Red/Blue 180 Stocking Suggestions

[PirateToast]

Hi all, I'm looking for some reef-safe stocking suggestions for my 180. I keep shrimp/corals and want to maintain as peaceful a community as possible. Im currently looking for something blue and/or something red. Here's what I currently have:

1. Magnificent Fox Face
2. Yellow Tang (kind of a deformed peaceful one)
3. Mystery Wrasse
4. Yellow Wrasse
5. Longnose Hawkfish
6. Diamond Goby
7. Matted Filefish

 

[scooter31707]

Those 2 wrasses may or may not be a danger to the shrimp as they mature.

 

[nereefpat]

Blue: yellow tail damsel (Chrysiptera parasema)
Red: lots of red wrasses. How about a carpenter's?

 

[PirateToast]

Those 2 wrasses may or may not be a danger to the shrimp as they mature.

Nah, I've had a few mystery wrasses and never had one touch a shrimp. Might be that I don't push them to the edge of starvation, but I'm confident it's not an issue.

Same really with the yellow coris, I can't believe they are listed as not reef safe on many websites. I've had two that are the definition of a model fish. They seem safer than the mystery wrasses really.

 

[BigBlueTang]

Nah, I've had a few mystery wrasses and never had one touch a shrimp. Might be that I don't push them to the edge of starvation, but I'm confident it's not an issue.

Same really with the yellow coris, I can't believe they are listed as not reef safe on many websites. I've had two that are the definition of a model fish. They seem safer than the mystery wrasses really.

You're right.

Longnose hawkfish? Shrimp is bye bye!

 

[PirateToast]

You're right.

Longnose hawkfish? Shrimp is bye bye!

Again, no. I've had a few of those. I've never had a longnose hawkfish even look at a shrimp. a regular hawkfish will absolutely eat them.

 

[Jeff4777]

Maybe some Blue Throat Triggers? Got a male/female in my tank. They are friends with cleaner/peppermint shrimp.

 

[PirateToast]

Maybe some Blue Throat Triggers? Got a male/female in my tank. They are friends with cleaner/peppermint shrimp.

Interesting, I was thinking of the Blue zthroat or the Sargassum. How blue is the blue throat? A lot of the pictures seem a little washed out but they might not do it justice. Also, do you keep any tangs in there with it?

 

[Jeff4777]

Interesting, I was thinking of the Blue zthroat or the Sargassum. How blue is the blue throat? A lot of the pictures seem a little washed out but they might not do it justice. Also, do you keep any tangs in there with it?

Yeah my tank is over stocked by Reefcentral's standards but I still manage to keep 0 nitrate even with high feedings and a high bio load..

I have them with a naso, 2 yellows, 1 purple, & 2 yellow belly regals

Their pretty cool fish. When I get home I can snap a shot, the female is like a dog and begs me for food. She will eat from my hand too. The male is a little more skittish but I think its just their individual personalities.

 

[Jeff4777]

Happy family

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The male Trigger eats Nori too, he was just swimming around in this clip.