Looking for opinions/ideas for a 65 gallon tanks.

[NC AL]

To start, I have a Waterbox 65 AIO bare-bottom tank. I currently have two clowns and a six line wrasse. They are the three amigos and get along great together. My tank is a new set-up but has about 40 pounds of live rock from my old established tank. Eventually I want to add more coral, but need more fish. Now to my questions.

I want to add a tang (but not for a few months) for algae control purposes. What tangs would serve that purpose well but be ok in my 65g tank?

I feel I need at least five and therefore one more. Looking for suggestions here. I have always liked coral beauties, but read they can nip at coral. Any recommendations would be greatly appreated.

 

[Extremeengineer]

I have a new 75g with a coral beauty, lyretail anthias, black ice clown and tomini tang. Oh and a fire shrimp. I have not yet added corals, but everyone gets along great. The lyretail is a pig, the tomini is smaller than the coral beauty or anthias, but he doesn't take any attitude from them. I did a lot of research and there are few tangs that are good for our size tank. I love the darker coloration the tomini develop as they get older, and with mine being 1 1/2" long, it will be a while before that happens. I'm hoping my coral beauty is one who doesn't eat corals, we'll see soon!

 

[NC AL]

Thanks man. Fingers crossed with you coral beauty.

 

[Extremeengineer]

Thanks man. Fingers crossed with you coral beauty.

Yes, not 100%, nor scientific, but it seemed like a lot of the coral beauty issues I read were either not enough food or an outlier fish. I feed at least twice a day, so I am hoping I don't have an outlier lol. If so then I guess I'll just swap for the blue girdled angel I really would like... obviously kidding in a 75, but I do really like those Tenecor 150 lagoons...

 

[Uncle99]

I do a yellow tang in 65g
In 5 years maxed out at 4”
Best CUC ever built

 

[nereefpat]

What are the dimensions of the tank?

 

[Extremeengineer]

What are the dimensions of the tank?

Looks like a standard Waterbox 65, so:
Dimensions (LxWxH): 1200 x 500 x 450mm (47.2" x 19.7" x 17.7")
Copied from their site.

 

[NC AL]

What are the dimensions of the tank?

Basically 48”x20”x17”high

 

[NC AL]

I do a yellow tang in 65g
In 5 years maxed out at 4”
Best CUC ever built

This is what I would love to have but the price is killing me.

 

[Uncle99]

This is what I would love to have but the price is killing me.

$200-300 is a lot.
I’d replace mine if I had to.
Very happy with this fish.
Grazes all day.

 

[NeedAReef]

I have a new 75g with a coral beauty, lyretail anthias, black ice clown and tomini tang. Oh and a fire shrimp. I have not yet added corals, but everyone gets along great. The lyretail is a pig, the tomini is smaller than the coral beauty or anthias, but he doesn't take any attitude from them. I did a lot of research and there are few tangs that are good for our size tank. I love the darker coloration the tomini develop as they get older, and with mine being 1 1/2" long, it will be a while before that happens. I'm hoping my coral beauty is one who doesn't eat corals, we'll see soon!

when you say the lyretail is a pig, meaning what ? does it eat anything and everything or graze algae all day? pests? my understanding is they are carnivores and would want meaty food not pellet?

 

[nereefpat]

So, with dimensions pretty much the same as a standard 75 gallon, I would pick one of the tangs in the Ctenochaetus genus that's not a chevron (I don't think you can get them since the Hawaii thing anyway) or striped. Tomini is easy to find. White tail is a showstopper. Truncated is a really pretty one that's underutilized.

 

[stewy14]

triggerfish
unless it triggers u

 

[PharmrJohn]

I had a yellow in my 75 which followed to my 90 upgrade. It pretty much kept things clean. I'll be getting another with my new build. Along with a white Tail.