When you talk Indo-Pacific that's pretty wide. You have some distinct reef communities from the Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, the Maldives, etc. I would find a species you really want to keep and then do some research on other things found in their habitat. You may not be able to get the exact species but maybe something close.

John Tullock's book - Natural reef Aquariums is a good book for giving you ideas on different biotopes. Some ideas off the top of my head:


- Gulf Coast Biotope , some sponges, gulf live rock, a few peppermint shrimp, some macro algae and a fish or two.

- Carribean - Lots of gorgonians, a few blue chromis , maybe a flower anemone and a few sexy shrimp, maybe a few chalk bass instead of chromis.

- Deepwater IndoPacific - Sun coral , chili coral, some cryptic sponge rock, a cave like structure for a hawkfish - could skip the hawfish and get a tube anemone.

- Seagrass / Sandzone - some thlassia or syringiodium seagrasses, deep sandbed, a few gobies and some monitporas and a few small pieces of rubble.



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