150g School Tank Fish List

[PerroneSciClub]

Good Morning, Mr. Perrone here.

Our students came up with the following fish that they are interested in. Eventually we will post in the fish list thread for a final review. For now we are interested in hearing people's opinions about these fish. Which have people had good luck with, which are jumpers, bullies, etc. We appreciate any input!

Orange Striped Prawn Goby
Pink Spotted Watchman Goby
Prawn Goby

High Fin Red Banded Goby
Sleeper Banded Goby

Yellow Tang
Yellow Eye Kole Tang

Horseface Blenny
Horned Blenny
Dusky Jawfish

Zebra Barred Dartfish
Firefish

Fathead Sunburst Anthias
Dispar Anthias
Waitei Anthias
Red Belted Anthias
Lyretail Anthias
Royal Gramma Basslet

Read headed solon fairy wrasse

Teardrop Ocellaris Clownfish
Saddleback Clownfish

OchreStriped Cardinalfish
Spotted Cardinal

Curious WormFish

Blue Reef Chromis
Black Axil Chromis
Black and White Chromis

Green Mandarin Dragonet (Spring)
Bubble Tip Anemone (Winter)

Sea Hare (fed seaweed?)
Peppermint Shrimp
Electric Blue Hermit Crab
Pistol/Snapping Shrimp

 

[JP SPS]

Good Morning, Mr. Perrone here.

Our students came up with the following fish that they are interested in. Eventually we will post in the fish list thread for a final review. For now we are interested in hearing people's opinions about these fish. Which have people had good luck with, which are jumpers, bullies, etc. We appreciate any input!

You will just want one of those shrimp gobies per tank as they tend to be territorial vs similar gobies. A Watchman goby with a pistol shrimp is a great paring. Just be careful what you house them with. If there is a tank full of larger and fast moving fish, it may hide all of the time. From your list they'd do well with the dartfish, clowns, and chromis. The tangs maybe not. Also I've found they don't like to be in a tank with strong flow.

Of the anthias you listed the Disbar are by far my favorite. They are hardy for anthias and not very aggressive.

The seahare is big and ugly, but cool to watch. You will need to feed it as it will clear your tank of hair algaes in a few weeks. Also when they die they can wipe out your entire tank if you don't remove them quickly.

My suggestion would be to stick with the smaller fish. You can have more in the tank and there is always something fun to look at.

From your list I'd go with:
The Pink Spotted Watchman Goby paired with a Pistol Shrimp
A Horned Blenny
2 Zebra Barred Dartfish
2 Firefish
A group of 3 Dispar Anthias
1 Royal Gramma Basslet
2 Ocellaris Clownfish with bubble tip anemone
3 Spotted Cardinal
3 Blue Reef Chromis
1 Green Mandarin Dragonet (will need established pod population)
1 Cleaner Shrimp
and a group of Hermit Crabs and snails.

Add the gobies and dartfish first so they have time to acclimate to the tank. Save the bigger and faster fish like the anthias, chromis, and cardinals for last.

This list will give your group a good variety of shapes, colors, and behaviors to observe while limiting issues with aggression and overcrowding. They are all coral safe as well if you intend to go that route down the line.

Good Luck!

 

[Shawn O]

Orange Striped Prawn Goby
Dusky Jawfish
Zebra Barred Dartfish
Firefish
Dispar Anthias
Electric Blue Hermit Crabs
and some cleaner shrimp
is what I would go with, but that's just personal preference of the way they look. Steve will give you good advice when you have a final list.

 

[PerroneSciClub]

Thanks for the feedback. Looking for lots of opinions to help the students make a good final list for snorvich to review.

 

[Fallling]

I love my fairy and flasher wrasses... they are notorious jumpers, however, (along with dartfish), so make sure you have a screen / lid if you.

 

[ca1ore]

Even in a tank of that size, you want to try to avoid too many fish that occupy similar ecological niches. Those that do tend to fight more (and starve more) than those that do not.

 

[PerroneSciClub]

The tank is a completely covered acrylic tank so jumpers should not be an issue.

I've explained to the students that we cannot have multiples from the same niche, we are looking for opinions on the listed fish so we can narrow it down to individuals from each group/ype.

Thanks again for the input!