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[CoralNerd]

75g swim room, good skimmer + sump + live rock & 2" sand bed.

Fish I Have
1) Purple Firefish
2) Yellow Corris Wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)--juveniles
1) Anthias Dispar
1) Yellow Watchmen
1) Yasha Goby

Want to add one more wrasse from the Halichoeres family, but not another yellow one. Will this be ok?
Example Hoeven's Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)

T.Y. In advance.

 

[snorvich]

fish for a my 130 gallon aquarium There are various issues with this stocking list
two purple striped dottyback(came with aquarium) aggressive, will be problematic
yellow tang(came with aquarium) established yellow tangs are very territorial and will not allow new fish easily
yellowtail damselfish(came withe aquarium) very aggressive
two clown fish(came with aquarium) what species??? Some are highly territorial, others less so
yellow belly blue tang(came with aquarium and yes , i will re home when it gets bigger) will be very aggressive soon
diamond watchman goby and pistol shrimp fine
kole tang( i know there might be some aggression with the yellow tang) there will be a lot of aggression; three tangs in a 130 gallon tank is not stable
mandarin(when copeopods are plenty)
starry blenny
skunk shrimp
can you also tell me which ones should go first in from the ones which weren't included in the aquarium

stocking if there is aggression with the dottyback, damsel fish or any of the fish that came with the aquarium
two clownfish(came with aquarium)
yellow tang(came with aquarium)
yellow belly blue tang(came with aquarium)
royal gramma basslet
stary blenny
two firefish
kole tang
diamond watchman goby with pistol shrimp
chromis, cardinal fish or anthias
mandarin fish
scarlet shrimp
can you also tell me which ones should go first in from the ones which weren't included in the aquarium
also can i add more fish like maybe a wrasse
thanks

 

[snorvich]

75g swim room, good skimmer + sump + live rock & 2" sand bed.

Fish I Have
1) Purple Firefish
2) Yellow Corris Wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)--juveniles
1) Anthias Dispar
1) Yellow Watchmen
1) Yasha Goby

Want to add one more wrasse from the Halichoeres family, but not another yellow one. Will this be ok?
Example Hoeven's Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)

T.Y. In advance.

While Halichoeres are very peaceful, I am concerned about food supply for three Halichoeres wrasses

 

[Khalish]

look at the second paragraph,
percula clownfish

 

[Khalish]

look at the second paragraph
percula clown or somewhere along that(not marron or anything aggressive)

 

[snorvich]

look at the second paragraph
percula clown or somewhere along that(not marron or anything aggressive)

To my reading there was no mention of species; there was a repeat of information in the second paragraph, however. However the other issues are much more relevant.

 

[CoralNerd]

While Halichoeres are very peaceful, I am concerned about food supply for three Halichoeres wrasses

Food supply, I understand what you mean, shortage could lead to some kind of invertebrate eating, pistol shrimp or feather duster.

I was worried about fighting but you make a good point with food. I do feed a few times each day but there could always be that one day I can't feed 3 or more times.

 

[Badiskm1]

Stocking advice
Currently in my 80 gallon/300 liter aquarium:
- 1 niger trigger
- 1 one spot foxface
- 1 snowflake moray eel
- 1 dwarf zebra lionfish
- 1 orange spot goby
- 2 clarkii clownfish
- 2 ocellaris clownfish

is this too many? if not what fish could go well in this aquarium

and is it normal that the lionfish barely swims, he always sits on the rocks? thanks

 

[snorvich]

Stocking advice
Currently in my 80 gallon/300 liter aquarium:
- 1 niger trigger
- 1 one spot foxface
- 1 snowflake moray eel
- 1 dwarf zebra lionfish
- 1 orange spot goby
- 2 clarkii clownfish
- 2 ocellaris clownfish

is this too many? if not what fish could go well in this aquarium

and is it normal that the lionfish barely swims, he always sits on the rocks? thanks

Sorry, I do not provide analysis on aggressive fish community tanks. Best to post your question here.

 

[BoDog]

Hi Steve
Need your kind assistance please
I want to add a neon dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis) to my community reef tank but I am very worried about reported aggression of this dottyback
Details:
55 gallon reef - lots of live rock
Current stock:
2 bengaii cardinals
1 yellow tail blue damsel
1 yellow assessor
1 neon goby
2 skunk cleaner shrimps (adults)
Various snails and 1 strawberry conch
I am most worried about the assessor being bullied - similar body shape to the dottyback
Your comments would be most appreciated

 

[Mythicalelf]

Stocking Ideas for my 29 gallon Biocube with reefugium
Pair of CLown fish
Royal Gramma
Firefish
Clown Goby

Thinking of changing this a little bit.
what if I change the Clown Goby to a Yellow Watchmen Goby and pistol shrimp?

