93 Gallon Stock List Questions

[CuttleKid]

So I originally bought my 93 gallon cube for a FOWLE setup but then converted it into a nps gorgonian tank. With the heavy feedings my tank crashed and I had to start from scratch. I then tried my hand at an lps/sps tank that quickly turned inti a disaster from an algae outbreak with the increased lighting and high nutrients. I now have the parameters under control and have had them stable for 3 months. After all that I now want to get back to a simile FO system that I don't have doesn't require the constant vigilance of parameters like a nps setup, or sps setup. I am in the process of selling off my last corals and have started to come up with a stock list.

So after that long winded speech, here my stick list

-1 Radiata Lionfish
-1 Dragon Moray Eel
-1 Comet
-1 Giant Frogfish
-1 Picasso Triggerfish
-1 Dog Faced Puffer
-1 Yellow Tang

What do you guys think?

 

[sandwi54]

If I remember correctly, the marineland 93g has a footprint of 30" x 30", which will limit your fish choice to small ones. I think every fish on your list, except for the frogfish, is too big for a 30" long tank. Think of your tank as a typical 29g tank but just wider. It only offer enough "straight-swimming" distance of a 29g and unsuitable for most fish that grow bigger than 4-5".

You will be better off staying with fish like clownfish, firefish, gobies, anglers, etc.

 

[BowieReefer84]

Triggerfish and lionfish do NOT go together.

Puffers and lionfish do NOT go together.

You could add a dwarf lion and ditch the trigger and puffer perhaps imo.

Not sure about the rest of your list. Sorry.

Goodluck!

 

[Dragon moray ki]

+1 to these guys I would skip the eel or replace it with a golden dwarf moray and I would skip the tang trigger and puffer. Every thing else looks good thoug

 

[randomfishguy85]

Is the 93 cube infact 30 by 30? if so i would redo the list. The only fish that would probably be happy on that list is the comet and he will hide all day.

 

[SecretiveFish]

So after that long winded speech, here my stick list

-1 Radiata Lionfish
-1 Dragon Moray Eel
-1 Comet
-1 Giant Frogfish
-1 Picasso Triggerfish
-1 Dog Faced Puffer
-1 Yellow Tang

What do you guys think?

- The Picasso Trigger and the Dog Faced Puffer will get to big for your system, and isn't there a sticky at the top of this forum saying that mixing puffers and triggers is a no-no?
- Many will argue that the tank size and shape is inappropriate for a Yellow Tang and I would agree.
- Also, I am shocked no one has said NO to the "Giant Frogfish." These guys are not community fish at all, one poster on here had one eat a fish 1.5x its size and then die the next day. They will eat anything that will fit in their over-sized mouths given the opportunity. If you want one, you need to set up a species tank.

So that would leave the Comet (I see mine all the time BTW), the radiata lionfish, and the eel. I know nothing about eels, so no help there. If you really want a tang, you could probably get a bristletooth tang, but I do not know how that would go with the lionfish.