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03-06-2008, 08:53 PM
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First fish
Thinking of adding my first fish to my 3 month old 33 gallon.
 My sump/fuge will finally be up and running about this time next week (15 gallon), my pod population is booming, and and I think I'm ready ready for some fishies. What would be a good first fish for this system? I want small active fish that wont get aggresive. For sure I will be adding a true Perc at a latter date so must be compatable. I have a 1" sand bed and 52lbs of LR. Corals include Hammer frag, small colt coral, shrooms, GSP, Palys, and zoas.
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03-06-2008, 08:56 PM
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You can't go wrong with a pair clowns right off the bat.
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03-06-2008, 08:59 PM
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I totally agree. They have so much personality, and if you are planning to get one anyway - why not?
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03-06-2008, 10:38 PM
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i agree, but if you considreing waiting for clowns like i did i started with cardinals and chromis. found my jawfish to ee quite resiliant. only guy who made it through my nitrate spike without a hitch. im suggesting cardinal and chromis because they are about 10 bucks each and not that much cash to worry about if you loss it. they are both ok with my true perks
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03-06-2008, 10:48 PM
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How active are the cardnials? Whenever ive seen them at the lfs they are pretty motionless. Thinking of starting out with a juvi pair of true percs. Other than annenomies what will they host in?
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03-06-2008, 11:01 PM
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They'll host in pretty much anything they please (esp. if you have captive bred clowns). My clowns have hosted in everything from frogspawn to candycane to even a powerhead.
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03-07-2008, 09:48 PM
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How about mollies? They are cheap, hardy and will help keep your upcoming algae issues controlled
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rdnicolas [Edmonton]: 77 Gal (48x16x24), (3) Fluval 404's, (2) Korlis 2's, 100lbs LR, Coralife Pro 250, Deltec MCE600
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03-07-2008, 09:56 PM
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03-07-2008, 10:24 PM
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Haha
I'm just thinking about the first fish I bought to help cycle my tank and If I were to do it again I'd start with Mollies instead of the Damsels that a LFS reccomended (which were also more expensive.) let alone a PITA
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rdnicolas [Edmonton]: 77 Gal (48x16x24), (3) Fluval 404's, (2) Korlis 2's, 100lbs LR, Coralife Pro 250, Deltec MCE600
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03-08-2008, 02:16 AM
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If I wanted mollies I'd have stuck with fresh water
 And my tank was done its cycle almost 2 months ago. I got that 6 fish thing from http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...howtopic=74703I pretty much only want smaller fish. Clown and goby sized stuff. Largest would probably be a Dwarf angelfish of some kind. Even when I was doing freshwater I much prefered smaller fish. No comments on the CBshrimp?
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