Help me pare down my wanted fish list!

[TheORKINMan]

So I have a 75 gallon mixed reef with simple corals, some zoos a decent sized scan lord colony and pocilipora colony Blacklip hasn't touched anything so far but I don't have anything super expensive in there anyway. Fish wise all it has is a Blacklip Butterfly and a Barbershop Goby paired with a pistol shrimp. Here's the list of fish I've compiled on my want list. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach so I'd like to whittle this list down with your input.

I didn't include any tangs but I'd like to have some fish that get a little larger as show fish. The only thing from this list I really really want for sure is an Exquisite Wrasse so we can start there. Here's the rest of the list.

Lamarck Angelfish
Geometric Pygmy Perchlet
Starry Blenny
Yellow striped Cardinal (school of 3-4)
Yellow Pyramid Butterflyfish
Scott's Fairy Wrasse
Lubbocks Wrasse
Australian Stripey

Thoughts?

 

[JoeVandal49]

I have two female Lamarcks and IMO a 75 is too small for an adult specimen.

I would suggest going with one of the smaller Genicanthus angels. I believe the Lamarcks is the largest of the readily available Genicanthus angels.

 

[DopeCantWin]

I have two female Lamarcks and IMO a 75 is too small for an adult specimen..

LA lists their minimum as 125 http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+18+413&pcatid=413

 

[TheORKINMan]

Hrm going on recommendations they may all get too big. Watanabe, Swallowtail and Masked all have 100+ gallon recs. I may just scratch that one from the list unless you know of another species that doenst get as big.

 

[evolved]

Skip the Scott's; one of the most aggressive Cirrhilabrus species.

 

[JoeVandal49]

Hrm going on recommendations they may all get too big. Watanabe, Swallowtail and Masked all have 100+ gallon recs. I may just scratch that one from the list unless you know of another species that doenst get as big.

A single watanabei would do fine in a 75 gallon IMO

 

[TheORKINMan]

Skip the Scott's; one of the most aggressive Cirrhilabrus species.

Do you think the Exquisite is likely to bully the Lubbock's? I know the Exquisites seem to get a bit bigger than the Lubbock's wrasses I've seen.

 

[TheORKINMan]

A single watanabei would do fine in a 75 gallon IMO

Sweet, thanks for the advice

 

[evolved]

Do you think the Exquisite is likely to bully the Lubbock's? I know the Exquisites seem to get a bit bigger than the Lubbock's wrasses I've seen.

You might see it the other way around actually, but I wouldn't by overly concerned; pretty low risk.

 

[SoloChromis]

Lamarck Angelfish - do get rather large, but if he/she were your only large fish, with a more minimalistic aquascaping, you'd be fine
Geometric Pygmy Perchlet - perfect
Starry Blenny - perfect
Yellow striped Cardinal (school of 3-4) - typically pair off and kill of the "3rd wheel" (or 4th wheel) and I've seen them go after shrimp once they get larger
Yellow Pyramid Butterflyfish - perfect
Scott's Fairy Wrasse - aggressive fairy wrasse for sure
Lubbocks Wrasse - perfect
Australian Stripey - very spastic fish, I would't probably do one in a 75g unless there was tons of flow with not a bunch of mountains of rock obstructing his swimming space

Not bad, and you seem to have similar taste as me :beer: Good luck!

 

[RDtrack]

I 2nd the getting rid of the Scott's. There are a lot of other nicer wrasses. Scott's also in my experience lose their colors.

 

[TheORKINMan]

Based on all of your advice here's what I have for my final stocking plan:

Current:
Blacklipped Butterflyfish
Barbershop Goby

Future:
Exquisite Wrasse
Lubbock's Wrasse
Yellow Pyramid Butterflyfish
Starry Blenny
Geometric Pygmy Perchlet

That seem like a full tank for this size?

 

[TheORKINMan]

One more question. I totally forgot about the Bellus Angel, do those get too big for a 75 also IYO?

 

[MIKE NY]

You might see it the other way around actually, but I wouldn't by overly concerned; pretty low risk.

X2...I placed my Lubbocks in first and then my African Esquiste using an acclimation box. They were fine for several months and then the Esquiste became the dominant species with some chasing once in awhile, but never any damage.