Fish list

[reefraj]

hello I am setting up my 75 G

Pls see the below list and give your commends. I guess I will have to move in 1 year so will stay with FOEWLR for now. Will add the fishes slowly. BUT the prelim list is below

Black and white clown x2
bicolor blemmy
long nose butterfly
pajama cardinal
Rock beauty
royal gramma
yellow tang
volitan lion fish


Pls let me the sequence how u would introduce them

Thanks

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Looks alright except for a couple...

The black and white clowns are pretty cool...i've got a pair of them in my 40 and they're very entertaining, although my female will draw blood if i put my hand in the tank if its not covered lol. She doesnt touch any other fish in the tank though..

The bicolor blenny is also an awesome fish. I had one of those in my 40 a while back but lost him to a little mishap He was really funny to watch, would perch up high and look over the tank. Usually sat on the powerheads.

Cant comment on the butterfly other than, watch out...they are pretty active and 75g really isnt that big..

Rock beauties i know eat corals, so if you ever plan to have this thing a reef, i'd get rid of him, but it should be fine for now.

The gramma will prolly go do his own little thing in the tank and not go near the other fish so much..

I would not put the yellow tang in there. Specially with that butterfly (or any of the other fish for that matter...). For one, i just saw them in the wild like 4 weeks ago and they're just way too big/active for a 75. IMO, only put them in 100 or larger. Second...you've already got a lot of fish on your list...he would not help one bit with any of that.

For the lion...Personally i would not add him either...thats a big fish, and same thing w/the tang...that many fish already in that small of a tank. You may end up running into oxygen problems w/that many and that big of fish in just a 75.

I'd cut it at the royal gramma

 

[UntamedBreez]

Sure lion fish and the rest are food....right? once a week to every two weeks will do.

ok cant have both the lion or any of these others. no matter how big the tank. Lions will eat any fish they can fit into there mouth and there month is HUGE. tang might be a posssibliy if the tang was huge and lion very small but I wouldnt recommend

when adding fish always add from least aggressive to most and move stuff/ rocks around just before introducticing new territorial or aggressive fish.

what is a rock beauty? is it a coral beauty angel? damn common names...

remmend you get the conscientious marine aquarist great book with straight up advise about what fish to put with what, which to never buy, and other info

 

[EdKruzel]

The long nose butterfly is a beautiful fish but on the delicate side and has a high mortality rate so I'd only recommend these to someone with a bit of experience.

The Rock Beauty needs and extreme amount of sponge in its diet. It can be kept successfully but would require a much larger tank as this fish grows large.

The Volitan lionfish also grows large and although may be a little cramped in a 75, it can survive being they aren't long distance swimmers and prefer to pearch or float around waiting to ambush prey. Their size and ambush predation is the main concern since all of the smaller fish on your list are part of a lionfish diet.