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[Bobtail1075]

I am looking t get some more fish for my tank. I currently have 2 perc clown fish, a sailfin tang, a yellow tang, and a cardinal. I am wondering what I should be putting in there next. I am leaning towards a coris wrasse, manadrin, 12 - 15 Chromis, and a lawnmower blenny. I am wondering what you all have in your tanks and what you think I should get for my tank. It is a 135 gallon tank with aother 60 gallons for sump/fuge.

Thanks
Jeremy

 

[daveverdo]

I have a 90g with 11 fish, mostly small. Most people would consider it a heavy load, some here will most likely chastise me. I do have a total water volume of about 150g including all the tanks hooked into the same plumbing. I also have a decent skimmer and do regular water changes.

Fish
2 Ocellaris clowns
1 Foxface Lo (large)
1 Carpenters Wrasse
1 Sixline Wrasse
1 Yellow Coris Wrasse
1 Royal Gramma
1 Yellow Tail Damsel
1 Lawnmower Blenny
1 Green Mandarin
1 Neon Cleaner Gobie

The cleaner goby follows around the Foxface and is constantly cleaning him. Small but may keep your tangs clean.

I like my Coris its an active fish and keeps the bristle worms in check. I still have lots of bristle worms but they aren't the main feature in my tank the way they were before I got the Coris. It is cool the way he buries himself to sleep. I have only caught him coming out of the sand a few times but it scares the crap out of me. Sixline is small but adds nice color. You have a bigger tank than I have so you have more choice.

I have two tanks connected to the same sump so the water conditions are the same in all the tanks. The second tank has lots of hair algae and there is none in the display. So it is either the lights or most likely the Lawnmower or Foxface keeping it down in the display.

The Lawnmower isn't much to look at, the Sixline, Coris, Cleaner Goby all look nice and do something productive. They combne both form and function.

Inverts
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Red Mitrax Crab
Red Brittle Star
Misc Snails and Hermit Crabs
Fighting Conch

Dave

 

[fedukeford]

In my 125 i have:
Sailfin Tang
6 Chromis
Blue Tang
Flame Angel
True percula
Sixline Wrasse

How about adding another tang and a school of anthias?

 

[RyanM]

I love my Powder blue tang and my sail fin but you have a sail fin. As a matter of fact there is very few tangs I dont like. Cant go wrong with tangs IMO.

 

[drbronx]

I believe its important to consider the functional contribution of fish in addition to their ascetic appeal.
So for example tangs (which you already have) are useful for algae control.
Foxface will often eat algae that tangs won't touch including bubble and turf algaes.
Copperband Butterfly fish are one of the most beautiful fish and control against aptasia anenomes.
Sailfin Blennies control algae. I prefer the black sailfin for their looks and thet will eat prepared foods so they won't die if algae is scarce.
Various wrasses (six line, yellow coris, Hoevens etc) will consume flatworms, asternias, pyramidal snails, bristleworms etc. You have to research each wrasse depending on which organism you are trying to control since no wrasse eats them all.
Many shrimp and other gobies help sift or stir the sandbed. Neon gobies help clean parasites off of other fish.
Just some things to consider.

 

[Bobtail1075]

Thank you guys for the help. Gives me a bit to research for now. I have to find out what wrasses eat flatworms, that is my current pest.

Jeremy

 

[fedukeford]

Im pretty sure 6 line wrasses eat flatworms, not 100% sure though

 

[fordguy1992]

mine is not eaten them but its only mine

 

[nwrogers]

If you want a wrasse that may eat flatworms try one from the genus Halichoeres.

 

[Bobtail1075]

thanks nate, for anyone else who is following this and is looking for a wrasse to take care of there flatworms, here is a webpage I found that lists all the wrasses that fall into the genus nate listed.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/halichoeres.htm

Jeremy

 

[daveverdo]

I have not seen any of my fish eat flatworms. But I have two tanks plumbed together and move rock and such between the tanks. I have flatworms in the fishless tank and no flatworms in the display with fish. The scientist in me suggests the conclusion that at least one of the fish is eating them. It could also be lighting, the other difference between the tanks, but I am leaning toward a predator.

Could be: Coris Wrasse, Sixline Wrasse, Green Mandarin, possibly one of the others.

I have seen the Coris eat small bristle worms.

Dave