70 gal fish suggestions?

[Sithlord95]

I have 2 bonded perc clowns and my tank will prob eventually be a reef tank. I plan to have a yellow head jawfish and a kole tang (kole will be last added). My problem is that my clowns hang out in the top back corner of my tank, so I would like an active swimmer that I can actually see! I was thinking about 3 green chromis, but would love to hear other suggestions. Thanks

 

[johnc99]

Flasher or fairy wrasse? Flame or Flameback angel? All are very active. Dwarf angels like to flit into and out of the nooks and crannies of LR. The wrasses are more open water swimmers. Angels, however, are not considered reef-safe. The dwarf angel I have is a rescue - he started eating his previous owner's SPS. But IMO they are captivating (my wife has even OK'd an upgrade because she loves to watch the angel).

 

[Sithlord95]

Thanks for the suggestion John. The fairy wrasse looks cool. I like the angels too, but reef safe is a priority. Anyone else have a recommendation?

 

[Guygettnby]

70g is to small for a tang.

why not look into some wrasses? they are great fish and do swim around alot.

 

[burnah]

sixline - cheap, colorful, great personality, good pest eating qualities. i love fish with a job in my tank except for clowns, those are my divas..

wouldnt put a tang in there, colorwise i love potters dwarf angels but ive never kept one.

greetings

 

[small alien]

Drop the tang and you could replace it with 2-3 wrasses. Flasher, yellow coris, leopard.

 

[small alien]

Also love my sunburst anthias (not a true anthias). And an Escenius spp. Blenny is a must.

 

[Sithlord95]

Thanks for all the info. Definitely checking out the wrasses. I'm not sure about the tang comments. Most forums/sites say that a kole tang is a good choice for this size tank (minimum but okay) . Yet the sunburst anthias that alien suggested are shown on live aquaria as a minimum 125. Somewhat confused.

 

[small alien]

In Scott Michael's Reef Fishes book, it has 30 gallons for a Sunburst. I think liveaquaria is off and likely got that number from their specs for other anthia species. They barely swim around at all.

With the tang, you could perhaps get away with it but it's so limiting in other ways.