Black and White

[Micki]

Black or black and white sand...

 

[Darold]

Zebra Shark

Also, there are pics of a mutated clown fish around here that would be perfect. It is almost all black with a few white stripes.

 

[edwar050]

you could paint black and white stripes on the back, like a prison and put the damsels in it-

 

[chrissreef]

- lamark or lamarck angel and maybe bellus angel
- black tang
- sohal tang
- Pseudochromis springeri: Bluestriped Dottyback
- black percula clown
- plenty of white starfish and snails
- urchin - black long spine
- fox coral or bubble coral
- there's a black centropyge nox (angel) angel and a keyhole centropogy angel
- snowflake eel
- tang acanthurus chronix
- 2 spott goby (signigobius biocellatus)
- goby meiacanthus smithii
- there are some cats
- goby phiolidichthys leucotaenia (they look like eels)
- opistognathus aurifrons - goby i think all white)
- marine betta
- a batfish
- drum or croaker
- panther grouper (hehe)

 

[Paul B]

Moorish Idol

 

[Micki]

I wouldn't go with the Moorish Idol. I would go with it's look alike Heniochus Butterfly.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

All of these have been very great information. I will probably go with the list Im about to post. I have to go find where I left it though.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

--Dry Goods--
Filter, sump, etc (personal choice)
Tank with black back

--Aquascaping--
Black Tahitian Moon Sand
Live Rock

--Cleanup Crew--
Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crabs (General Cleanup)
Zebra Nerits Snails (Glass Cleanup)
Black Nassarius Snails (Sand Cleanup)
Serpent Star (not necessarily black and WHITE, but you can get close)
Longspine Sea Urchin (They come in black, white, and black and white)

--Invertabrates--
Deresa Clam
Feather Dusters
Coral Banded Shrimp (If there is a "black" color morph)
[Not black, but good addition Harlequin Shrimp (caution: no serpent star then) and Sexy Shrimp]

--Fish--
Black Oscellaris Clownfish
Bangaii Cardinalfish
Cleaner Goby (Black and White morph and not blue and black)
Highfin or Blackray Shrimp Goby (has a yellow head, but they pair with pistol shrimp and there might be a black/white pistol shrimp)

--Corals--
White Bubble Coral
Black Tubastrea (No lighting needed)
White Xenia (There is a white pom pom xenia I want to get BADLY)
Knob Coral (Some can be striped black/white)
Fungia Coral (Some can be striped black/white)
Elegance Coral (Some can be pretty white with white tips)
Torch Coral (Some can be pretty white)
Galaxia Coral (I've seen a Black [or was it deep green?] with white tips)

Now I have a question. Is there a black and white morph of Coral Banded Shrimp and/or Pistol Shrimp?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Also, what are the spawning habits of clownfish, bangaii cardinals, and neon gobies. I know they breed in captivity. I might get a tank large enough just to do that. Does anyone know if the Blackray Shrimp Goby breeds in aquariums? If so, how?

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

*correction. I believe that black tubastrea is supposed to read Black Sun Coral

 

[CitCat21]

Nobody mentioned a black cardinal fish

 

[Toddrtrex]

As for clownfish breeding, I have a pair in my 75 (clarkii) the spawn monthly and in my 29 my GSM pair also.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Pictures

Pictures

I think I will definitely go with these:

Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab
Zebra Nerite Snails (Shells)
Striped Nassarius Snail I may have to go with Black Nassarius Snails
Serpent Starfish
Black and White Longspine Sea Urchin
Deresa Clam
Feather Duster
Black Oscellaris Clownfish (Pair)
Bangaii Cardinalfish (Pair)
White Striped Neon Goby
Blackray Shrimp Goby and Tiger Pistol Shrimp
White Bubble Coral
Black Sun Coral
Red Sea Pom Pom Xenia
Galaxea Coral This is a Black and White photo, but I saw one at my LFS that looked exactly like this.
Torch Coral

Now what should I look at with size of tank? My guess is 26g would be too small for a mated pair of each of the 4 fish. Would a 42g bowfront work?

 

[Darold]

Wow, I am really sold on the B/W urchin. Please let me know where you get it from. I was originally just going to get a black one, but that looks great!

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

:lol: I have to find one, too. I just might get lazy and buy one from a LFS and have them hunt it down.

 

[Madoktopus]

its up to ypu but i kept a comet (marine betta) in a reef before and that was reefsafe (it left the peppermints alone)

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

I have to admit I do love the Marine Betta, but I would be worried about it eating my small fish.

 

[new2u]

come on dude they're perfect and If you get a small one there'd be no problems... I've got one and love it!

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

I think I would rather go with breeding fish that breed. If they eggs hatch and grow up "YA!!" if they dont and become fish food "YA!!" At least I know my fish are having fun and happy and have full stomachs.

 

[Micki]

Now what should I look at with size of tank? My guess is 26g would be too small for a mated pair of each of the 4 fish. Would a 42g bowfront work?

26 would be too small for everythign you have listed, just as much for the coral as the fish. 42 would be better but still could go bigger. Rule of thumb... get the biggest you can afford or have room for.