Fish for a 65G

[cobs00]

Since I'm going to be adding fish down the road, how does this seem for bio-load:

Fish
1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Royal Gramma
2 Clown Fish
1 Royal Dottyback
2 Bangaii Cardinal
1 Lawnmower Blennie

Cleaner Crew
20 Nasarius snails
2 Cleaner Shrimp
10 Astrea Snails
10 Cerinth Snails

 

[BucNtears]

I believe the Tang and butterfly might get to big for the 65.

 

[Teremei]

That's a pretty high bio load. I wouldn't put the yellow tang in there either. Here's what I'd do (just my opinion, I tried to keep it simular to your list)

1 Kole Tang
1 Flame Angel
1 Royal Gramma
2 Clown Fish
1 Fairy Wrasse (replacing dottyback)
3 Green chromis (replacing 2 cardinals)
1 Lawnmower Blennie


That's a high bioload. But I have a high bioload too. Check out my sig and see what I currently have in my 55.

 

[ga_reefer_guy]

I'm setting up a 65gal also the main problem I see are the copperband and the royal dottyback. Dottybacks can be pretty rough customers in a tank of this size you might want to consider the orchid dottyback they are SUPPOSED to be the most docile of the group. The butterfly will get to big.

 

[fish_NEMO]

Hi

the:

1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel
1 Copperband Butterfly

will fight over the same food, and they will get way to big for you tank.

 

[burton61775]

I agree the tang and butterfly will but the flame angel will not, although you could get away with the yellow tang for a while if you bought a smaller one, but you will have to trade it in or upgrade eventually.

 

[kevensquint]

I'd forget the butterfly, but I don't care what people say I have always kept small tangs in my 65, no problem. IME they don't grow all that fast, I had one for 6 years in there and it was under 5" when the tank froze and all was lost.

 

[fish_NEMO]

Hi

The problem with keeping tangs in a 65 gallon aquarium, is that they need large amount of swimming space and keeping one in a 65 gallon would stress it out, also they need to mark their terratory and ia 65 gallon with tangs and angels, NOT GOOD!

 

[JohnyBravo]

Most readings will tell you that the Yellow tang should be kept in a 55 - 75 gal tank minimum, taking into consideration on what else you have in the tank with it. I would not rule out the yellow tang if you want it. My recommendation, make the list in the order of which fish you want most and then eliminate the ones you want the least. Of course the tang police might site me for saying this, but I'm going by what I have read.

 

[cobs00]

Makes a lot of sense! Thanks!