Help stocking a 60 gallon reef

[oseymour]

IMO/IME
99.9% of the time this rehoming/upgrade never happens. You would be better off respecting the requirements of these creatures and buying fish that are appropriately sized for your system. But as said before, no one can stop you.

Where did you get that 99.9% number from? Are you pulling it out of a hat? I've re-homed a number of fish in the last 4 years. I either take it back to my LFS or find another reefer to sell/trade. In NYC there is no shortage of other reefers to do this with.

I've done it, have friends that do it, have people in local clubs and local events that I attend do it. I'm not saying everyone does but it happens more than you think.

Periodically browse the fish for sale forum in ManhattanReefs and you'll see the number of people looking for homes for new fish because they got too big.

 

[oseymour]

Another fish I was thinking of would be a Copperband. Could this one work?

I wouldn't do the Copperband. I have a small one and it ate all my acans and brain corals and it's not for a beginner because it can be a pain to get to eat. That clam might also be at risk.

You can have fish like this for months and then one day they start picking. It took 2 days for my acans and brains to be eaten.

 

[drummerboyevil]

Where did you get that 99.9% number from? Are you pulling it out of a hat? I've re-homed a number of fish in the last 4 years. I either take it back to my LFS or find another reefer to sell/trade. In NYC there is no shortage of other reefers to do this with.

I've done it, have friends that do it, have people in local clubs and local events that I attend do it. I'm not saying everyone does but it happens more than you think.

Periodically browse the fish for sale forum in ManhattanReefs and you'll see the number of people looking for homes for new fish because they got too big.

I think most people that use that statistic are speaking for their own personal experience with it. Obviously impossible to know the true statistic.

 

[Bma1972]

A six line wrasse is a great fish to keep anything away from damaging your corals. The leopard wrasse might change your rock work around and do some sand coverage. They are also very reclusive. The copper banned also nip, so I agree with everyone in not adding that, also not a great percentage of survival rate. Name consider a nice sailfin tang. They do get big but it takes a while. And they are ref safe.

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[Bma1972]

And love Midas Blen. Awesome personality

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[Bma1972]

Sorry just also read your thinking of clams. The golden Angel might pick at that and some other polyps

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[drummerboyevil]

Don't get a sixline if you ever want to try and keep a mandarin. Mine started beating the **** out of mine after a year together.


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[jzch82]

Call yellow eye Tang is one of my favorite fish, they are very beneficial for the tank. You can get a cool yellow eye Tang comma usually whether they're small medium or large in my experience they've been pretty docile and accepting of other tank mates. As opposed to getting a large yellow tang which will be aggressive to not only other things but probably all your other fish in the tank. Firefish goby is good, I have two yellow coris wrasses. To provide a lot of beautiful action and color for an inexpensive price, I would add a little school of about 5-7 green chromis is to the tank. They usually cost 4 to $8 apiece. They are very Hardy peaceful and adapt very well to the tank. I have a clown fish and I don't like him. Adam for years and never really liked him. It's something about his attitude, and he always tries to bite me when I stick my hand in the tank. He does bite me, he is a major *******, avoid them.

 

[jzch82]

Kole yellow eye tang, not call yellow eye tang, my voice text messed up