Ideas for a 125

[cristhiam]

I just switch to a 125 from a 55 I need fish ideas, I have a clown, yellow tail damsel and a jawfish. They need to be reef safe, for corals I have LPS, SPS and softies.

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

Get a smaller tang, that's one of the best reasons to own a 6' tank like the 125.

 

[cristhiam]

I was thinking a small clown tang that it's been at the LFS for two weeks and it's only $20 will this work. I had a blue tang once and started messing with my brain coral so it had to go that was on my 55 but the tank was 2.5" very healthy so I end up selling it. I need something that won't mess with my LPS's specially my acan lords

 

[steveo32]

make sure its eating. But in the long it will need a bigger tank, htey get pretty big. Also they are one of the most agressive tangs. If you don't plan on putting any others tangs in you should be ok but if you do then I suggest against it.

 

[cristhiam]

That will be the only one tang, if I go for it they are really pretty, are they agressive just between tangs or other fish too. I might add a school of chromis later. Do they bother clams?

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

Personally, I think a clown tang will get too big if you have even a normal amount of live rock. To each their own on how much space a tang needs, though -- I'd rather not approach that topic because I really don't care enough.

 

[phishlet]

Clown tangs are very aggressive not just with other tangs but with other fish in general.

 

[torque66]

Orange spotted diamond goby is the best reef fish in my opinion.........fun to watch.

 

[cristhiam]

What would be a more suttable tang

 

[phishlet]

How about a Pacific Blue Tang (or hippo tang as they are sometimes called)?

 

[cristhiam]

I meant to say hippo on my previous post. He was messing with my brain I guess it's a 50 - 50 chance

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

Hippo, Yellow, Powder Blue, Purple, Blue Carribean...

 

[frags4u]

Yank the damsel for sure never trust them in a reef myself they have always been bad. Purple tang is awesome but also gets aggressive but must surgeon fish style tanks like the powder blue and such are very hardy and not aggressive towards anything

 

[old salty]

I have a small Naso tang in my 125. Nice colors and thinks he's a Chromis.

 

[cristhiam]

Thanks guys for the ideas.