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[JDoob]

Fish Purchase Questions

Fish Purchase Questions

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I was hoping to get some advice on adding the following (hopefully all) fish to my established 90G reef (currently only livestock is a cleaner shrimp and lps/softies):

1st Wave: 1 purple firefish, 1 black cap basslet, 1 bi-colour blenny
2nd Wave: 1 flame angel, 1 black nox (midnight) angel
3rd Wave: 1 yellow tang, 1 kole tang
4th Wave: 1 maroon clown

Hope to hear back!

Jesse

 

[snorvich]

Hi Steve.
120 gal mixed reef tank, 40 gal sump with ref, Reef Oct 150, 140 bs LR 80 lbs of sand

I would like to have in my new tank please
2 Gramma
2 ocellaris clowns
1 Purple Fire Fish
Fairy Wrassel which species? some are very aggressive
Lamarks Angle
Lawnmore Blenny
1 Flaming Amgle
1Convict Tang may have issues with a Genicanthus Angel if added before
2 Cranbery Anthias
1 Diamond Goby only one sand dwelling commensal shrimp goby
1 Watchman/ Pistol
Yellow tailed Damsel
Red Lipped Blenny
1 Fireshrimp
8 Cleaner shrimp two only for long term stability
1 Maxima Clam

Thanks so much for your help

 

[snorvich]

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I was hoping to get some advice on adding the following (hopefully all) fish to my established 90G reef (currently only livestock is a cleaner shrimp and lps/softies):

1st Wave: 1 purple firefish, 1 black cap basslet, 1 bi-colour blenny
2nd Wave: 1 flame angel, 1 black nox (midnight) angel
3rd Wave: 1 yellow tang, 1 kole tang the kole would be fine, but only one tang in this sized tank
4th Wave: 1 maroon clown very aggressive once sexually mature; may prove too aggressive

Hope to hear back!

Jesse

 

[kellyj]

re-post

re-post

Currently have a 90 gallon reef tank with 30 gallon sump/refugium.
Current stock is:
Percula clown
2 bangaii cardinals (need to remove one of these, chasing has begun)
Mccoskers flasher wrasse
Purple firefish
Scarlett skunk cleaner shrimp
Yellow coris wrasse
Ignitus anthia
Red-lined wrasse

Would like to add additional 2-3 ignitus anthias and either
flame or coral beauty angel or yellow eye kole tang.
Thanks for all your help.
Kelly

 

[billy mitchell]

snorvich ...how many pajama cardinals could I have in 220g reef...all other fish would be peaceful

 

[Un5tab1e]

29g tall, 37lb live rock, 20lb sand. Aquatech 40g filter, 2 jebao wp10 and a 200 Watt heater. 5 snails, 5 red legs, 1 firefish goby and 1 yellowtail damsel.

 

[snorvich]

Currently have a 90 gallon reef tank with 30 gallon sump/refugium.
Current stock is:
Percula clown
2 bangaii cardinals (need to remove one of these, chasing has begun) yes, you have two of the same sex
Mccoskers flasher wrasse
Purple firefish
Scarlett skunk cleaner shrimp
Yellow coris wrasse
Ignitus anthia
Red-lined wrasse

Would like to add additional 2-3 ignitus anthias should be fine; note that anthias do best with multiple feedings per day and either
flame or coral beauty angel or yellow eye kole tang. any of these could work, I personally wouyld fine one of the dwarf angels more interesting. But, dwarf angels are not coral safe whereas the kole tang is.
Thanks for all your help.
Kelly

Sorry, I must have missed this one the first time. Mea Culpa. Sometimes when my pages change I screw up.

 

[snorvich]

snorvich ...how many pajama cardinals could I have in 220g reef...all other fish would be peaceful

That is an unanswerable question especially without the entire stocking plan. Note, however, that cardinals will pair up rather than shoal in the long run.

 

[snorvich]

29g tall, 37lb live rock, 20lb sand. Aquatech 40g filter, 2 jebao wp10 and a 200 Watt heater. 5 snails, 5 red legs, 1 firefish goby and 1 yellowtail damsel.

the damsel will limit other stocking to a large degree. Hermits will kill snails long term.

 

[Un5tab1e]

the damsel will limit other stocking to a large degree. Hermits will kill snails long term.

The damsel is small around 1 inch. The only other fish I'm getting is a pair of o. Clowns. They will be bigger so is that still a problem?

 

[snorvich]

The damsel is small around 1 inch. The only other fish I'm getting is a pair of o. Clowns. They will be bigger so is that still a problem?

Clownfish can handle it, the firefish may not later on.

 

[Krab123]

20gal tank with protein skimmer and live rock as only means of filtration, and it's inhabitants will be: 7 or so hermits, a couple of emerald green mithrax crabs, a coral banded shrimp, and maybe a Pom Pom crab. (If this sounds weird, just know I am all about the inverts, and not to amazed by the fish).

