post your stock list in a reef tank

[dirk_brijs]

guys can you please post your stock lists of fish you have in a reef tank (not for Fish only tanks)
also add if there is any fish you regretted putting in your reef tank ad why?
setting up a 500gl DT and trying to set up a stocklist myself.

 

[Enyo]

2x Maroon Clowns
Mystery Wrasse
Helfrichi Firefish
Blue Spot Jawfish

Regretted adding Chromis, they were messy eaters and were extremely hard to catch. Other fishes were agitated with them around.

 

[thelizardkin]

the tank is 420g with a 120g sump
1 sailfin tang
1 clown tang
1 purple tang
3 yellow tangs
1 naso tang
1 niger trigger
1 cortez ray
1 flounder
5 yellow tail damsels
2 domino damsels
5 bg Chromis
1 marine beta
1 blenny
1 fox face
1 copper butterfly
thats all i can think of

 

[ghstrider]

after my crash... heres the new list:

1x XL Moorish Idol (eating well)
1x Magnificent Foxface
2x Multicolor Angels
1x SM Golden Angel (in qt)
1x Possum Wrasse
1x Neon Goby

Debating on what to add next... maybe a Declivis Butterfly, Black Tang...?

 

[theronsta]

I have:
4 Chromis
6 Red Firefish
3 Pajama cardinals
1 Percula (female)
1 Black Ocellaris (male)
1 HiFin red banded goby
1 Byno Sleeper Goby
1 Algae Blenny
1 Scopas Tang

had a mandarin but apparently i wasnt keeping up with how many copepods he was eating..

Just do you research and pick as many peaceful fish as you want, add them first and let them et settled before you go adding any potential bullies

 

[lcs]

List is in my signature . . .

 

[small alien]

Me too.:wavehand:

 

[anbosu]

90 reef
2 blue/green chromis
1 two spot bristletooth tang Ctenochaetus binotatus
1 picture wrasse Halichoeres nebulosus

I regret adding a juvenile naso tang - I knew I couldn't keep it long term, and it sucked to grow it out a few inches and give it away to a bigger home. After that experience I wouldn't do that again.

 

[dzfish17]

I have:
4 Chromis
6 Red Firefish
3 Pajama cardinals
1 Percula (female)
1 Black Ocellaris (male)
1 HiFin red banded goby
1 Byno Sleeper Goby
1 Algae Blenny
1 Scopas Tang

had a mandarin but apparently i wasnt keeping up with how many copepods he was eating..

Just do you research and pick as many peaceful fish as you want, add them first and let them et settled before you go adding any potential bullies

Not to sidetrack this thread but your advice should not be taken serious. You are grossly overstocked. I counted 19 fish and you have them in a 46g tank. Unbelievable.

 

[Fins Up]

125 Gal Reef with 29gal sump/Refugium
Current stock:
2 small Black & White Heniochus (just added today out of quarantine)
1 Blue Reef Chromis (about 2")
1 Six Line Wrasse
1 Algae/Lawnmower Blenny

Also, I just removed a Dwarf Flame Angelfish prior to adding my B&Ws. He is in his own tank now. The reason: Previously I had 2 additional Blue Reef Chromis (one was about 3", they other about 4") and a Mandarin which all seemed to get along with the Flame. Then I had purchased 2 two larger B&Ws that were about twice the size of the Angelfish and once they were added to the DT the Angelfish bullied them, the 2 larger Chromis, and unbelieveably beat up the Mandarin. :eek2: The stress eventually caused each of their demise... despite my attempts on moving them into the refugium and/or hospital tanks. It was rather difficult for me to admit that the Angel had to go (this is the fish that got me into this hobby), but we were finally able to catch him today; it took us over 6 weeks to catch him. :crazy1:

In the future I do hope to add 2-3 more Blue Reef Chromis, perhaps a school of about 5 Blue Green Chromis, a Potter's Leopard Wrasse (if lucky), and a couple of tangs (probably a Hippo Tang and an Achilles Tang). My wife and I are also comtemplating adding a Blue Spot Jawfish though haven't quite decided.

What do you all think?

