So after some serious thinking I think I'm going to go all out with marine fish breeding. I have a frag tank for my coral fixes, and I have a hard time picking just a few fish for a smaller display. My family room is available to turn into a breeding room. It is 18'x11' and I need help as to how to best use this space. Considering I have 12 species I want to work with for sure, and an ever growing list of future possibilities I want input from the experienced.
A list of fish I want to work with:
- Neon Goby
- Randall's Watchman Goby
- Yellow Watchman Goby
- Mandarins
- Flame Angel
- Potter's Angel
- Multicolor Angel
- Coral Beauty Angel
- Royal Gramma
- Black Cap Basslet
- Orchid Dottyback
- Springeri Dottyback
Future Project Ideas:
- Swissguard and/or Candy Basslets
- Butterflyfish Species
- Moorish Idol
- Large Angel Species
- Smaller Tangs (tomini, mimic, etc.)
Based on the first list of fish, would I be okay using 10-15g high tanks for broodstock tanks? I thought about doing two tiers of 10 tanks, giving me a total of 20 broodstock tanks. The dwarf angels would have to be in bigger tanks with more height (looking at 55g drums, brute cans, etc.) of course. So 20x 10-15g broodstock tanks and two pelagic spawner tanks (both divided in two to house two pairs, RCT did this for several species)? If I ever get to it, I'd add a large stock tank or similar for any of the future fish like tangs, butterflyfish, idols, etc..
How many larval tanks should I have for this project? I was thinking about using 5-10g round tubs for this, will these suffice? Then I guess one of the most important questions, how many grow out tanks should I have, and how big should they be? I'll then obviously have my culturing shelves for culturing phyto, copepods, brine shrimp, rotifers, etc. Just looking for input from the experienced so I can make use of space efficiently.