Pre-built stocking plan20-gallon Nano Reef Stocking Blueprint
Complete 20-gallon AIO nano reef stocking blueprint with timeline.
Fish stocking
- Pair Ocellaris clowns
- 1x Yellow watchman goby + tiger pistol shrimp pair
- 1x Royal gramma OR firefish
Invertebrates
- 15x mixed CUC (turbo, trochus, nassarius, hermits)
- 1x cleaner shrimp
- 5x sexy shrimp
Coral progression
- Mushrooms (multiple species)
- Zoanthids (multiple morphs)
- GSP, Kenya tree, leather coral
- LPS month 4+: torch, hammer, frogspawn, acan
Stocking timeline
Week/Phase 1Cycle 4-6 weeks
Week/Phase 2CUC week 5
Week/Phase 3Clown pair week 6
Week/Phase 4Goby + pistol month 2
Week/Phase 5Soft coral month 3
Week/Phase 6LPS month 4-6
Week/Phase 7SPS only after 6+ months stable