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[CableGuy86]

Ok upgraded to a 125 with a 30 gallon sump and 125 lbs rock. I wanted to get some opinions on this list I want/ what I already have.

*currently*
~Cleaner shrimp
~yellow watchmen goby
~Flasher wrasse
~2 ocellaris clowns
~ clean up crew & Mexican turbos
~ lawnmower bleny

**want**
~Powder blue tang (I know about the ich)
~ flame angel
~Yellow tang
~One spot foxface or moorish idol or both......
~Tear drop, copperband, or saddleback butterfly fish
~Banded shrimp
~ blood shrimp

Thanks looking forward to getting some feedback.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Ok upgraded to a 125 with a 30 gallon sump and 125 lbs rock. I wanted to get some opinions on this list I want/ what I already have.

*currently*
~Cleaner shrimp
~yellow watchmen goby
~Flasher wrasse
~2 ocellaris clowns
~ clean up crew & Mexican turbos
~ lawnmower bleny

**want**
~Powder blue tang (I know about the ich)
~ flame angel
~Yellow tang
~One spot foxface or moorish idol or both......
~Tear drop, copperband, or saddleback butterfly fish
~Banded shrimp
~ blood shrimp

Thanks looking forward to getting some feedback.

I am not sure if you are planning on having corals or not, but some of the fish on your list are not reef safe.

Flame angel, may pick at corals.

Moorish idol, a difficult species to keep in captivity and also eats coral.

Teardrop and saddleback butterflies will eat corals

Copperband butterflies are difficult to keep.

There aren't many compatibility issues, tangs are feisty, but will be fine if added last.

 

[CableGuy86]

I am not sure if you are planning on having corals or not, but some of the fish on your list are not reef safe.

Flame angel, may pick at corals.

Moorish idol, a difficult species to keep in captivity and also eats coral.

Teardrop and saddleback butterflies will eat corals

Copperband butterflies are difficult to keep.

There aren't many compatibility issues, tangs are feisty, but will be fine if added last.

Yeah I was reading that they are ok with caution and I would like to dabble in corals noting to expensive. Is this2 much bio load? And as far as adding the fish should I do the tangs and flame same time last?
Thanks

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yeah I was reading that they are ok with caution and I would like to dabble in corals noting to expensive. Is this2 much bio load? And as far as adding the fish should I do the tangs and flame same time last?
Thanks

Of the ones that may pick at corals, the flame angel is the safest choice, the others, coral is definitely part of their diet.

The bioload should be fine.

The flame can be added earlier than the tangs.

 

[Ryan Rioux]

Hello , have a 57 gallon deep blue , I currently have a starry blenny , 1 ocellaris clown , and recently added a coral beauty dwarf angel. ( 2days ago). I'm debating if I made a mistake seeing as I do want more fish in the future , but I know an angel can be aggressive and don't want to have issues down the road . I do not have any corals in the tank. Tanks like 3 months old. I have an anemone , 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 fire shrimp , some snails and hermits . ( I do plan on adding some corals in the near future) and the coral beauty is still hiding behind rocks.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hello , have a 57 gallon deep blue , I currently have a starry blenny , 1 ocellaris clown , and recently added a coral beauty dwarf angel. ( 2days ago). I'm debating if I made a mistake seeing as I do want more fish in the future , but I know an angel can be aggressive and don't want to have issues down the road . I do not have any corals in the tank. Tanks like 3 months old. I have an anemone , 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 fire shrimp , some snails and hermits . ( I do plan on adding some corals in the near future) and the coral beauty is still hiding behind rocks.

That is a bit of a predicament. Dwarf angels can be a bit aggressive toward fish that are added after them, though are a little more tolerant of fish that occupy a different niche than they do.

Coral beaties may or may not pick at corals. Corals that are more likely to receive their attention include zoas and fleshy brain corals. Though new corals will always pique their curiosity.

 

[Fate]

50g Cube Reef tank.. Looking for fresh ideas on what to stock her up with

Anyone?

 

[eatbreakfast]

50g Cube Reef tank.. Looking for fresh ideas on what to stock her up with

Anyone?

Here are a few species that will work; midas blenny, stigmatura blenny, barnacle blennies, grammistes blenny, canary blenny, a group of zebra or blue gudgeon dartfish, watchman goby with shrimp, firefish, sunburst anthias, plectranthias, flame hawk, longnose hawk, purple tilefish, swales basslet, chalk basslet, lantern basslet, orchid dottyback, wetmorella wrasse, pink streak wrasse.

Any of those will work in that size tank and most are compatible with each other, though not all are compatible with each other.

 

[TheHarold]

Reefer 350, 48".

Current stock: Two clownfish, lubbocks wrasse, Dragonette, cardinalfish.

