Any recommendations for my tank? Invert or fish

[wj1405]

So I have a 45 gallon with about 75lbs of live rock with

Corals: various mushrooms, ricordea, devils hand, tree coral, feather duster

Inverts: rose pin urchin, peppermint shrimp, cleaner shrimp, Mexican turbo, misc red and blue leg hermits and smaller snails, bubble tip anemone

Fish: six line wrasse, pair of ocellaris clowns, and a sailfin tang

So I'm looking to add something unique to my tank. Can be a fish and also thinking about taking out the tang to possibly get a butterfly fish and a small bi color Angel. If not thinking about just adding another small fish less than like two inches that's relatively friendly. Or any recommendations on corals that are easy to care for and feed? I have T5 lights 10k and actinic. So I want a really neat invert or a fish. Whatever would make a great fit to the tank. Open to suggestions.

 

[AuburnTiger1]

Mandarins and scooter blennys are some of my favorite smaller fish make sure you have pods though, a goby shrimp pair are always neat too. I would take out the sailfin due to size and swimming space. A smaller butterfly like a Caribbean long nose butterfly might be ok. Bicolors are known for being the least reef safe so if you want an angel go with a coral beauty, flame, or one of the Pygmy angels like a cherub. Also as far as inverts a serpent, sand sifting, and (if you can keep it) a blue linkia would be interesting.

 

[Dmorty217]

Rehome the sailfin first, your tank is too small. A royal gramma is a good fit but your six line will be aggressive towards it I'm sure, at least at first

 

[AuburnTiger1]

I agree rehome the sailfin first before considering the fish listed above

 

[Dmorty217]

I would also wait at least a yr before trying mandarines, they will starve without a healthy pod population. Do you have a sump or refugium?

 

[footballdude2k3]

A fire shrimp would give you some nice color

 

[fishhuman]

Rehome the tang before you get anything else

 

[Betta132]

Rehome tang, then get a pistol shrimp and a watchman goby or a shrimpgoby. They'll pair up and be neat to watch.

 

[OrionN]

Use a Lawnmower blenny instead of a tang would be great for a 45 g tank. The Sailfin get to more than 1 footh in lenght. Even with my 320 gal tank, I would not get a sailfin tang.

 

[nawilson89]

Rehome tang, then get a pistol shrimp and a watchman goby or a shrimpgoby. They'll pair up and be neat to watch.

Definite agreement. Shrimp/Goby Combos bring life to the tank imo. My goby is a stoic watchdog who doesnt let anyone get to close. i love his guard dog personality.