PLEASE check out your intended fish purchases here first!

[snorvich]

Thank you so much for your quick response! I have no idea why I keep picking so many mean fish... :sad1:

Many folks pick because of how they look. Which may not reflect at all how they act. :fish1:

 

[billy mitchell]

in a 220gal tank how any tangs of different variety can be housed together

 

[snorvich]

in a 220gal tank how any tangs of different variety can be housed together

That question is not answerable. All tangs are not the same in terms of aggression and size.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

in a 220gal tank how any tangs of different variety can be housed together

My LFS has 2 yellows in its 240. I wouldn't do more than 2 in 220... And only one if I was getting a clown tang.

 

[snorvich]

This thread is only answered by Reef Central Staff. As such, while we strongly encourage participation elsewhere on Reef Central, we would appreciate your not answering this thread. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. What LFS do and what is good practice may or not be the same.

 

[Leviathanth]

I have a question, I mentioned on page 436 the tank I am thinking of setting up. But I have been researching some different fish varieties and I was wondering how a snowflake eel might get along with other fish? Specifically would it hurt clownfish?

From what I have read it mostly is incompatible with crustaceans, but I have not found much about how it interacts with fish.

 

[snorvich]

I have a question, I mentioned on page 436 the tank I am thinking of setting up. But I have been researching some different fish varieties and I was wondering how a snowflake eel might get along with other fish? Specifically would it hurt clownfish?

From what I have read it mostly is incompatible with crustaceans, but I have not found much about how it interacts with fish.

I do not provide information/analysis on aggressive fish community tanks. However that type of question will get answers in our aggressive fish forum. Also, going back to a specific page to review your previous posts is not feasible for several reasons: I do not set my pages the same way you do, and I do thousands of these so all information should be presented in the questioning post so I do not have to go back and look.

 

[Leviathanth]

I do not provide information/analysis on aggressive fish community tanks. However that type of question will get answers in our aggressive fish forum. Also, going back to a specific page to review your previous posts is not feasible for several reasons: I do not set my pages the same way you do, and I do thousands of these so all information should be presented in the questioning post so I do not have to go back and look.

Ok, I realized about a minute after posting that pages can be sized differently. Thank you anyway. I found this article that answered my question. Snowflake eels are considered reef and fish safe, as long as they are target fed.

 

[snorvich]

Ok, I realized about a minute after posting that pages can be sized differently. Thank you anyway. I found this article that answered my question. Snowflake eels are considered reef and fish safe, as long as they are target fed.

I do not provide analysis on aggressive fish community tanks where one inhabitant can eat another. Which under the proper circumstances, can happen with your eel.

 

[billy mitchell]

thanks for your recommendations...have taken them down
here is my new list of what I think would be ok

tank 800+ ltr 2 powerheads MP40w
lights ...2 banks each 150watt led total 300watt with 3 settings ...1 50w blue....2 50w white ...3 50w white per light unit
live rock course sand
sump 187ltr ..live sand.. macro algae..skimmer magnum 200p return pump octopus 10500ltr/ph
cleanup crew ..3 large turbo's 11 large blueleg hermets

fish wanted

coral beauty
flame angel
2 royal gamma
bangi cardinals pair
pajama """ pair
carpenter flasher wrasse 3 female 1 male
2 ocellaris clowns
1 dartfish fire
2 dartfish purple
yellow tang
purple tang
will be adding corals when tank matures

waiting for your expert advice

 

[snorvich]

thanks for your recommendations...have taken them down
here is my new list of what I think would be ok

tank 800+ ltr 2 powerheads MP40w
lights ...2 banks each 150watt led total 300watt with 3 settings ...1 50w blue....2 50w white ...3 50w white per light unit
live rock course sand
sump 187ltr ..live sand.. macro algae..skimmer magnum 200p return pump octopus 10500ltr/ph
cleanup crew ..3 large turbo's 11 large blueleg hermets

fish wanted

coral beauty
flame angel
2 royal gamma
bangi cardinals pair must be tank raised, male plus female pair
pajama """ pair
carpenter flasher wrasse 3 female 1 male
2 ocellaris clowns
1 dartfish fire
2 dartfish purple only one firefish will survive long term
yellow tang the two tangs must be added concurrently as the last fish added
purple tang
will be adding corals when tank matures

waiting for your expert advice

 

[Shawn O]

Hi, I'm less than new right now. I have an empty 38Gal tank and an empty 30Gal tank that could be used as a sump/fuge. I'm thinking about starting a salt water tank with some assorted corals and mostly small fish. I like the looks of some of the Brain corals, Acros, Plate corals, Hammer Corals and Zoans. Not even sure I could have one of each type of coral in such a small tank.

