Looking for suggestions on beginner friendly fish and corals to start adding. Tank perimeters have been stable , tank is over a month old. I have not hit “the ugly stage” but I had a couple of very mature live rocks from day 1 in my tank (the 3 on the far left). I read with seasoned live rocks the ugly stage can be prevented or severely less (not sure it’s it’s true or not but not getting my hopes up) I do not have a clean up crew right now, LFS has said it’s to early to add as I don’t have any algae in my tank yet. I have had some orangey looking algae grow on the back of the plastic cover and on the output nozzle
Currently have:
2 black and white clown fish
1 green chromis
1 blue springer damsel
Corals:
2 toad stools
1 GSP
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Due to the size of tank and age depending on par mushrooms and maybe some zoanthids i wouldn't recommend acropora not that you can't so it just it's very hard on tanks smaller then 55 gallons due to easy swings in parameters causing easy bleaching so I'd stick with lps and softies a nice torch but I'd save it.for last and if you have a good copopod occupation in the tank I'd say a dragonet there beautiful show peices
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I see you have some fish that are mostly in the middle to top of the tank, how about a goby pistol shrimp pair or Blenny to chill near the bottom half? I’ve heard blennies are have quite a fun personality too. For corals soft corals and mushrooms are gonna be easiest for sure - things like sinularia, Xenia, devils hand, colt, any mushroom outside ricordea yuma, zoanthids and more. Not having to dose for calcium and magnesium is a huge plus of softies as well
That's very true I'm dosing so much calsium it's insaine montapora with coralline algae and lps take.so much calsium I had to buy a dosing pump to just keep up with it