Fish ideas please

[MCWarhammer]

What fish do you recommend for my new 46 gallon tank.

I currently have a yellow watchman goby and a clown.

My girlfriend wants a yellow fish, first thing that comes to mind is the yellow tang, but I know tangs need longer tanks, correct?

So yellow recommendations first.

She doesn't like the yellow goby cuz he hides all the time, she wants more active swimming fish. So far I'm thinking (non-yellow) a six-line wrasse and a flame or coral beauty angel. (I know they can be risky with corals, but I'll take the risk) Any other ideas?

Thanks.

 

[PnoyReefeR]

buy my bi-color angel georgeous fish.....=)

 

[dppitone]

I have a yellow boxfish in with corals in one tank. No problems. And I think that boxfish are the coolest.

 

[scarletknight06]

yellow coris wrasse (sometimes called a banana wrasse). Flameback angel, pygmy angel both have nice yellow on them and are out in the open swimmers. you might be able to keep a single anthia if you keep your water quality up. Try a lyretail. They are usually kept in groups but I think 3 would be too much for your tank.

 

[Rhinecanthus]

Yellow Assessor

 

[blange3]

I second the Banana Wrasse!

I got one from scarletknight06 and I love him! Very inquisitive and fun to watch. He gets along great with my Ocellaris pair and a firefish in my 55 gallon.

 

[MCWarhammer]

I like the idea of the banana wrasse, how would this get along with a sixline?

Any local shops have them, I've found it on liveaquaria for 16 bucks

 

[samsfishnchips]

Banana Wrasse?

hope is not this guy

which can growth up to 12"

angels in a reef?
you already know is risky

lyretail,
anthias need big tanks, and can be territorial, saw a two different lyretails kill pretty fast, one a flame angel, and the other a coral beauty

yellow fish, these look good

Yellow Wrasse

Canary Blenny

sam

 

[samsfishnchips]

if you want color and beauty

Flame Angelfish
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=444

but if you want the best personaty is hard to beat the hawkfish

Flame Hawkfish
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=193

Longnose Hawkfish
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=199

good luck with your choice,

sam

 

[mott768]

Bill,
If there is something you want, print it out and bring it to steve at aqua oceans, he'll order it in for you and his prices are not far off from liveaquaria

 

[michaelm2431]

Bill. Give her a yellow anemonie instead.

 

[boxfishbruce]

I converted some tiny brackish puffers over to salt(green/yellow with black dots. They are very active and fun to observe.

 

[moose8721]

I like my sixline wrasse. I have a royal gramma too, half yellow, both are great fish!!

 

[scarletknight06]

Sam the wrasse I am speaking of is the picture of the yellow wrasse. Eagle Reef systems in hillsborough has them all the time. I think for $25.
Also the 2 angels I recommended are known to be good citizens of reefs in general. My pygmy angel I had a year or so ago (who went carpet surfing while all my stuff was in a stock tank ) was great and he was housed with many different kinds of corals.
I have seen many people succesfully keep a single lyretail or disbar (dispar) anthia in a 30-40g tank. Someone who had a 40breeder and was TOTM kept one. I will try it myself when i set my tank up again.

I had my "yellow wrasse" (yellow coris wrasse, banana wrasse, whatever you want to call it) In with another fairy wrasse and there were no problems. I'm not sure about the sixline though.

 

[samsfishnchips]

scarletknight06,

the think about fish is that they do have a personality and that can't be predicted,

just like moose many kept sixline wrasse without a problem, I couldn't, was harassing the other fish too much, specially the royal gramma,

for some it works, for other no, and thats life

have a good night,

sam

 

[scarletknight06]

Same, I definitely agree with you on that with some fish being a hit or miss as far as being reef safe but I've only read of people having problems with the flame angel, coral beauty, and half back angel. I've never read of anyone having a problem with the one's I recommended and my pygmy was great, but thats not to say I havent done enough reading

 

[annoyingmirek]

I have a lemon peel angel ( very yellow ) and it dosent bother my corals. I mostly have softies( leathers, xenia, Green star). Saw him pick at my xenia once and even took a few polyps off, but that was it.

http://search.msn.com/images/results.aspx?q=lemon+peel+angel+&FORM=QBIN

 

[moose8721]

I tried to mitigate that a little bit by making sure the sixline I got was much smaller than my other fish. Maybe it ends up being a problem down the road, but so far so good....

 

[JCURRY@WESKETCH]

Two Spot Hogfish, Bodianus bimaculatus

 

[MCWarhammer]

well, we went with jcurry's recommendation. he's in the tank, and ill try and get some pics tomorrow, thanks everyone