All Hawaiian!

[AaronKelly]

Well I have finally decided on what I am going to do with my new 150 gallon set up, and I have decided to make it an all Hawaiian inhabitance. Here is what I am looking at for an inhabitance list.

Fish:
Racoon Butterfly
Yellow Longnose Butterfly
Snow Flake Eel
Yellow Tang
Achilles Tang
Pinktail Trigger
Bird Wrasse x2 Male and Female

I am probably not going to have any corals so that is not a concern for me. I realize a lot of these fish get big but i think a 150 can hold the bioload of 8 fish.

For Inverts:
Electric Orange Hermit Crab
Halloween Hermit Crab
Hawaiian Feather Duster
Cave Shrimp

Does anyone else know of any snails, anemones or other inverts that live in Hawaii because I feel like there should be more.

And last but not least, do any clowns come from Hawaii, after my research I say no but thats just from information from Liveaquaria and marinedepot.

 

[AaronKelly]

bump

 

[Matt Rise]

You forgot a Potter's Angel...

 

[OmarD]

Don't overlook in your considerations:



Latin Name: Cirrhilabrus jordani
Common Name: Hawaiian Flame Wrasse (male)

Hawaiian Harlequin Shrimp

 

[Darkstar04]

Great idea, I would love to see it once it is stocked.

 

[turnburn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10724687#post10724687 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Darkstar04
Great idea, I would love to see it once it is stocked.

I second that! Can't wait to see this come along.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

I think it would be a nice combination in there. The only concerns I have are
1) Hawaiian Feather Dusters. These will be food for the Raccoon or the Longnose Butterfly sooner or later. Id skip them, unless youre up for a natural food source.
2) Cave Shrimp. Snowflake eels feed on crustaceans naturally- again, I think the shrimp would just wind up a snack. The trigger might get him too (pink tails arent always as passive as they are given credit for).

And no- no clownfish species is native to Hawaii...

 

[AaronKelly]

hey thanks guys for the input... yeah im trying to make it as natural as possible so natural predators and prey will be welcome... i will also be feeding mysis, brine and sea weed... ill get some pics for you guys a.s.a.p..... please keep the comments coming, if ive missed any fish or inverts you guys think would work or look better, let me know. thanks

 

[sir_dudeguy]

I'd take out the Achilles tang. With all those other large fish (and another tang), a 150 isnt quite as big as you may think... IMO drop that tang and everything else is prolly fine. These guys get huge. I wouldnt do one in less than 300...but thats after actually seeing them out in the wild in hawaii

 

[AaronKelly]

well the tank has been cycling for about 3 weeks now and i decided to go ahead and use a damsel as my first fish. and then accoring to how he does ill add my first fish... im worried about aggressiveness in the tank... out of the fish that are listed before, what is the order i should add these guys