SeaSerpants Dual Hills 20g ONE MONTH!!!

[SeaSerpant]

Originally Posted by Myka

You are very welcome!

I think you are still being rather exuberant with the amount of fish you want to put in the tank. It is not a freshwater tank where the fish population can be much greater without compromising the water quality.

That's cool your dad's a chemist! I would assume then, that he knows to calibrate it for alkaline pH rather than acidic pH. I am very surprised that your pH is that high. Are you using any additives at this point of just salt? What salt are you using?

Are you really amped on getting clownfish? They do much better in pairs, but you would be filling your tank almost to capacity just by getting a pair.

If you don't mind, I would like to suggest some of my favourite fish that I would consider suitable for a 20 gallon tank. I choose these fish because they have a small territory, and do well in nanos. Note that some are not compatible with eachother:

~ Yellowhead/Pearly Jawfish (proen to jumping, should have a lid on tank)
~ Clown Gobies
~ Yasha Goby (prone to jumping, pricey)
~ Firefish (prone to jumping)
~ Neon or Sharknose Goby
~ Hi-Fin Goby
~ Yellow Striped Cardinalfish
~ Yellow Watchman Goby
~ Orchid Dottyback
~ Yellow or Blue Assessor (pricey, can be a bit harder to obtain)

If you're really set on clowns, consider tank-bred True Percula Clowns (a bit more sensitive than Oscellaris to acclimate, but hardy once acclimated) or Barberi Clowns as both of these clowns will stay smaller than the rest.

Thanks Again Myka,
I know the Clownfish will take up most of the tanks space, so thats why i was looking for tiny fish with the small bioload, Hence the yasha goby and the blue neon goby (they both barely grow to 2 inches!) but then i noticed, hey what about another swimming fish other than the clownfish.
I'm going to scrap the bluestripefish idea, it'll cost alot and it'll be a long time before i get it!
So that leaves me with the clownfish, yasha haze goby, blue neon goby and another swimming fish!
I hope i can get these all but i have a feeling i won't be able to find the Blue neon goby so locally!

I have seen no antennae or tail of the peppermint shrimp, but i can atleast hope he just molted!
Everythings growing fine, the mushroom is threatening to grow of the zoanthids on top! (pic is my avatar) and the hammerhead seems to be doing fine!
How fast is the hammer supposed to grow? It seems to me that it has grown enough for each heads (there were 2 seperate heads on the hammer)
I have some funky teal algae growing on my live rock, i can't take a good enough pic of it, but it just looks like my rock is turning teal, theres no texture or anything to the algae!

Just say when you want pics!
Thanks
SeaSerpant
Thanks Again
SeaSerpant