Also could I have a sexy shrimp in there too? Wife is wanting to add these changes and I told her I would check with yall 1st.

 

[snorvich]

Hi Steve
Need your kind assistance please
I want to add a neon dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis) to my community reef tank but I am very worried about reported aggression of this dottyback
Details:
55 gallon reef - lots of live rock
Current stock:
2 bengaii cardinals
1 yellow tail blue damsel
1 yellow assessor
1 neon goby
2 skunk cleaner shrimps (adults)
Various snails and 1 strawberry conch
I am most worried about the assessor being bullied - similar body shape to the dottyback
Your comments would be most appreciated

A very aggressive fish in a relatively small tank; I do not recommend it.

 

[snorvich]

Thinking of changing this a little bit.
what if I change the Clown Goby to a Yellow Watchmen Goby and pistol shrimp?

Also could I have a sexy shrimp in there too? Wife is wanting to add these changes and I told her I would check with yall 1st.

Should be fine but a sexy shrimp may be at risk.

 

[Mythicalelf]

Should be fine but a sexy shrimp may be at risk.

What would cause the risk one of the fish or the pistol shrimp?
Just looking for the info so I can give wife the options.

I want to make sure I do it right the 1st time.(cause my 1st FOWLR was a disaster, mainly cause LFS told me the fish I bought would get along)

 

[Clownfish2004]

I want a 75 gallon reef

I was wondering if once I setup a 75 gallon mixed reef I could get the following

A pair of wyoming whites
A yellow watchman shrimp pair
A powder blue tang
2 yellow clown gobys
A black clown goby
And a flame angel

 

[Badiskm1]

Stocking advice
Currently in my 80 gallon/300 liter aquarium:
- 1 niger trigger
- 1 one spot foxface
- 1 snowflake moray eel
- 1 dwarf zebra lionfish
- 1 orange spot goby
- 2 clarkii clownfish
- 2 ocellaris clownfish

is this too many? if not what fish could go well in this aquarium

and is it normal that the lionfish barely swims, he always sits on the rocks? thanks

 

[snorvich]

What would cause the risk one of the fish or the pistol shrimp?
Just looking for the info so I can give wife the options.

I want to make sure I do it right the 1st time.(cause my 1st FOWLR was a disaster, mainly cause LFS told me the fish I bought would get along)

Sexy shrimp are small; if they are protected they are usually fine, but you have one fish that may put it at risk

 

[snorvich]

I want a 75 gallon reef

I was wondering if once I setup a 75 gallon mixed reef I could get the following

A pair of wyoming whites
A yellow watchman shrimp pair one would be fine
A powder blue tang needs a larger tank
2 yellow clown gobys only one clown goby in this sized tank
A black clown goby
And a flame angel

fine except as annotated

 

[snorvich]

Stocking advice
Currently in my 80 gallon/300 liter aquarium:
- 1 niger trigger
- 1 one spot foxface
- 1 snowflake moray eel
- 1 dwarf zebra lionfish
- 1 orange spot goby
- 2 clarkii clownfish
- 2 ocellaris clownfish

is this too many? if not what fish could go well in this aquarium

and is it normal that the lionfish barely swims, he always sits on the rocks? thanks

As I previously indicated, I do not provide analysis of aggressive fish community tanks where one member will eat others. I suggest posing the question in the Aggressive Fish Forum.

 

[javi78503]

I have a 99 gallon 36x25x24 aquarium with starfire inbound and should be here within 2 to 3 weeks. I would like a very colorful reef tank with inverts (shrimp, crabs) maybe a clam with sps and lps. I hope to have a nice collection of colorful fish swimming around at different levels of the tank, I have a list of several fish that I've considered and would love some input as to which would work best together (not the whole list obviously but the best options for my tank) from the following:

Respendent Anthias (x3 or so if possible)
gold assessor
bicolor bleeny
orange-black fairy wrasse
common cleaner wrasse
false percula clown Anthias (x2 or so if possible)
blue reef chromis Anthias (x3 or so if possible)
firefish
golden headed sleepery goby
orange stripe prawn goby
yellow headed jaw fish
yellow tang (while it's small)
blue tang (while it's small)
Bicolor angelfish (if possible)

I would love to do 2 small schools of the chromis and the anthias of 3 each to cover the top level if possible too. Thanks in advance for your time and your repsonse!

Javi