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75 gallon DT, 29 sump with some LPS frags. I have a red and purple fire fish, and 2 ocellaris clowns. Looking for a more brighter, colorful fish or fishes to add that wont get bullied by the clowns.
Any suggestions?
 
Saltwater_Biker said:
75 gallon DT, 29 sump with some LPS frags. I have a red and purple fire fish, and 2 ocellaris clowns. Looking for a more brighter, colorful fish or fishes to add that wont get bullied by the clowns.
Any suggestions?
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As those who follow this thread know, I do not provide suggestions for a variety of reasons. Your clownfish (A. ocellaris), once sexually mature, will want to control about 25 gallons of tank space so you should have room for water column fish. Of course, clownfish will ignore non-water column fish.
 
i have an 80 gallon bowfront with a 20 gallon sump. 9.5 return pump. Tunze 6080 power head. ASM G-1 skimmer. Kent Phosphate Reactor. Coralife lighting with 2 14000K 150W MH, 2 96W Actinics. 3in live sandbed. Coral insert with 25 lbs Fiji live rock. This tank is not up and running yet so good time for me to ask if these fish will be good choice for mini reef tank. Yellow tang, Regal blue tang, Flame angel, 2 moroon clowns, Cherub angel, Bicolor angel, Red Mandarin, Leopard wrasse. Would these be good to keep together?
 
Blue Ring said:
i have an 80 gallon bowfront with a 20 gallon sump. 9.5 return pump. Tunze 6080 power head. ASM G-1 skimmer. Kent Phosphate Reactor. Coralife lighting with 2 14000K 150W MH, 2 96W Actinics. 3in live sandbed. Coral insert with 25 lbs Fiji live rock. This tank is not up and running yet so good time for me to ask if these fish will be good choice for mini reef tank.

Yellow tang, Reef Central's recommended minimum tank size for tangs can be found here. A yellow tang really needs a larger tank and once established will be aggressive to most additions
Regal blue tang, Needs a much larger tank, at least 8 foot
Flame angel, Two dwarf angels will work in this sized tank
2 moroon clowns, Most aggressive clown species that will want to control 50 gallons of tank space once sexually mature
Cherub angel,
Bicolor angel,
Red Mandarin, A mandarin and a leopard wrasse will not work in this sized tank although either one would
Leopard wrasse.

Would these be good to keep together?
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snorvich said:
As those who follow this thread know, I do not provide suggestions for a variety of reasons. Your clownfish (A. ocellaris), once sexually mature, will want to control about 25 gallons of tank space so you should have room for water column fish. Of course, clownfish will ignore non-water column fish.
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Sorry, what do you mean water column fish vs a non- water column fish?:fun5:
 
So I have been doing my homework and found out I will not be able to keep MOST of the fish I was looking to put in my tank.

I have a 65g hex with 45lbs rock.

I'd like to get a pair of clowns, and a sand sifting goby for sure. what are 2 or 3 others that I could add to my tank?
 
MikeL1987 said:
So I have been doing my homework and found out I will not be able to keep MOST of the fish I was looking to put in my tank.

I have a 65g hex with 45lbs rock.

I'd like to get a pair of clowns, and a sand sifting goby for sure. what are 2 or 3 others that I could add to my tank?
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What species of clownfish? Makes a big difference. As mentioned previously, I do not provide recommendations.
 
I currently have a 110 and will be upgrading very soon to a 240+ gallon 8ft x 2ft x 2ft FOWLR setup.

Current fish:
Blue face angel (5in adult)
Domino damsel (4in)
Blue velvet damsel (4.5in)
Engineer goby (9in)
Gold stripe maroon clown (3in)
Spotted rabbitfish (4in)
Sohal tang (7in)

I know that my current fish are all in tight quarters but so far they've gotten along (going 6 months).

Now for the 240 gal I plan on adding:

Flame hawk fish
French angelfish
Orange shoulder tang (show sized)
Blonde naso tang

I will be keeping the sohal in QT for a while and will be the absolute last fish to be transferred over.

Thanks in advance for input!
 
PatmanM3 said:
I currently have a 110 and will be upgrading very soon to a 240+ gallon 8ft x 2ft x 2ft FOWLR setup.

Current fish:
Blue face angel (5in adult)
Domino damsel (4in)
Blue velvet damsel (4.5in)
Engineer goby (9in)
Gold stripe maroon clown (3in)
Spotted rabbitfish (4in)
Sohal tang (7in)

I know that my current fish are all in tight quarters but so far they've gotten along (going 6 months).

Now for the 240 gal I plan on adding:

Flame hawk fish
French angelfish
Orange shoulder tang (show sized)
Blonde naso tang

Two large angels in the long run are likely to be problematic; the French especially can be aggressive. A Sohal tang, from my experience, will mature into a very ornery fish. They are fine when small, but there seems to be a point when a switch flips and they become super aggressive. While your new tank is significantly larger than your current one, I am reluctant to indicate that this mix will work long term as the fish mature.

I will be keeping the sohal in QT for a while and will be the absolute last fish to be transferred over.

Thanks in advance for input!
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Hi again, I have a 20g high that now has 2 yellowtail damsels and fairly nice to each other, no aggression, these were given to me. Can I possibly add a royal gramma and a single clown with them? thanks
 
HUNTER1 said:
Hi again, I have a 20g high that now has 2 yellowtail damsels and fairly nice to each other, no aggression, these were given to me. Can I possibly add a royal gramma and a single clown with them? thanks
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The odds are against you given such a small tank with such aggressive fish.
 
Hi, I have a 210 gallons tank with 50 gallons sump and over 150 lbs of live rocks.
Current Fish:
Regal tang (2.5")
Yellow Tang (3")
Ocellaris Clown (1.5")
Future wish list
Emperor Angel
Schooling bannerfish
Flameangel
Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Royal dottyback
Future CUC
Nassarius Snails
Cleaner shrimps
Peppermint shrimps
Red starfish (Fromica Indica)

Plz suggest. Also, I am planning my next addition to be sailfin but im a bit confused as i hv read both success and failure stories of mixing it with Yellow tang.
 
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