Anyway, aside from a good variety of hermits, snails, Porcelain & Emerald crabs and bristle worms for a CUC I'm interested in the following fish in descending order of interest;

Rainfordi Goby (x2)
Swiss Guard Basslet
Swalesi Basslet
Blue Gudgeon Goby
Purple Firefish Goby
Blue Stripe Neon Goby
Striped Shrimpfish
Scissortail Dartfish
Green Clown Goby
Yellow Striped Clingfish
Banggai Cardinalfish
Yashia Shrimp Goby
Orchid Dottyback

Please give me your thoughts regarding compatibility and quantity with a strong concern for bioload.

Thanks in advance, Shawn.

If you reduce your list down to one that is consistent with tank size, I can analyze for behavioral compatibility. Bioload is rarely the issue, behavior trumps almost everything.

I don't quite understand your reply. Are you saying that this sized tank can only handle one fish, that these fish are all too large for this tank or that none of these fish can be housed together? Just trying to wrap my head around all of this and would like to have at least a few fish in the same tank.

Thanks again for the reply.
Shawn.

 

[snorvich]

I don't quite understand your reply. Are you saying that this sized tank can only handle one fish, that these fish are all too large for this tank or that none of these fish can be housed together? Just trying to wrap my head around all of this and would like to have at least a few fish in the same tank.

Thanks again for the reply.
Shawn.

A 38 gallon tank cannot comfortably home 14 fish of any size. Approximately 5-8 of the small fish you are considering would work depending on behavioral interaction. So come up with a stocking plan involving this number and I will be happy to analyze it for compatibility.

 

[ReadyForSalt]

2 black clowns
1 long nose hawk
1 green mandarin

29 gallon biocube

 

[snorvich]

2 black clowns
1 long nose hawk not shrimp safe
1 green mandarin will not survive in this sized tank without exceptional effort (these fish eat copepods constantly so even ones that eat frozen will waste away over time)

29 gallon biocube

 

[DolphinzFan]

180 gal tank

current stock:

Blonda Naso Tang
Yellow tang
Rusty Angel
Coral beauty Angel
Pair of Cinnamon Clowns
Blue/Green Chromins
Kaudern's Cardinal - Tank-Bred

Would like to add:
Dispar Anthias
Fathead Sunburst Anthis (both at same time)
Twospot Slender Hogfish

 

[Alchemic]

I'm considering getting a 30 gallon and would like to know if this list would work.

Equipment:

• 30 Gallon Tank
• Refugium
• Current USA Orbit Marine LED - 23 watts (48 Dual Daylight/48 Dual Actinic LEDs, 96 LEDs Total)

Livestock:

• Various LPS, Softies, and NPS
• Inverts (sexy shrimp, anemone crab, pom pom crabs, Tile Sea Star, and various snails)
• 1 Blue Dot Jawfish (I would add first with a 4" DSB)
• 1 Comical or Tail Spot Blenny
• 1 Catalina Goby
• 1 Leopard Puffer

I think that would max out my tank but if I could squeeze in a White Banded Possum Wrasse then I probably would.

 

[snorvich]

180 gal tank

current stock:

Blonda Naso Tang will need a larger tank
Yellow tang
Rusty Angel
Coral beauty Angel
Pair of Cinnamon Clowns
Blue/Green Chromins
Kaudern's Cardinal - Tank-Bred

Would like to add:
Dispar Anthias
Fathead Sunburst Anthis (both at same time)
Twospot Slender Hogfish not shrimp safe

fine except as annotated

 

[snorvich]

I'm considering getting a 30 gallon and would like to know if this list would work.

Equipment:

• 30 Gallon Tank
• Refugium
• Current USA Orbit Marine LED - 23 watts (48 Dual Daylight/48 Dual Actinic LEDs, 96 LEDs Total)

Livestock:

• Various LPS, Softies, and NPS
• Inverts (sexy shrimp, anemone crab, pom pom crabs, Tile Sea Star, and various snails)
• 1 Blue Dot Jawfish (I would add first with a 4" DSB)
• 1 Comical or Tail Spot Blenny
• 1 Catalina Goby
• 1 Leopard Puffer not invert safe and you have many; requires special foods

I think that would max out my tank but if I could squeeze in a White Banded Possum Wrasse then I probably would.

you have two fish (Blue Dot Jawfish and the Catalina Goby that require cool tanks for long term health. That would mean a chiller

 

[Aussieiniowa]

I have a 75 gal tank

Fish wise I have two clowns
One a snow flake "black", other a true p. clown.

...…
Fish I want to add is

Lawn mower Benny
6 line wrasse
Royal gamma

Purple sabae anemone

Copper band butter fly ?
Kole tang. Together with the copper

Flame angel , coral beauty or singapore yellow tail, ..... Really want the singapore but want to know other people view on this fish, one out of these three