Need Help Picking Fish

[dominguez00025]

I'm trying to make a stock list of fish to add to my 63gal aquarium, keep in mind there will be coral. Looking for very colorful fish. Rare or not doesn't really matter to me. Any suggestions would be great.......Remember there will be coral.

 

[Jerry W]

You really can't go wrong with a pair of ocellaris clowns. One of the basslets (royal gramma, black cp, etc) A bottom dwelling goby like the yellow watchman are very cool. flasher wrasses would work, as would a small group of cardinal fish. Lots of options for smaller, reef safe inhabitants.

 

[Si2012LA]

As stated above I would go with a pair of clowns, I've always put a pair of clowns in all of my tanks. Just be careful on types of clowns some are more aggresive then others. I would go with 2-3 wrasses to add movement and color. You could get a tang even though a lot of people will disagree, but a small tang and after 2-3 years you could upgrade or find a good home for it because it will out grow a 63g tank. Green chromis for a little school of fish, Gobies, blenny haha there are a lot of choices you could go with. might be good for you to put a list of fish you like and have people help you pick fish that would be ok together.

 

[dominguez00025]

I will for sure be adding a pair of clowns, and was always wondering of I can get away with a tang

 

[kismetsh]

Buy for the tank you have now, not some tank you may or may not have in the future. What are the dimensions of your tank?

 

[mikem101]

i would stay away from any tang in anything under 100G tank. Some people will put them in 75 and such and will be fine till they are full grown but i think you shouldnt buy a fish planning on getting rid of it when it outgrows the tank. so i would stay away from tangs and start looking more at the smaller end of the spectrum!

 

[Fizz71]

Clowns and wrasses..just be sure to research what's safe for what you have and I don't just mean reef safe. Ex. Wrasses like the mystery wrasse are beautiful, but can eat some of our shrimp.

And I'm actually regretting my chromis shoal..even in a 240g tank they have gotten to big for the little color they offer under the blinding MH lighting.

 

[dominguez00025]

Buy for the tank you have now, not some tank you may or may not have in the future. What are the dimensions of your tank?

Well I just called and changed the aquarium to even wider because I got a great deal on another AI Vega so I had to pick it up. It was 36X24X18 but now it is gonna be 48X24X18. Makes it an 89 gallon give or take 85 with the water filled a little under the top since its rimless and with the overflow

 

[kismetsh]

Well I just called and changed the aquarium to even wider because I got a great deal on another AI Vega so I had to pick it up. It was 36X24X18 but now it is gonna be 48X24X18. Makes it an 89 gallon give or take 85 with the water filled a little under the top since its rimless and with the overflow

Nice! There are tangs that do well in that size tank. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1946007

 

[gsiegel]

Well I just called and changed the aquarium to even wider because I got a great deal on another AI Vega so I had to pick it up. It was 36X24X18 but now it is gonna be 48X24X18. Makes it an 89 gallon give or take 85 with the water filled a little under the top since its rimless and with the overflow

Nice- bigger the better.
+ 1 on the wrasses. Check out the Lineatus. Not cheap but stunning colors.

 

[dominguez00025]

Nice- bigger the better.
+ 1 on the wrasses. Check out the Lineatus. Not cheap but stunning colors.

I like Wrasse but my issue is I will have snails in the tank. If it wasn't for that you better believe I would of gotten a mystery wrasse