help me pick my new fish

[damac20]

I'm gonna go fish shopping today...anybody have any good suggestions for a cool fish to get. (reef safe please) btw I have a 65 tall and there is 2 clowns in there now.

FIRE AWAY!!!

 

[rossthefishman]

royal gramma's are nice, i like yellow, or blue tangs.

 

[easye123]

i would get a mystery wrasse.. or something like that

 

[damac20]

I don't think I've ever seen a mystery wrasse in my lfs's

 

[easye123]

ya their awesome fish.. their only like 150 to 200 soo not that bad

 

[GQuinn]

Midas Blenny or a fairy wrasse.

 

[tigerarmy40]

midas blenny or leopard wrasse!!!

 

[KDodds]

Mystery Wrasse is Pseudocheilinus ocellatus, related to the Sixline Wrasse, although IME, a bit more placid, but also a bit more cryptic. Awesome fish. A nice specimen can fetch more than $200, tho, up to $300. I really like P. ataenia, but in my tanks I think it would just get lost. How about a Firefish? Flame Hawk? Orchid Dottyback? All fairly common, beautiful, and fairly inexpensive.

 

[FelipeBastos]

Firefish would be a nice addition. i have always wanted a pair, but never got them.

Felipe

 

[KDodds]

Careful on the "pair" thing. Unless you can verify that they've been together comfortably for some time, I would not trust two Firefish in a tank that small.

 

[VoodooChile]

I have a 6 line and he's pretty cool.

 

[damac20]

I know the tang police will come and get me but do you honestly think my tank its too small for a small tang...I've been eyeing an achilies for awhile. Second question do flame hawks mess with inverts? shrimp etc.

 

[JeBuS]

chalk bass are cool small fish

 

[KDodds]

All Tangs? Yeah, pretty much, your tank is too small. They need a lot of swimming space that a 65 just can't provide. I'd stress that this is particularly true for any of the Acanthurus Tangs. The only Tang that would even come close, IMO, would be the Kole's Tang, but even still I think the tank is too small.

On Flame Hawks, all individuals are different. There is a risk, however small, that it will go after shrimp, snails, hermits, etc.

 

[Triggerhapi]

Put a clowntrigger, excellent for a reef tank(LOL)
I would go for a midas blenny, a awsome fish, green mandarin... Yellow tang is a must.!!!!!!!!!!

 

[damac20]

bump

 

[mandrin13]

A gem tang would look nice,maybe a school,3-4 of them.lol

 

[srbball22]

lyretail anthias, mandarin, blue tang, maybe a school of chromis, or a fairy wrasse.

 

[vanmo92]

I like:

6-line wrasses.
royal grammas
yellow tang
firefish
dwarf angels

 

[nmprisons]

the hawkfish may eat your inverts (definately will eat your shrimp imo).

i would look into an interting wrasse species. there are a bunch of cool ones in the live aquaria diver's den right now.

definately no on a tang for that size.