Proposed addition:
Yellow Tang
Anthias Trio
Additional Cardinalfish

 

[eatbreakfast]

Reefer 350, 48".

Current stock: Two clownfish, lubbocks wrasse, Dragonette, cardinalfish.

Proposed addition:
Yellow Tang
Anthias Trio
Additional Cardinalfish

It should be fine, but what species of anthias were you thinking of? And what type of cardinal do you have and what type of cardinal do you plan on adding?

 

[oodan]

I'm looking into getting a hippocampus what is all involved into adding one of them i have a few fish and a 45gal

 

[eatbreakfast]

I'm looking into getting a hippocampus what is all involved into adding one of them i have a few fish and a 45gal

It depends on the fish in there already. Seahorses don't compete well for food, often need to be started on live foods, can't handle flow too well. They often do best in a system focused on them.

 

[oodan]

I have a tall 45 gal 2 clown fish a goby and a lil blue guy he hides in holes in the rocks no idea what he is and a shrimp my power head is on top and I throw it to the back side of itself I make it crash on the tank wall I don't know I like the bubbles it makes lol

 

[eatbreakfast]

I have a tall 45 gal 2 clown fish a goby and a lil blue guy he hides in holes in the rocks no idea what he is and a shrimp my power head is on top and I throw it to the back side of itself I make it crash on the tank wall I don't know I like the bubbles it makes lol

That should be ok, as long as the flow isn't too much for them to handle.

 

[Jordan berry]

I have a 90 Gallon reef and wanting ideas on different color fish than what I have already.
2 clowns, black snowflake and black ice, a flame angel, a kole yellow eye tang, a diamond Goby, a shark nose goby an azure damsel and a mccoskers wrasse. The only fish on my must have list is a Dory. I want a fat head Anthia but I had a couple lyre tail anthias die from some sore on there side that only affected them. So I'm afraid of anthias do you think there's a parasite that targets them that could still be in my dt? I also wanted a flame hawk fish because I like there personality but I heard he might eat a shark nose goby. So fathead Anthia and flame hawk or any other colorful fish recommendations?

 

[eatbreakfast]

I have a 90 Gallon reef and wanting ideas on different color fish than what I have already.
2 clowns, black snowflake and black ice, a flame angel, a kole yellow eye tang, a diamond Goby, a shark nose goby an azure damsel and a mccoskers wrasse. The only fish on my must have list is a Dory. I want a fat head Anthia but I had a couple lyre tail anthias die from some sore on there side that only affected them. So I'm afraid of anthias do you think there's a parasite that targets them that could still be in my dt? I also wanted a flame hawk fish because I like there personality but I heard he might eat a shark nose goby. So fathead Anthia and flame hawk or any other colorful fish recommendations?

I'd be willing to wager the Uronema marinum is what killed the anthias. Unfortunately, once it's in the dt it is very difficult to ensure that it is completely gone, short of replacing all the rock and sand.

A small hippo tang will be ok for awhile in a 90, but will eventually outgrow that tank.

A hawk may eat a sharknose goby, but if you got a small flame hawk it would likely be fine.

Other fish that would work would include a group of zebra dartfish, yellow assessor, midas blenny, melanurus wrasse.

 

[Jordan berry]

Thanks for the help. If there is uronema in my tank is there specific fish it will target? The mccoskers was added at the same time and did fine. The kole tang was just added a couple days ago should I be worried about him showing signs? Also would a hellfrichi or other fire fish be okay to add or will they get bullied by the other tank mates? I didn't put it in my list of wants because I thought I should have added them first.

 

[Duke4Life]

Thanks for the help. If there is uronema in my tank is there specific fish it will target? The mccoskers was added at the same time and did fine. The kole tang was just added a couple days ago should I be worried about him showing signs? Also would a hellfrichi or other fire fish be okay to add or will they get bullied by the other tank mates? I didn't put it in my list of wants because I thought I should have added them first.

Hate 2 say if a disease is present all fish can have and should be quarantined, with the tank fallow. Playing with a ticking bomb otherwise.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Thanks for the help. If there is uronema in my tank is there specific fish it will target? The mccoskers was added at the same time and did fine. The kole tang was just added a couple days ago should I be worried about him showing signs? Also would a hellfrichi or other fire fish be okay to add or will they get bullied by the other tank mates? I didn't put it in my list of wants because I thought I should have added them first.

Chromis and anthias are the most susceptible. It seems to spread through physical contact, so schooling/shoaling fish that 'bunch up' at night or when scared are the most likely to get it.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hate 2 say if a disease is present all fish can have and should be quarantined, with the tank fallow.

A fallow tank doesn't help with Uronema. It will just wait it out until it can find a host. So short of getting all the rock and substrate out, it's in the tank. Fortunately, most fish don't seem to susceptible.

However, qt is always a good practice.