 

[snorvich]

20gal tank with protein skimmer and live rock as only means of filtration, and it's inhabitants will be: 7 or so hermits, a couple of emerald green mithrax crabs, a coral banded shrimp, and maybe a Pom Pom crab. (If this sounds weird, just know I am all about the inverts, and not to amazed by the fish).

Nothing wrong with an invert aquarium with corals. I would skip the coral banded shrimp in favor of one of the more interesting, less aggressive, cleaner shrimp

 

[thumper_65590]

What to stock

What to stock

Hello all. I am setting up a 50 gallon bowfront with a CPR Bak Pak2 and a SEIO 530 powerhead on the other side of the tank so that I hopefully won't hace any dead spots in the water column. Currently it has 2lb of live rock in it. Accourding to my hydrometer, my salt level is right where it should be. My temp is 76. I have not tested any other perameters yet. Also, the Bak Pak is putting out a latge number of microbubbles into the water column. Anyway, my wife wants some blue damsels and the kids want a clown or 2. I know that its not even close to being ready to stock yet, but I am thinking ahead to the point it will be. Anyway, what should I look at/test for before stocking it, and what can I do to eliminate the bubbles in the water. Thank you so much, William

 

[snorvich]

Hello all. I am setting up a 50 gallon bowfront with a CPR Bak Pak2 and a SEIO 530 powerhead on the other side of the tank so that I hopefully won't hace any dead spots in the water column. Currently it has 2lb of live rock in it. Accourding to my hydrometer, my salt level is right where it should be. My temp is 76. I have not tested any other perameters yet. Also, the Bak Pak is putting out a latge number of microbubbles into the water column. Anyway, my wife wants some blue damsels and the kids want a clown or 2. I know that its not even close to being ready to stock yet, but I am thinking ahead to the point it will be. Anyway, what should I look at/test for before stocking it, and what can I do to eliminate the bubbles in the water. Thank you so much, William

This thread is only about Marine Fish Compatibility. Blue damsels, while pretty are very aggressive and will limit options going forward. A non-aggressive pair of clownfish will work fine.

 

[jenncammorato]

Hi! I really appreciate this forum, and I've been reading as much as I can for the last few weeks.

We have a 60 gallon tank that is currently FOWLR, but we'll be adding corals when we're ready to do so. We have a skimmer but no sump, though we have the things for it and it should be set up in the next week or two. It'll be 29 gallons.

We've got 70 pounds of live sand, about 75 pounds of live rock, and over the last few days, we've noticed an ABUNDANCE of copepods in the tank.

We were super excited about this and quarantined some fish not long after we got the tank. It's been up and running for a couple months now and we put the fish in about a week ago. They're all doing fine thus far. We've got a six line wrasse, a royal gramma, a clown, and a firefish, as well as a sand sifting star and 8 snails.

I know that we're about at our fish limit if we plan to do coral, and because corals and reefing is the entire point of this tank, we DEFINITELY want to in a few months. We're on the lookout for a nice, attractive "centerpiece" fish. With the understanding that we're not adding any new life for a month and that our budget for a fish is about $150, what can you recommend?

 

[snorvich]

Hi! I really appreciate this forum, and I've been reading as much as I can for the last few weeks.

We have a 60 gallon tank that is currently FOWLR, but we'll be adding corals when we're ready to do so. We have a skimmer but no sump, though we have the things for it and it should be set up in the next week or two. It'll be 29 gallons.

We've got 70 pounds of live sand, about 75 pounds of live rock, and over the last few days, we've noticed an ABUNDANCE of copepods in the tank.

We were super excited about this and quarantined some fish not long after we got the tank. It's been up and running for a couple months now and we put the fish in about a week ago. They're all doing fine thus far. We've got a six line wrasse, a royal gramma, a clown, and a firefish, as well as a sand sifting star and 8 snails.

The sixline wrasse will definitely limit the fish you can consider for tank mates. It may also end up harassing (or worse) the firefish and/or royal gramma. As those who follow this thread know, I do not provide recommendations for a variety of reasons, but I am always please to analyze any potential stocking plan for compatibility assuming tank size, age, and existing stock is provided.

I know that we're about at our fish limit if we plan to do coral, and because corals and reefing is the entire point of this tank, we DEFINITELY want to in a few months. We're on the lookout for a nice, attractive "centerpiece" fish. With the understanding that we're not adding any new life for a month and that our budget for a fish is about $150, what can you recommend?

 

[jenncammorato]

Thank you. We have a friend who is willing to take the sixline if he turns into a jerk, thankfully. I think I'll do some more research and try to figure out what, exactly, we want and then come back with specifics. I appreciate it!

 

[snorvich]

Thank you. We have a friend who is willing to take the sixline if he turns into a jerk, thankfully. I think I'll do some more research and try to figure out what, exactly, we want and then come back with specifics. I appreciate it!

Always a pleasure!

 

[JMorris271]

Steve
Can a Hawaiian Yellow tang do well in a 125 gal tank with 1Gramma, 2 occ clowns and 2 Exequit wrassles and 1 spottail Rabbit fish 1Watchman/pistol, 6 Peppermint shrimp & 1 fire shrimp .
Thank you