20 gallon square stock list

[Mantis411]

also so it turns out im not going to be able to get a 65 gallon aquarium on the fact that i am probably going to move out to BC in four year so im thinking of getting a 20 gallon square, im looking at getting around 20-30 pounds of LR, 4inches of livesand (who any pounds is that? ) 3or4 T5-HO bulbs, and thinking of making a 15gallon sump with bioballs, protein skimmer (is Coralife Super Skimmer Needle Wheel Protein Skimmer any good?) and refugium(if i get one i will put other T-5 on it and grow marco algae).


i was thinking a haveing a peaceful tank with fish that dont get bigger then 3 inches i came up with this


goby (i thinking yellow watchman) and a pistol shimp, clown goby of some sort, 2 neon gobys for breeding (anyone with any experience on this? can it be one in this aquarium?), i was thinking of a flasher wrasse (would a pair fit) and either a royal grama or Pseudochromis porphyreus (purple Pseudochromis), ocellaris clown pair. for inverts i was thinking 10 blue legs hermits, 5 hermits from beach (they actually desinged to live on open sand flats an are great sand fiters, and very fast but dont get bigger then 1" and won't touch corals) 2 shunk cleaner shrimp, 1 cave shrimp, snails, and arrowcrab , fan worms. for corals was thinking lots of mushrooms, toadstool (could two fit in here) bubble coral and a frogspawn or trumpet coral


is this over stocked? it seem to me it would be

 

[Mantis411]

20 gallon square is 24"x24"x13" 4 squre foot footprint

 

[BIGgourami]

i was thinking a haveing a peaceful tank with fish that dont get bigger then 3 inches i came up with this


goby (i thinking yellow watchman) and a pistol shimp, clown goby of some sort, 2 neon gobys for breeding (anyone with any experience on this? can it be one in this aquarium?), i was thinking of a flasher wrasse (would a pair fit) and either a royal grama or Pseudochromis porphyreus (purple Pseudochromis), ocellaris clown pair. for inverts i was thinking 10 blue legs hermits, 5 hermits from beach (they actually desinged to live on open sand flats an are great sand fiters, and very fast but dont get bigger then 1" and won't touch corals) 2 shunk cleaner shrimp, 1 cave shrimp, snails, and arrowcrab , fan worms. for corals was thinking lots of mushrooms, toadstool (could two fit in here) bubble coral and a frogspawn or trumpet coral


is this over stocked? it seem to me it would be

noooo....

no experience with the skimmer but that stocking is WAY too much..
in my 29 i have a blackcap gramma, firefish, male occelaris, and a yellowtail blue damsel.. i would maybe add 1-2 SMALL fish like clown gobies or something

 

[Mantis411]

so more like 2 neons, 2 flashers, goby&pistol shimp, and purple Pseudochromis

is that possible?

 

[BIGgourami]

no flashers.. tank is too small


something LIKE:
the dotty
the watchman and shrimp
the clown or cleaner gobies
and MAYBE (if you want to be naughty) like a cherub angel

 

[BIGgourami]

20 gallon square is 24"x24"x13" 4 squre foot footprint

also a 24x24x13 is like 32 gallons..

so is it the dimensions or the gallonage?

 

[Mantis411]

dimentions, it was listed on the site at 20gallon square, i never checked... the one thats listed as 40 gallon square was only 4" taller so i thought something was weird


i actaully like the idea of the angelfish, botty, neon gobies, watchman + pistol shimp.... would the Cherub angel be safe with those corals?

 

[Gene0514]

In a 20 gallon, you can put 4, maybe 5, small fish. In my newly started 20H nano reef tank, I currently have 2 turbo snails, 1 cerith snail, 1 scarlet reef hermit crab, and two electric blue hermit crabs. I am planning to get a couple more snails, a couple of peppermint shrimp, a pair of clownfish, a green clown goby, and a firefish.

 

[BIGgourami]

should be i think they mostly go for thinks like zoos.. but im not 100% on that

 

[Mantis411]

would an angel fish be too agrssive for this tank? and how reef safe are they?