fish recommendations for 90

[roushmustang]

what fish would you recommend me getting for my 90 gallon tank
i currently have:
1. maroon clown
2. porkfish
3. hawaiian flame wrasse (female)
4. purple lobster
5. cleaner shrimp
6. soon to come a garden eel

i am looking for fish that are active, dont get really big, colorful, and somewhat peaceful

i would also like a recommendation for the best fish kept in schools/groups that are small

 

[evoi19]

how about a trio of anthias? Colorful, active, relatively small and peaceful.

 

[tiffyreefer]

a sohal tang. (just kidding)

six line wrasses are comical to watch, and +1 for the trio of anthias

 

[Bayliner]

The trio of anthias would look amazing, however from my research i have found that they need to eat several times a day. This could pose two problems, first a large commitment to feed them often during the day, I have heard 4 times a day. Second that much food will cause lots of waste in the tank.

That being said I am so close to adding 3 of them myself, just keep talking myself out of it becuase of the above comments.

Good luck
Let us know what you end up going with....
Cam

 

[evoi19]

The trio of anthias would look amazing, however from my research i have found that they need to eat several times a day. This could pose two problems, first a large commitment to feed them often during the day, I have heard 4 times a day. Second that much food will cause lots of waste in the tank.

That being said I am so close to adding 3 of them myself, just keep talking myself out of it becuase of the above comments.

Good luck
Let us know what you end up going with....
Cam

I started doing that with my trio. Fed them twice a day...but found that it's not that necessary. I slowly backed it down to once a day and now once every other day. Been doing this for awhile with no ill effects and they swim around like crazy still.

 

[Toddrtrex]

what fish would you recommend me getting for my 90 gallon tank
i currently have:
1. maroon clown
2. porkfish
3. hawaiian flame wrasse (female)
4. purple lobster
5. cleaner shrimp
6. soon to come a garden eel

i am looking for fish that are active, dont get really big, colorful, and somewhat peaceful

i would also like a recommendation for the best fish kept in schools/groups that are small

Are you planning on a very deep sandbed for the garden eel? And they don't do well with other active fish. Would either skip it, or do a species tank.

 

[small alien]

Yes, Garden Eel and Maroon Clown seems like a risky combo. Think of it if you were the garden eel. And then skip it.

Also, have never heard anything good about those lil' lobsters.

Good luck.

 

[roushmustang]

i actually have a 5-6" sand mound in the corner for the eel but im afraid of the lobster messing with it or the maroon clown as you have said above picking on it

so i am going to make a decision and not buy the garden eel
i am also thinking about selling my maroon clown and am goin to keep percula clowns and ocelaris clowns in a group..( probably around 6-10) and may get another female hawaiian flame wrasse and a male hawaiian flame wrasse

 

[small alien]

If you could get a group of clowns to work, that would look awesome.

 

[roushmustang]

so far im looking at 4 false percs 2 true and 2 black and white and posibly later down the road a couple of snowflakes

 

[Toddrtrex]

so far im looking at 4 false percs 2 true and 2 black and white and posibly later down the road a couple of snowflakes

And you are looking at ending up with just one pair once one of the pairs starts to spawn -- the odds are very good that they will take out all the other clowns.

 

[small alien]

Obviously, you know your stuff, Todd. I was remembering a TOTM a while back where the guy had a m/f pair of clowns and then 4 or 5 juvis in a big carpet anemone (and a very big tank). I think they were skunks. He had that working for some time and really said how great it was to watch the interactions of the juvis. Not that the OP could necessarily reproduce that scenario.

 

[roushmustang]

im only going to buy 2 of the same species and i am looking at the ora midnight clownfish or the ora snowflake clownfish.
which would pair up and have a better chance of spawning?

 

[Brickyardgreg]

Color and or pattern has no effect on how readily they will spawn plan on it being a ling time after they are added. Most clowns you'll find at pet stores are young and won reach sexual maturity for a while. That being said get what you like and not what you think will turn in to a clown factory first. Also putting multiple pairs in the same tank will only result in alot of dead fish. Also unless your well informed / equipped on raising the fry the fact that they even spawn is a novelty. Also just out of curiosity how many fish do you think you can stuff into a 90

 

[roushmustang]

the keeping of a group of clowns totaly slipped my mind about teritory and agression when they mature..... 3 big fish could be put in 90 about two 1' fish and one 1/2' fish
15-20 little ones if you can maintain the tank and water changes and feeding

 

[Toddrtrex]

Obviously, you know your stuff, Todd. I was remembering a TOTM a while back where the guy had a m/f pair of clowns and then 4 or 5 juvis in a big carpet anemone (and a very big tank). I think they were skunks. He had that working for some time and really said how great it was to watch the interactions of the juvis. Not that the OP could necessarily reproduce that scenario.

The problem is, that is the very rare exception, and more often then not it will not work out. Not a risk that a "newbi" should attempt.

 

[chefb_5]

I don't know if some one has already said this or not because I diodn't wantot read all of the post. I would not go with a maroon clown fish they are very aggresive towrds most fish and arn't good for corals or so I heard alot of.

 

[chefb_5]

I don't know if some one has already said this or not because I didn't want to read all of the post. I would not go with a maroon clown fish they are very aggresive twords most fish and arn't good for corals or so I heard alot of.

 

[mrstihl]

The problem is, that is the very rare exception, and more often then not it will not work out. Not a risk that a "newbi" should attempt.

I'm not even so sure newbi has much to do with it. Really in my experience as well as what I have observed it is a crap shoot. More often then not it won't work out very well. I currently have a 120 that just now ended in failure of keeping a pair of false percs and a pair of black and white false percs. Things will start out well if you buy them all young but as they mature aggression will increase and more often than not result in a pair of dead clowns, or trying to catch themwhich is no easy task in a stocked tank. By all means give it a shot, but prepare yourself for failure and have a plan of action to remove all but 1 pair. The sump is where a pair of mine currently reside as I decide if I want to trade them in or not.

 

[tiffyreefer]

15-20 fish in a 90!? wha?! It's not about how much you can clean and feed. MAYBE you can have 10, and i would only do that if you were to school some chromis. Add 0.up to 3 more, and be done. Your fishies will thank you.