Stocking a 30 gallon saltwater tank?

Question

Is this a good match?

I wanna add:

1. oceallaris clownfish

2. yellow clown goby

3. blue damsefish

4. 3 blue leg hermit crabs

with live rock. also do you need a skimmer?Will my fiosh eat flakes or should I give them brine shrimp?

Answer 1

clownfish do best in pairs, so I would definently recommend getting two. The general rule of thumb is you will want to have 2 gallons per inch of adult fish, so see what the fish you want will grow to and add their lengths together. The fish you have picked will do just fine eating marine fish flakes.

Answer 2

I agree clownfish do well in pairs but will also be ok alone, they are really fun to watch though and you have the room for two of them so go ahead and buy a pair you will love them!  (Just know that if you buy only one and change your mind later it becomes tricky to pair them, the first one will kill the new one if it's smaller)

I had a blue damselfish they are very hardy but if you can,  introduce it last because if it is introduced first it can be very aggressive.  Yes you need a skimmer and live rock is extremely beneficial.  1-2lbs per gallon of water.  While most fish will eat flakes, I would supplement that with some mysis shrimp, brine shrimp have no nutritional value.  Good luck!

Answer 3

Ok let me give you some advise just to help you out:

1:Just like the person above me said, Clown fish do better in pairs

2:Hermit craps and any other clean up crew member dont have a bioload so for your tank i would recommend: 5 blue leg hermit crabs and 5 turbo snails

3: Your going to want around 30-60 lbs of Live rock

4:You SHOULD get a skimmer but is not required

5: Flakes arent that good for fish an neither is frozen brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp is the best by far, I wouldn't recommend feeding anything other than frozen food or live food it is MUCH better for your fish.

6:What kind of filter where you thinking of? I would recommend canister or wet/dry

Your stocking is good but IMO could be refined for a more pleasurable display.

Like:

1: A pair of ocellaris clowns

2: Fridmani pseudechromis

3: a six-line wrasse

While your stocking is perfectly fine i have good experience with most fish and i believe that the stocking above could provide more colour and activity.

Good Luck!