Compatible?

[marinegeek101]

Hello,

I now have in my 32 gallon 2 percula clownfish, 1 rock pollyp, 5 blue legged hermit crabs, 3 scarlets and about 4 snails. My protein skimmer is a BH 100. I am thinking of buying more fish and inverts. Here is my wishlist:

-1 flame angel
-1 blue Linckia Starfish
-1 cleaner shrimp
-1 blennie(haven't decided what kind to pick yet, if you have any suggestions plz post)

Are these going to be compatible with my fish and my aquarium?

Thank you

 

[returnofsid]

IMO all of those fish are very compatible but....also IMO, that's too much life in that size of a tank.

 

[marinegeek101]

What if i didnt get the starfish does that work?

 

[returnofsid]

I think the 4 fish you'd end up with would be a lil' too much. Especially with one being the flame angel. But if you have more live rock than normal and more circulation than normal....maybe if you have a refugium or sump that gives you more quantity of water, you'd be alright.

 

[SueT]

IMO, the cleaner shrimp wouldn't hurt anything to add, or a blennie. I'm kind of concerned about the flame angel. They can be a coral nipper and the tank size might become too small for this fish. They can become a bully and if the other fish have no place to hide stress and then ich might rear it's ugly head.

 

[alison]

The angel will push the bio load over the top for your tank

 

[marinegeek101]

what fish should i get instead cause im getting alot more live rocks and i dont know what kind of fish to get for my size tank?

 

[returnofsid]

I'd start with just the Blenny for now and watch your parameters for awhile...then go from there. Might be able to add a goby down the road or something small.

 

[marinegeek101]

Thank you very much

 

[Skimmy]

just wondering, what brand skimmer is a BH100?

 

[marinegeek101]

its an SWC. I think.

 

[marinegeek101]

Actually its probably by Octupus.

 

[Skimmy]

im guessing you live in canada then?
so is that like the octpus nw110? or is it a hang on? if it is a hang on, is it a needle wheel resun pump on it?
btw, i would say bag on the flame angel as well, mabye look at a nice small highly colored wrasse, like a carpenter or a leopard or the like.
i also woulodnt put a linkia starfish in a 32g tank either, it will slowly starve...

 

[marinegeek101]

yes I live in Canada and my protein skimmer is a hang on needle wheels resun pump.

 

[Skimmy]

cool, do you have the one with a surface strainer in the tank or is the pump in the tank, and how do you like this skimmer? does it produce alot of skimmate?

 

[marinegeek101]

The pump is in the tank, and I just bought it yesterday so it is still starting up.

 

[btuck]

i also woulodnt put a linkia starfish in a 32g tank either, it will slowly starve...

I agree, I've never heard of anybody successfully keeping linkias, not even in much larger systems.

 

[redrooster]

Linkia's are hard to keep? I had an orange one for about 8 months, and it eventually found it's way into a powerhead intake. Even that didn't kill it. I lived for over 3 more weeks with 3 legs stripped to the "bone". I recently bought another, that I have had for about a month, but I am thinking about taking it back now. I am good friends with one the the LFS owners and I could get about 75% of the price back in trade. Do you guys think it is advisable to just trade it off? I guess it's worth noting that I also have a large green bristle star and a medium black/red bristle star?(looks just like a bristtle but with sticky feet?) in a 75 gal. Don't know if bristtles and linkias use up the same food?