90g Stocking

HiImSean

HiImSean

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I'm starting up my 90g in the next few weeks and I'm looking forward to stocking the tank. The only two inhabitants I have now are a single Onyx clown and a Melenarus wrasse. The tank is going to be a mixed reef and for filtration I have a 30g sump and planning a Reef Octopus 1000 or Vertex Omega 150. The only other fish I 100% want is another clown, most likely a Picasso. I'd like to add a few flasher wrasses, either a peppermint or candy hogfish, and a basslet. I'd like to add something a bit larger as a centerpiece fish. I really don't want a tang. My wife's begging for a flame wrasse but I don't think I want to risk getting a coral nipper. Any ideas as something to make people ooh and aaww?
 
Sorry yes, meant angel. I am thinking flame wrasses though :) Thanks for the suggestion on the hogs. I'd really like a regal angel but I'm thinking it would get too large for the 90g and again have the potential to be a nipper.
 
HiImSean said:
Sorry yes, meant angel. I am thinking flame wrasses though :) Thanks for the suggestion on the hogs. I'd really like a regal angel but I'm thinking it would get too large for the 90g and again have the potential to be a nipper.
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Yea much to small for a large angel but, you could do something like a pair of masked swallowtail angels, or a clarion (really expensive), golden angel, I've seen a Interruptus Angelfish in a 90 though they could outgrow it but really depends on the fish I've seen them live their life out in one (again really expensive). Those are just some angels I can think of, there's tons of other types of fish you can go with.
 
mikem101 said:
Yea much to small for a large angel but, you could do something like a pair of masked swallowtail angels, or a clarion (really expensive), golden angel, I've seen a Interruptus Angelfish in a 90 though they could outgrow it but really depends on the fish I've seen them live their life out in one (again really expensive). Those are just some angels I can think of, there's tons of other types of fish you can go with.
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The first two angels you mentioned are large angels, the latter getting larger than a regal angel... I would advise against the angel suggestions above. The golden angel (Centropyge aurantia) aren't as easy to care for as some other species of Centropyge. The Interrupta (Centropyge interrupta), while expensive and being a Centropyge, will get pretty big with the potential to get to 7" (should have a larger tank, IMO).

Most any angel species is going to be a gamble when it comes to being reef safe, so keep that in mind when you get one. If you really want an angel stick with most any in the Centropyge genus, and avoid any large angels since they will get too big.
 
Ambition said:
The first two angels you mentioned are large angels, the latter getting larger than a regal angel... I would advise against the angel suggestions above. The golden angel (Centropyge aurantia) aren't as easy to care for as some other species of Centropyge. The Interrupta (Centropyge interrupta), while expensive and being a Centropyge, will get pretty big with the potential to get to 7" (should have a larger tank, IMO).QUOTE]

Hmm I guess I never realized how big Clarions got, but everything I could find on swallowtails says that around 100 gallons should be a fine home to keep these guys? So they really get that large I have never owned one so I'm curious to learn.
I suggested a Golden cause I have kept one for about 6 years before I tore down the tank and sold the live stock and I loved the personality.
Finally I knew interrupta's had potential to get big, but after talking to some educators and reading about them in captivity I was under the impression that they usually would only get to about 5" in captivity? I hope this doesn't come off argumentative I'm just eager to learn new things from someone who has been in the hobby longer then myself! :fun2:
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Yeah, I think I'll pass on an angel, even though a multibar would also be nice ;) Any other thoughts on a centerpiece fish? Also not looking to break the bank on a fish, maybe $120 max.
 
A flame wrasse pair would look nice. But you'll be above your budget, but their worth it. Otherwise you could do a couple of smaller less expensive flasher wrasses.
 
You can't beat the beauty of a flame wrasse in my mind.....even though I don't have any. A friend has a pair.
 
I wish luck to anyone who has a pair. They seem to always end up being males for anyone who has a pair, trio, or harem around here. My LFS started with a trio a few years back, one female turned male in a few months. Then a year or later the other female turned male. They didn't include a group of flame wrasses when they tore the tank down and started it over.
 
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