[captaincack]

I have decided to convert my 20g FW to SW. I am leaning towards a 130w (2X65w) PC fixture, what would my limits be for corals with these lights, tank is 15 inches deep.
Live stock will be:
1-royal gramma
1-ocellaris clown
1-yellow watchman
1-orangemarked goby
1-cleaner shrimp
1- sexy shrimp
1- pistol shrimp

Any opinions on the list are welcome, I feel like it might be overstocked. What would be an ideal cleanup crew for this setup?
Thanks for any advice and your opinions.

[jvharding]

What hardware do have and or planning to add?

[captaincack]

I only plan on the lighting, a heater, a couple of powerheads and a skimmer....what do you think I should buy in terms of a cleanup crew....like how many crabs and snails and what kinds???

[volitan_fa]

If I were you I'd just stick with one cleaner shrimp and scrap the other two....other than that it looks ok but just because those are all smaller fish.

The problem you'll have with lighting is penetration. However you can overcome this by moving corals that need more light towards the top.

Cleanup crew....check out Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation Home Page and check out "Reef Janitors". They have a pretty good ratio you can follow.

[glampka]

Don't think you should have a problem with the lights. I was running a 30 with 2 x 55W & frogspawn grew like crazy as did green star & shrooms. Recently upgraded to 2 x 96W.

[crazygator]

you can only run soft corals or large stony pollyps i.e. brain, frogspawn, bubbles, meats and star and button polyps to name a few. but these are all great corals with nice colors so should look great