Livestock Introduction

[DSDoyle]

Hello,

I am looking for advice/opinions. I am thinking of stocking my 150g reef aquarium with the following:

1 "“ Blue dot/spot jawfish
1 "“ Lawnmower Blenny
2-3 "“ Smaller Blennies
1 "“ Snowflake Eel (IF I can find one that will not be aggressive)
1 "“ Zebra Eel
1 "“ Yellow Tang
1 "“ Powder Blue Tang
1 "“ Yellow Eye Kole Tang
1 "“ Purple Tang
1 "“ One Spot Foxface Rabbitfish
2 "“ Oc. Clown (bonded)
6 "“ Purple firefish
4 "“ Blue Chromis
3-4 "“ Basslets/Dottybacks (heard and experienced different things about mixing the two)
3-4 "“ either Anthias or Wrasse of some type

I understand about the bio load issue. I am asking about order of introduction and compatibility.

Any advice/opinion is great appreciated.

Have a great day,

Don

 

[scuzy]

That's a lot of fish. Might need to condense it a bit?


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[marleesan]

Is that a six foot or four foot 150? Either way 4 tangs will not work out. I would try to stick to no more than 15 fish overall

 

[mike61289]

Lose the eel. Many of the fish on your list will be lunch for him. There's no finding an eel that "will not be aggressive." Its natural instincts will eventually kick in and it will start feeding. That's what predators do.

I also agree that you have too many fish on your list. Pick a single tang and the foxface.

 

[hogfanreefer]

If it's a 6 foot tank, you might get by with a Kole and a yellow but the powder blue is a no go IMO.

If you are dead set on an eel look at a Golden Dwarf Moray. They are small enough that the fish on your list should be ok.

I thought the blue dot was a temperate species? Is it ok for a reef tank?

 

[wcu]

I put 5 green chromis in a 125 and hated them. They didn't bother anything else, but they fought with each other all of the time. I ended up catching all but one of them. Won't do that again.

After years of hearing horror stories about dottybacks, I recently got my first one, an orchid. So far, he's a model citizen. I can't imagine trying to mix more than 2 in a tank of that size though. You're just begging for lots of conflict and stress all over the tank with that many.

I echo everyone's sentiments when they say that's too many tangs. I'd go with the fox face and one or two tangs that inhabit different niches in the tank.

 

[scooter31707]

Way too many fish, especially Tangs.

 

[SaltyDoug]

Lose the eel. Many of the fish on your list will be lunch for him

I was under the impression zebra eels where primarily crustacean eaters and had rounded teeth for the purpose of crushing crabs and shrimp up.

 

[mike61289]

I was under the impression zebra eels where primarily crustacean eaters and had rounded teeth for the purpose of crushing crabs and shrimp up.

Zebra eels, yes, but his stocking list specifically says "snowflake eel (if I can find one that's not aggressive)"

 

[SaltyDoug]

I didnt even notice two eels on the list. Thats a huge bioload not including the rest of the fish.