Any ideas for larger tank?

[ashley0619]

So I just set up a 65g marineland with a 20g sump. Just setting up meaning its been sitting for a couple months while it slowly cycled with dead rock and live sand. So Ammonia is at zero, nitrates 10, all other values great. I just moved my Tailspot blenny and my corals over. Protein skimmer is doing great and skimming a lot.

So, I love my blenny, and I do not want him to be under a lot of stress and certainly not bullied. I upgraded from a 14g biocube which I have up for almost two years and it did fantastic. I really really want a midas blenny.

When I had a firefish, this blenny was super nice and never was aggressive towards him. I had one previously before my tank crashed while I was on vaca and he would always open his mouth and lunge at the firefish.

I was told by multiple LFS (I know) that they would be fine together in a larger tank. I have a two holed barnacle and my rocks have holes in them that my tailspot has been chilling in. Would they be okay together, I know the tank isn't huge.

Other than that question, I was thinking of getting two black and white clowns, a mandarin (wayyy down the road), and that's as far as I got.

My house is full of little tanks, and my family wants me to get a larger fish now that I have a bigger tank. I know I can't have a tang and I already have SPS corals so no angels. Any ideas of pretty and peaceful larger fish that would be ethically okay to keep in this tank??

Any advice would be great! I've looked a lot and do not know if there's any options other then the classic small fishies.

 

[Dmorty217]

The clowns will become aggressive down the road so I would skip them. You could do a coral beauty, mine nips at nothing. A bellus would also work but your tank is a little small (IMO) I'm a fan of the ORA cleaner gobies

 

[Reef Frog]

Certain predators like lions, hawkish or Comet would work but would be a danger to smaller dish ' they would need to be moved.

Otherwise I think you are limited to a 4" to 5" max (adult) fish. A flame angel, flasher or yellow corris wrasse could work. Or maybe a single blue or green chromis. Perhaps a long nosed hawkfish if you don't have shrimp or very small fish. Midas & Canary belemnites are nice too.

 

[DopeCantWin]

If the only corals you have are SPS I would look at some Butterflies that do better in smaller tanks. Otherwise Anthias.

 

[lemkerailroad1]

how big of a tank you going to????

I have a 90 with tangs
I have a 185 with tangs and a emperor angle

all my tanks are mixed reefs, my 185 is going to be sps dominate

just curious though

 

[ashley0619]

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I know 65 is a large tank, but it is so much larger than my 14g! I know that clowns can get territorial but I didn't know they would cause a problem with my smaller fish. I think I definitely will get a midas blenny and a wrasse.

And I will be having both sps and lps as well as softies.

And I would love a coral beauty!

Thanks for all of the suggestions and advice.

 

[ashley0619]

So I decided on a midas blenny and a huge blue spotted watchman goby (thats what it looks like). I will also get some kind of wrasse and put the two clowns in last.