fish in 75g
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A small school of chromis, easy, but only one anthias, the sunset anthias, which is not a long-distance swimmer, and likes to hang under ledges.
Other anthias are long-swimmers, and need a 6 foot run to be healthy.
Gobies, blennies, all fit nicely and get along with most everything---except a few blennies that can get nippish. They're quite colorful characters. Some of the smaller angels, the dwarfs and the cherub, just suggestions...
IMHO, best go light with the fish---in a new tank, put them in one at a time, pair at a time, small school at a time, so the system can adjust. Certain species are way prone to ich, and if you're getting one of those, 6 weeks of quarantine may save you a lot of grief: it also means you can get your fish and watch them in qt, and then move them on to the main tank when you're sure they're healthy. Qt is also a good place to find out if you've got a compatibility problem. After they've dispersed into the rockwork is a terrible time to find out two species hate each other or one has ich. A new tank is different than an established one in many regards---and one of the key ones as far as the fish are concerned, is that the water and sanitary conditions may not yet be optimum, and that puts more stress on the first-in than later fish will ever meet. So your first-in's should be hardy, easy keepers, and you'll have a much easier time: ie, get the chromises (who are nervous, but hardy) long before you get a sunset anthias (a shy and much more demanding fish to keep). And of course acclimate on introduction, introducing some of your water into the fish's water until you're about 50/50 or better.
HTH.
Other anthias are long-swimmers, and need a 6 foot run to be healthy.
Gobies, blennies, all fit nicely and get along with most everything---except a few blennies that can get nippish. They're quite colorful characters. Some of the smaller angels, the dwarfs and the cherub, just suggestions...
IMHO, best go light with the fish---in a new tank, put them in one at a time, pair at a time, small school at a time, so the system can adjust. Certain species are way prone to ich, and if you're getting one of those, 6 weeks of quarantine may save you a lot of grief: it also means you can get your fish and watch them in qt, and then move them on to the main tank when you're sure they're healthy. Qt is also a good place to find out if you've got a compatibility problem. After they've dispersed into the rockwork is a terrible time to find out two species hate each other or one has ich. A new tank is different than an established one in many regards---and one of the key ones as far as the fish are concerned, is that the water and sanitary conditions may not yet be optimum, and that puts more stress on the first-in than later fish will ever meet. So your first-in's should be hardy, easy keepers, and you'll have a much easier time: ie, get the chromises (who are nervous, but hardy) long before you get a sunset anthias (a shy and much more demanding fish to keep). And of course acclimate on introduction, introducing some of your water into the fish's water until you're about 50/50 or better.
HTH.
