Few Questions -

[coyoteman0]

I currently have a 55 Reef - Well Partially finished anyway.
Due to space requirments, I can't get a bigger tank currently I have a wet/dry sump and am wanting to leave that and then add 2 30 gallong sumps in the other room - One w/ a 6"DSB and the other w/ lots of rock and lighting to grow out rock and coraline -

Question is how much can I stuff in a 55 w/ this type of setup -
Corals, Fish, Etc.

I am not looking for SPS, maybe 1 but I don't think I have enough light -
2 175watt 10K MH and 2 110VHO Blues.

I am thinking of circulating somewhere around 2500 GPH total w/ the 2 sumps and Wet/Dry -
I mainly like small gobies, Clowns, Especially percula's -

Thanks for the input.

 

[JohnD]

A couple of perculas would be great in a 55.

As for me, I have 1 false perc, 1 royal gramma and a few cleaner shrimp in a 30. I added a citron goby to the tank one month ago, but I haven't seen him since.

 

[JennM]

That is plenty of light, but I concur with the previous poster, work your way "up" to SPS etc.

In my 55 I've got a Pyjama Cardinal, Coral Beauty and a pair of Tomato Clowns. I've got mostly LPS corals in there, Candy, Tooth, Galaxia, Scolymia (donut), Torch, Pipe Organ & a couple of leather frags etc. I have 4 x 55 W PC over my tank. Everything's happy and most of my show corals I've had over one year and they are growing, despite my delinquency at dosing stuff.

Jenn

 

[dbman]

You could actually keep SPS with that lighting; you should probably start with easier stuff until your tank gets stable though. I have probably a good 12-15 different corals in my 55 - leathers, polyps, open brains, two different SPS, etc. As far as fish go; with small fish you probably won't run out of biological filtering capacity; I think the guide is if each fish has its personal space - for example you don't want to crowd in a bunch of gobies that all want to sit on the sand or they'll be unduly stressed. Add slowly; you'll know when the tank is populated.