Give me some ideas..

[rutz81]

I want to add maybe 3 more fish into my tank, and am not sure what to look at. Here's my tank dimensions(48x24x20).It is a primarily SPS reef with a few LPS. This fish I have so far are: Yellow Tang, Powder Blue Tang, 2 Ocellaris Clowns, 4 Carberryl Anthias.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
Dave

 

[revaltion131]

I'm not sure that you'll be able to add anything else. The yellow and powder blue will probably take great offense to newcomers. I'm sure someone with more experience with those two fish will chime in.

 

[AngelAddict]

I'd say your good on stocking, especially if its primarily SPS. The powder blue Will have to be relocated to a bigger tank soon as well. If your set on adding something,maybe a small bottom dwelling goby will go unnoticed and not add too much to your bioload.

 

[rutz81]

Thanks for the input.

 

[sslak]

Assuming you think you have a big enough pod supply, you could probably add a dragonette like a mandarin or scooter blenny.

They seem to go unnoticed by most other fish as they don't compete for the same food, they are also small and wouldn't add much to the bioload.

A small shrimp goby is another good suggestion.

 

[SDguy]

Pair of fridmani dottybacks? Fairy wrasses? Flasher wrasses? Halichoeres wrasses if you have sand? Midas or starry blenny? Cardinal fish?

 

[rutz81]

As far as bio-load, not worried at all about that; that is actually why I am looking to add fish. Between my skimmer(ATB 840) and the Biopellets I'm running, I could use some extra bioload(fish-poop). Also, according to almost everything I've read the Powder blue and Yellow tangs should be fine in a tank my size. If I need to move the Blue, that wont be for a while.

SDGuy:Thanks. trying to stay away from wrasses because of my open top-Don;t want to end up having to put a screen on top. The cardinals might be good idea...