New Fish

[texomareeffreak]

I am fairly new to the aquarium hobby. I have a 90 gallon tank with corals and fish that I have had set up for approx. 7 months.

I recently lost a Regal Tang and am thinking of replacing it. I currently have a Cinnamon Clown, Sailfin Tang, Bi-Color Blennie, Mandarin Tang, and a Prawn Gobie. I want a colorful fish that will stay out in front of the tank and is an easy keeper. I am thinking about getting a Coral Beauty. Any other suggestions or advice?

Here are a couple of photos of my tank.

Shawn Stovall

 

[captbunzo]

I don't necessarily have any suggestions. But thanks for posting pics of your tank - looking great!

 

[cmc0814]

A coral beauty will stay out in front and is fairly easy to keep. But they have a 50/50 chance of becoming coral nippers. It's just a risk us angel keepers have to make with corals. I would have a backup just in case it needs to be taken out. Maybe see if the LFS would buy it back if it nipped....

 

[pwhitby]

Hi Shawn, welcome to COMAS. nice tank.

My thoughts on CB. They can be good..or bad.........and even good ones will one day decide to eat a coral for no reason. I have had many but the last one decided to eat an SPS one day. She was promptly removed and passed onto another reefer with no SPS.

---its kind of luck of the draw.

 

[corwise]

I'd go with a reef safe Wrasse myself, always liked them. 6 line is what I have now, colorful fish, if a tad small, and reef safe. Other then that the Christmas Wrasse is also a good one.

Dave

 

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[mskohl]

a yellow tang or a purple tang would be a good choice -colorful and active swimmers, but happy in a 90gal. Though, they are territorial, so it should be among the last fish you add if possible and there could be aggression between it and your Sailfin.

A coral beauty is a nice fish, though I've had bad luck keeping them too.

I'll second the wrasse. A sixline or a yellow would also be a nice addition.

Thanks for posting and welcome to RC and COMAS.

 

[texomareeffreak]

Isn't a Wrasse a bad idea, since I have a Mandarin? I've read where the Wrasse competes with the Mandarin for food, and I don't want to lose my Mandarin.

Shawn