 

[Cahooligan]

125 Gal Reef with 29gal sump/Refugium
Current stock:
2 small Black & White Heniochus (just added today out of quarantine)
1 Blue Reef Chromis (about 2")
1 Six Line Wrasse
1 Algae/Lawnmower Blenny

Also, I just removed a Dwarf Flame Angelfish prior to adding my B&Ws. He is in his own tank now. The reason: Previously I had 2 additional Blue Reef Chromis (one was about 3", they other about 4") and a Mandarin which all seemed to get along with the Flame. Then I had purchased 2 two larger B&Ws that were about twice the size of the Angelfish and once they were added to the DT the Angelfish bullied them, the 2 larger Chromis, and unbelieveably beat up the Mandarin. :eek2: The stress eventually caused each of their demise... despite my attempts on moving them into the refugium and/or hospital tanks. It was rather difficult for me to admit that the Angel had to go (this is the fish that got me into this hobby), but we were finally able to catch him today; it took us over 6 weeks to catch him. :crazy1:

In the future I do hope to add 2-3 more Blue Reef Chromis, perhaps a school of about 5 Blue Green Chromis, a Potter's Leopard Wrasse (if lucky), and a couple of tangs (probably a Hippo Tang and an Achilles Tang). My wife and I are also comtemplating adding a Blue Spot Jawfish though haven't quite decided.

What do you all think?

I wouldn't do an Achilles. They require a 180 gallon tank bare minimum. This is not because of the size of the fish, but because of the care requirements. They require a higher oxygen level in the water and are very active swimmers. They are often very hard to acclimate to captive conditions. IMO it's not worth buying for the $250 only to have it die for some unexplained reason. They tend to be hit or miss even with people who have many years of experience. As for the hippo, they also require a larger tank. Of course I've seen many in 125g tanks that seem fine, but they are one of the most active tangs, and once close to adult size, will be very cramped in a 6ft tank. I suggest some of the smaller zebrasoma species(yellow, purple, or black), any of the bristletooth species, or maybe one of the smaller acanthurus species such as the powder brown. All just my 2 cents. :spin3:

 

[brannock_16]

120 Gallon:

1 Hippo Tang
1 Diamond Goby
1 Target Mandarin
1 Cleaner Wrasse
2 Oscellaris Clowns
3 Lyretail Anthias
4 Bartlett Anthias

 

[elegance coral]

200gl DD display, 120gl sump

1 pair of breeding perculas
two small green chromis
one small blue chromis
one square spot anthias

 

[Bedroomgangsta]

55DT/29sump

Yellow Tang
Starry Blenny
False Perc.
Clown Goby
Red Sandperch

 

[Chromey316]

135G DT 80G sump

1 Blond naso
1 Purple Tang
1 Yellow tang
1 Scopas
2 O-clowns
3 Bangii cardinal
1 6 line wrasse
1 lawnmower blenny

 

[velvetelvis]

My system isn't up and running yet, but here's my planned stocklist. I'm doing a Red Sea biotope--50G, with 10G sump:

1 pair A. bicinctus clownfish (I'm getting them from a grad student who's breeding them at Auburn)
1 speckled rose BTA clone (purchased from another RC member)
1 ORA Springer's dottyback
2-3 colonies of Pocillopora damicornis (Springer's dottybacks hide in colonies of this coral in the wild)
"Pom pom" Xenia
Pair skunk cleaner shrimp, if the dottyback will leave them alone!

The clowns will eventually get pretty big (around 5") and aggressive, if they're anything like other clarkii-complex clownfish, and the BTA will eventually split off more clones, so I'm deliberately understocking the tank...it's easier to keep up water quality that way, and there's less chance of territorial aggression between tank occupants.

ETA: My 1,000th post! Woohoo!

 

[FlammySnake]

In my 75 I have:
2 spawning yellow-tail damsels
1 yellow watchman goby
2 white line black clown gobies
1 long fin fairy wrasse
1 leopard wrasse
1 tailspot blenny
and one temporary caulerpa eating foxface. But I need the caulerpa to go away for good this time!

 

[ccampbell57]

180g

(1) Acanthurus achilles
(1) Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
(1M 2F) Pseudanthias squamipinnis
(2) chromis viridis
(2) snowflake percula

 

[bradleyj]

180g

(1) Acanthurus achilles
(1) Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
(1M 2F) Pseudanthias squamipinnis
(2) chromis viridis
(2) snowflake percula

Where are the angels????

 

[Kerreefer]

180:

-2 gobbies i dont recall there model # (regret having. they dump sand all over my corals)
-2 picasso clowns
-1 blue linkia (2-years old)
-1 tailspot blenny (like cause he looks like Beeker on the mupets)
- hemit crabs... omg hate. crawl all over my corals.
- 1 -12" brittle. like it. acts like an octo when its food time
- 1 Joe, the coral banded shrimp. full grown. hand fed. my fav.