Reef safe fish with COLOR

[Becks]

Flame angel?

 

[madweazl]

Yeah, keeping the shrimp means no hawks, no hogs, no halichoeres wrasses. I'd choose those over shrimp any day, it's your tank! That's the beauty of this hobby.

What about a small harem of lyretail anthias? I've kept them in the past only feeding once or twice a day.

Midas blenny is a fun fish. Orchid dotties are pretty (but big-time hiders), same with Royal Grammas.

There is one species of angel that actually reef-safe. Take a look at these:
http://aquarium-fish.liveaquaria.com/search?w=Genicanthus

A pair of Watanabei would be pretty sweet.

I wouldn't do lyretail (or any anthias for that matter) if you aren't feeding three times daily.

 

[marleesan]

Kind of a dilemma here.....I like my shrimp, but I also want more fish!

Only thing that concerns me about any of the fish that require a minimum of 125 gallons, is that I'm at 130. I am right there, at the minimum. What will that do to the stress/health of the fish? There are quite a few 125's that I have liked. Just being that close seemed to be too SMALL.

as for the midas. I have the orange prawn goby, and I would like the ugly starry blenny. Would the Midas tangle with either one of these?

It depends on the tank length as well. In a 6 foot 130 a tang should be okay, but I would not put a purple as they will become aggressive

 

[reef tank 2.0]

the tank is 6ft in length

 

[Focal]

Get an autofeeder if you aren't able to feed during the day.

 

[snorvich]

Flame angel?

Not reef safe

 

[brett559]

Not reef safe

But, oh so pretty!!!!

Your options really do go down quite a bit when you have a tank in the <150g range, want to keep corals and care about shrimp....

 

[WLachnit]

Get an autofeeder if you aren't able to feed during the day.

+1, I have had no problem keeping Anthias with an autofeeder during the day and feeding frozen in the early evening.

 

[MuShu]

A coral beauty and/or potter's angelfish. "Reef safe" is hit or miss with these, but it really depends on the individual.

Zebra dartfish kept in groups are pretty colorful. I would also suggest wrasses.

 

[PeterHall]

I enjoy my trio of lyretail anthias in my 150. I have an auto feeder go off twice a day and then feed some frozen in the morning and evenings if I remember, if I forget no big deal.

Royal grammas are nice. Banggai cardinalfish too. My melanarus wrasse has been reef safe. Leopard wrasses are colorful too. I like lots of little fish. You could also do a pair of neon cleaner gobies.

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[Becks]

My coral beauty ignores Lps, I don't have any sps though