Finished cycling, now what type of fish?

[kwroberto]

Hey guys, my 75 gallon reef tank just finished cycling, I want to add a fish and see what the tank does,any suggestions on what fish I should get??

 

[RayL]

Pair of clowns

 

[xxscoobiixx]

Please just no damsels. Such tiny evil fish.

 

[breederforlife]

any small fish but certainly no damsel

 

[faithenfire]

the question is what do you want out of a fish?
a percher, a swimmer, a hangers around, a schooler? cause that would be things like
a goby/blenny, a wrasse, cardinal?, chromis

 

[HiImSean]

Wrasses

 

[Betta132]

A shrimpgoby/pistol shrimp combo. They're awesome to watch. Yellow watchman gobies are good, but most shrimpgobies are great. I suggest either a tiger pistol shrimp or a candycane pistol, both are good with gobies. Candycanes are smaller, better for small gobies.
Suggestion: Google anything you want to get. That way you'll know what to expect, and you'll find out how to care for them. Try a few different sites to make sure all the info lines up.

 

[Deinonych]

Wrasses

+1

A couple of flasher species would be great in that size tank.

 

[Dankrencisz]

Tagging along. My tank will be done cycling soon.

 

[Marshall O]

I would personally get a small CUC first, some snails and maybe a shrimp of your liking. After two weeks, then get a fish and go from there. But you should be quarantining all new fish. Plenty of info on this site if you need help.

 

[FWC]

Clean up crew. Royal Grammas are nice too.

 

[Dankrencisz]

Reefcleaner.org has great deals on CUC.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

I would personally get a small CUC first, some snails and maybe a shrimp of your liking. After two weeks, then get a fish and go from there. But you should be quarantining all new fish. Plenty of info on this site if you need help.

Yes! Quarantine!

 

[RDtrack]

Ditto on the cuc. Will help with your algae bloom. Some favorite of mine are a abalone snail, sea serpent starfish and a sea cucumber.

 

[small alien]

Start with a pair of captive bred clowns. Then I'd go peaceful wrasses. Flashers, smaller fairies, leopards, halichoeres spp., possum. Also, a small Escenius sp. blenny. Royal gramma is a good one too. Go slow and good luck.

 

[RazorRC]

Agree with the CUC. I went with some hermits and snails including a Turbo.