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[donkeys4hire]

I recently purchased a 60g rimless cube. It was fully established and moved it to my house. I'm interested in the following fish. Any thoughts?

Midas Blenny
Green coris wrasse
Yellow head jawfish
Copperband butterfly fish
Bartletts anthias

 

[snorvich]

I recently purchased a 60g rimless cube. It was fully established and moved it to my house. I'm interested in the following fish. Any thoughts?

Midas Blenny will nip at the fins of water column fish
Green coris wrasse
Yellow head jawfish requires substantial sand bed
Copperband butterfly fish very difficult fish; not reef safe most of the time; best chance at success is an Australian collected one
Bartletts anthias

 

[donkeys4hire]

Is there another blenny that won't nip but as cool as a midas?

 

[snorvich]

Is there another blenny that won't nip but as cool as a midas?

coolness, like reality, is relative. Check out live aquaria website for other blennies.

 

[donkeys4hire]

I recently purchased a 60g rimless cube. It was fully established and moved it to my house. I'm interested in the following fish. Any thoughts?

Midas Blenny
Green coris wrasse
Yellow head jawfish
Copperband butterfly fish
Bartletts anthias

Maybe a mandarin.

 

[snorvich]

Maybe a mandarin.

Definitely not. Your tank is insufficient size and you already have a copepod eater that will out compete a mandarin so the mandarin will starve long term.

 

[donkeys4hire]

What about a leopard wrasse instead of the green wrasse?

 

[snorvich]

What about a leopard wrasse instead of the green wrasse?

Leopard wrasses also graze on copepods; again, tank size and another copepod eater suggest a different choice. Leopard wrasses are also relatively difficult. Unless you have experience with difficult fish, I would not advise.

 

[pmangels17]

I have a question. I have a 65 Gallon tank, that will be mixed reef, though right now I have few corals. I have a browned out Zoa (supercheap from store, color coming back slowly), goniopora frag, and a quickly spreading GSP colony. I currently have two blue chromis, an ocellaris clown, and a blue spot watchman goby. I want to add another clown, a yellow coris wrasse, and a kole tang. Any ideas/suggestions?

 

[donkeys4hire]

I don't currently have any fish so I won't have 2 fish competing on each other to eat the copepods. I'm just trying to put my ideas out there for people to advise. I have had many hard to keep fish and corals.

 

[snorvich]

I have a question. I have a 65 Gallon tank, that will be mixed reef, though right now I have few corals. I have a browned out Zoa (supercheap from store, color coming back slowly), goniopora frag, and a quickly spreading GSP colony. I currently have two blue chromis, an ocellaris clown, and a blue spot watchman goby. I want to add another clown, a yellow coris wrasse, and a kole tang. Any ideas/suggestions?

Clown to be added must be same species and smaller than current clown. A kole tang really needs a slightly larger tank. Two chromis may become one over time.

 

[snorvich]

I don't currently have any fish so I won't have 2 fish competing on each other to eat the copepods. I'm just trying to put my ideas out there for people to advise. I have had many hard to keep fish and corals.

This thread is only answered by Reef Central Staff. If you want general commentary, a separate thread will get lots of general commentary. If you want inter-actional analysis, provide the entire stocking list planned. I was going by the original stocking plan provided. Given that you have no fish currenly, what difficult fish have you kept?

 

[Dissy]

potential stock for 45 gallon

potential stock for 45 gallon

Any compatibility issues I may have missed? This will be done over the course of a year..

45 gallon with approx. 60 lbs live/dry rock
Very shallow sandbed (crushed coral)
Coral Beauty
Purple Fire fish
Lawnmower Blenny (or other)
Blue Tuxedo Urchin
5-7 Blue/Green Chromis
2 Turbo snails
4 Astrea snails
1 Tiger Conch
2 Brittle Stars (in current tank)
8 Nerites (also in current tank).

None of these have been purchased.. looking to do this over the course of a year. Also, a few soft corals and mushrooms, and maxi mini carpets.

 

[snorvich]

Any compatibility issues I may have missed? This will be done over the course of a year..

45 gallon with approx. 60 lbs live/dry rock
Very shallow sandbed (crushed coral)
Coral Beauty
Purple Fire fish introduce early
Lawnmower Blenny (or other)
Blue Tuxedo Urchin
5-7 Blue/Green Chromis First, that is too many chromis for this sized tank; in any case chromis will reduce their number to one or at most two. Also chromis have been coming in with uronema like symptoms for the last couple of years, so getting healthy ones may be very difficult
2 Turbo snails
4 Astrea snails
1 Tiger Conch
2 Brittle Stars (in current tank)
8 Nerites (also in current tank).

None of these have been purchased.. looking to do this over the course of a year. Also, a few soft corals and mushrooms, and maxi mini carpets.

 

[Dissy]

Is there any type of small bright schooling fish that would lend movement to the tank? Thanks!!

 

[snorvich]

Is there any type of small bright schooling fish that would lend movement to the tank? Thanks!!

Not in this sized tank. Closest is Dwarf Cardinalfish (Apogon parvulus) which is a relatively difficult fish, especially for an inexperienced aquarist.

 

[Tethered_Limbs]

Just curious about the care of flashlight fish, what are your opinions on keeping them in the first place?

 

[NYCEnglish]

125g reef tank and looking to add:

Blotched Anthias
Sargassum Trigger
Purple Tang

Current population is a leopard wrasse and a pair of false perculas, both 3.5 years old.

Any advice or behavioural issues you see?

Thanks!

 

[donkeys4hire]

What about a pinstripe wrasse and a yellow head jawfish and some antheas. 60g mixed reef. No other current tank mates. Also thinking of a midas blenny in the future.

 

[masmith13]

Looking to finally add some fish

Looking to finally add some fish

40g tank, hob filter with skimmer and a heater. 30 lbs live rock, and 30 dry rock. Just bought a 120w led light. Plan on getting a 15g tall sump/fuge, and a skimmer. Just doing a fowlr for now until tank has been up for almost a year. Then plan on adding some corals not sure lps or sps that might depend on what fish I have.
Would like
1 or 2 (might be nice to have a mating pair) Ocellaris Clowns
Also maybe a tang of some kind to start

Not sure what to do for clean up crew with this size tank

Thanks for your help and also let me know if my plan is flawed.

Around 80°, salinity 1.023, ph 8.2, ammonia approx 0, nitrates 5 to 10, alk about a 2.