Possible fish for a 200g marineland DD tank?

[beeker]

First off i'm moving from a 29g to a 200g and so i have a lot more possibilities open to me fishwise, i will most likely get rid of all but the chromis in my 29g, i would have 5 total chromis in the 200g to start

I would love an achilles tang, and possibly a sargassum trigger these are the only 2 fish i can think of that really interest me

Anyone have some good options

i like yellow and purple tangs but i think with the achilles i couldn't get one of those, though i'm not sure thats why i'm asking, lol

any advice would be helpful

 

[stunreefer]

Are the dimensions of that tank 48" x 36" x 27"H?

 

[beeker]

yeah 48*36*27

 

[jnc914]

Tagging along on this one since I plan on downgrading to the 200 DD.
Most of my current livestock will need to be sold off since the length of the tank is not beneficial to fish that will get large and need the swimming room. I intend to do mostly LPS and Softies. Once the tank matures a bit, I want to add a small Regal angel and my Onyx clown pair. I intend on keeping a pair of angels, either Potter or Flame Angels. I will also add a Mandarin, a Flame Hawk,pair of Lineatus and Rhomboid wrasse.

Do you plan on using Marineland's stand? I am planning to building one that is a little sturdier and a bit higher than the ones they sell.

 

[oliverbrisbo]

you could have Genicanthus angelfish pair or maybe something like a majestic angel or a blue faced

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

I want one of these cubes so bad so I can put 3 cone shaped bomies in a triangular pattern, but no time for a 3rd tank!

 

[Creetin]

Skip the achilles. Go for a trio of yellow tangs, Maybe a purple tang mixed in.

 

[beeker]

Think i'm going to go with Purple tangs and Blue throat trigger pair, or sargassum trigger pair, the only other fish would be chromis, clowns

maybe some yellow tangs but they are too common for me to be really interested in them i like rarer fish and fish with great color/personality

 

[stunreefer]

Great dims, my tank is 48" x 36" x 24.5"

You can keep most anything in this size less what I consider "big swimmers" like tangs that require tons of room, and IMHO triggers do as well. The two you pointed out would proly be OK though.

My tank is pretty young, and currently have only two fish, a (young) medium sized angel and a sunburst anthias. I'll be pairing the angel, adding at least one other species of angel, and a "school" of a different anthias species. Potententially a "school" or Chromis viridis as well, I'm a sucker for those guys!

 

[beeker]

I've always loved triggers just the ones i really love aren't even close to reef safe, lol

I've always liked tangs, just not the ones you see everytime you go to you LFS, hah

Probably be the Triggers, Chromis, Tangs and Clowns, not sure if i'll do anything else but i think this will be it for the moment, it will be awhile before i can get fish in the tank, i still have a lot of setting up and plumbing to do and then cycling the tank