning a 110-125ish build! Gonna start buying the equipment this spring! Hope to have to 110 up by mid summer!
     
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  9. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    That would be awesome! :)
     
  10. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    yeah, I'm just doing the math on all the extra equipment!! Not awesome;)
     
  11. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    No, I'm sure it isn't.
     
  12. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    i just wish craigslist had more stuff in it around me! i'm 2 hours away from any big city! Long drive to go look at a "deal" only to find out why its such a good "deal"