best tankmates

[reef_friendly]

I have a 180 gallons fish with live rock setup. presently i have a sailfin tang, one yellow tang, one ubicorn tang, a pair of false perculas, one fox face, two yellow tial blue damsels and a few hermit crabs, boxer shrimp and blue linkia star fish in it. which other fishes will be best suitable with these inhibitants?
my system includes 150 kgs of LR, a shallow coral crush substrate( not more than a 0.75 inches), protein skimmer, a big sump with bio balls and no refugium. i have a few LR and a couple of pistol shrimps in my refugium chamber.`

 

[geekreef_05]

sixline wrasse, most dwarf angels (flames are cool), most butterfly's, and plenty of other choices here too.

Check out fish compatibility charts and choices at www.liveaquaria.com

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

I'ld stop there if I had that tank.

 

[Illuminati]

How about a pseudochromis? I got one from www.marinecenter.com and I love it.

Blue Bar Pseudochromis:

Blue Body with a Yellow Head. Not as good looking as the picture on Marine Centers website but it makes up for it in personality.
Is an ideal tankmate, has never shown even the slightest form of aggression towards any other fish. Loves to dart into the rockwork, works for me because I have some very pourous Marshall Island live rock. Spends 85% of his time zooming through the rocks so your damsel would never catch him and bother him.

The Flame Angel is another good choice, very colorful, may nip corals though so you might have to read up on them.

 

[phatsonate]

180 Gal w/o corals? You should get some fish that you wouldn't be able to keep with corals.

I always had reefs and was very happy to be able to buy some fish non-reef safe fish for my 220 Gal FOWLR.

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8282938#post8282938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis L. Stevens
I'ld stop there if I had that tank.

Me too!!

 

[Trigeek]

If you add anything else, I would say add something with some attitude because the damsels and the tangs may be a rather aggressive welcoming committee. It sounds like you have a good fish load presently. A smaller fish would be o.k. and, as colinadam suggested, one of the pseudochromis might be a good choice because they are colorful, tough, have personality and tend swim between the rocks to stay away from the other potential bullies. Look for info on the springeri or neon dottyback.

 

[ReefBuilderNJ]

i got a 180 gal. and i went almost all fairy wrasses. i got 10 already with a few tangs and flame angel. fairy wrasses are some of the most peaceful fish and most beautiful fish.