WTB Kole Tang, Ulva sea lettuce, Gracilaria, Ceriths, Tiny brittle stars

[Tim Sharp]

Hi everyone.
My tank has cycled and over the next couple of weeks I am looking to start slowly stocking it.
I need the following:
Healthy Yellow Eye Kole Tang
Ulva sea lettuce and red gracilaria
some cerith snails
tiny brittle stars

please let me know what you have.

thanks!

[justahobby]

Welcome to MAAST. Grats on the new tank. Food for thought: A tang really isn't a good first fish for a newly cycled tank. While Kole tangs are hardier than say Hippo tangs, tangs in general aren't as hardy as say most gobies or chromis, etc. Especially if this is going in > 100g I would save the tang for later. Adding a bigger fish at the beginning can cause another cycle, ammonia spike.

[Bill S]

Welcome to MAAST, Tim. I second Justin's suggestion. Also, the sea lettuce will do much better in a more mature tank.

[Scream311]

Welcome to the Insanity of MAAST Tim (but in a good kind of Insane) bwhaha

[Tim Sharp]

The tank is 110G. The kole tang is my only planned fish for the system at this point. I would like to add a snowflake eel much later on, as I am not set up to contain one at this point. Would you have a recommendation for a decent fish to start things off? I would like it to be fairly easy to keep fed. It must not bother anemones (the future purpose of tank), so no clown fish or puffers. It needs to be big enough to not be eaten by a future eel. Should I go for a grouper?

thanks

[justahobby]

It should be fine in a 110 with a healthy specimen, plenty of live rock, water changes, and not over feeding. Just wanted you to be conscientious. Groupers tend to be hardy, but are BIG eaters, poopers. Ideally small fish 2-3" range would be a good start. The bacteria in your tank will have to adjust with each new addition/ extra feeding. Putting too much bioload on your tank too quickly is a very, very common way of killing fish in the beginning. It sounds like you are putting a lot of thought into the tank, which is great. You will have a much more rewarding experience.

Why no clowns for the anemones? It's good to choose the anemone, let it settle before getting clowns for it. But after that, the anemone will benefit from the hosting.