Fish list for 90 gal Reef

[mteem]

Right now I have 2 tank-raised Ocellaris clowns and a Royal Gramma. Here is what I'm looking to add to the tank. Any suggestions or if you have any experience with them and can help with care that would be great.

Bellus Angel (would like to have a pair) or Flame Angel
Foxface or Two Barred Rabbitfish
Blue Hippo tang
Desjardini Sailfin tang
Reef safe Wrassa (any recommendations?)
Anthias (Again any recommendations?)
Engineer Goby (2-4 maybe)
Yellow Watchman goby
Flame Hawk
Marine Betta

Anything else that you might think of that I missed.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[TampaReefer79]

I'd scratch both the hippo and sailfin as they are both too big for a 90...wrasses will jump so keep that in mind...flame angel has the potential to pick at corals...and I've never owned anthias but have heard/read that they need a pretty big established tank as well.

 

[mteem]

Would there be a tang that you would recommend then or is it just not a good idea to have a tang.

 

[TampaReefer79]

A smaller scopas, yellow or purple (not for it's entire life), and bristletooths...kole, tomini etc.

And tangs do best in well established systems. I'm not sure how long your tank has been setup, but that's something to consider as well.

 

[Miasma_F]

The normal tang for a 90 is either a Yellow or a Purple.

I have a male Lyretail Anthias in my 90. It's the most aggressive fish in my tank (even bullies my yellow tang), but it seems to be doing OK. It won't eat pellet or flake, but eats frozen everything. I had a female lyretail for quite some time and it just disappeared one day. Never did figure out why, I'm guessing the male killed it.

Based on sheer size alone, you may want to choose between the foxface and the betta. Just my opinion, but I'm not a big fan of more than one 6" sized fish in a 90 because it makes the tank look cramped and I question the bio-load. I prefer a bunch of smaller fish to get a better color variety.

Flame hawk - Eats shrimp so just depends on what you want. I'm not willing to get a fish that might eat my cleaner shrimp.

My wrasse recommendation would be the possum wrasse. No particular reason other than I always wanted one. I've had flashers and a sixline in the past, but they all jumped eventually.

I went a completely different path than you're thinking, but here is my 90 fish list if you're interested. (I'm probably overstocked but I have a 40 gallon sump/fuge and I skim pretty wet).

1 zebra dart fish (would not do again - just isn't very pretty and the others jumped)
1 green chromis (started with 5 - such is the chromis way of things)
ocellaris pair
1 male lyretail anthias
1 yellow tang
1 black sailfin blenny
1 red mandarin
1 diamond watchman goby
1 royal gramma
1 pajamma cardinal

 

[mteem]

Yeah the Betta was something that my roommate was looking at. As for the tang I was looking for something other than a yellow tang, but they are always a option that I was keeping in the back of my mind. Having an anthias is not a must, I was looking at getting maybe a bartlett's if I got any. Flame hawk is out if they are really that bad about eating shrimp.

 

[mteem]

The tank has been up and running for well over a month now, but everything that is in the tank right now is from my 32 that was up and running for almost 2 years. Again thanks for the suggestions.

 

[revaltion131]

I would go with the flame over the bellus pair. 100g is usually the bare minimum for genicanthus and I think they prefer 6 ft tanks, but I could be wrong.

If you have a lid with 1/4" or smaller units, I would consider just about any "reef-safe" wrasse. Halichoeres species do have a chance of killing shrimp, so keep that in mind.

Bartlett or dispar anthias are both options. Consider rubrizonatus (tricolor) as well.

 

[mteem]

Thanks for the suggestions revaltion131.

 

[locust]

Don't leave out the Flame hawk! Mine never goes near the coral banded shrimp i have.