Help Me Stock My 75g!!!!

[herostar]

Hello everyone!

I've been in the hobby for many years, and I just set up a new tank after purchasing a new home. I've got a 75g tank that's been running with no fish for about 5 months. It is set up with all my old rocks/coral/sand/etc from my system that's been continuously running over the last 7-8 years. I'd like to do a community tank with several fish. I have a clean up crew and a coral banded shrimp. No anemones please.


So..... established 75g with no fish: WHAT WOULD YOU PUT IN IT????

(Lets keep this realistic, I'm not going to spend more than $200-$300 at this time...)

 

[i3oosted]

Sohal tang

 

[chirojosh]

LMAO sohal tang, not sure if serious, I'll assume not.
I have a 75g Im just stocking with inverts right now, curious to see responses as well.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

There are some really nice dwarf angelfish

 

[sponger0]

Oh if it were me, flame wrasses, exquisite wrasse, chocolate/mimic tang, mcnelli assessor, platinum clowns, buch of fairy/flasher wrasses, yellow eye kole tang, and a few others.


If its a fish only tank that would be some radiana lionfish.

 

[philip mendes]

clownfish (probably no more than two) are good starters-- as are yellow tangs

 

[fudrock]

I wouldn't put any Tang in a 75.

A small harem of flasher wrasse and a goby/shrimp pair is a good start. Great color and fascinating behavior.

 

[SushiGirl]

I wouldn't put any Tang in a 75.

A small harem of flasher wrasse and a goby/shrimp pair is a good start. Great color and fascinating behavior.

I agree with fudrock.

 

[igot2gats]

I'm setting up a 75 as well.

I'm going all nano fish. More fish, more color, more movement. That's my goal.

Here's my stock:

-Occy clown
-Yellow striped Cardinal
-6 Line Wrasse
-Hi Fin Goby
-Court Jester Goby
-Blue Reef Chromis

 

[RadReefer]

Yellow tang

 

[herostar]

So far I got a tail-spot blenny, lubbock's wrase, and a purple dottyback...

 

[tson]

get a yellow tang sm and hippo tang sm. you will be ok for awhile before they get big and need new home.

 

[savemyreef]

Oh if it were me, flame wrasses, exquisite wrasse, chocolate/mimic tang, mcnelli assessor, platinum clowns, buch of fairy/flasher wrasses, yellow eye kole tang, and a few others.


If its a fish only tank that would be some radiana lionfish.

You realize its a 75g right?

Really depends on what you like. If it were my tank I would look at several gobies and blennies (species that stay small). Maybe a flasher pair or something for color and movement. I would stay away from six lines and be aware that if you get a tang you will have to find another home for it sooner rather than later.

 

[MandarinGirl]

I am currently setting up a 75 as well. I really want a yellow tang but I have urged my self from it due to lack of space.
I would keep to blennies, clowns, wrasses.
I have heard that butterfly and angels(dwarf) pick at corals so you shoul look into that and do more research on compatiblity and habits of diffrent fish.

 

[SecretiveFish]

My favorites for a tank that size (I would not add all of these though!):
- Percula or Ocellaris clownfish pair
- Chalk Basslet group
- Royal gramma
- Hamlet
- Orange spotted, pink spotted, or yellow watchman goby
- A blenny (love these except for the lawnmower ones)
- Fairy or Flasher Wrasse individual or group
- Melanurus wrasse (although can be risky with crustaceans)
- Hawkfish (risk to shrimp but they are so fun!)
- Pygmy angel (if you can live with the risk of one nipping your corals)
- Red or Purple Firefish pair or individual (I had a trio of scissortail dartfish, they were in their hidey hole all day except for feeding time, I wasn't to sorry to see them go...)

 

[namxas]

I'm assuming a std. 75 gal (48" x 18" x 21")...

Altho it's not a 75 gal, the dimensions of our 100 gal are close (48" x 24" x 20"), and here's how we roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9qDwbH2uNk

The fu manchu was sulking because I had just moved it from its QT, and we also have a small species scorpionfish in residence now. You do get a good look at our P. sphex lionfish tho...it's a rare find.

The tank is FO, but none of the fish would bother corals.