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[bamf25]

I have a 120g dt which has been cycled since April 2011. At this point I have 5 fish in the tank, and just got 5 more small fish that are in my QT.

In my tank

1 x Tonimi tang
2 x Occilaris Clowns
1 x Coral beauty anglefish
1 x Linspot Flasher Wrasse

In my qt (just got these fish so at least 4 weeks till they go into DT)

2 x Purple Firefish
3 x Jewel Anthias

Moving forward is my 120g full at this point, or can I get a few more small fish in there? If it is ok for a few more fish what would work well in my tank?

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[bamf25]

nobody?

 

[MrTuskfish]

nobody?

Why not research what YOU like and ask for comments? Picking other peoples fish is like picking their clothes.

 

[SecretiveFish]

I think that you could fit 2-3 more small fish in there if you are able to keep your water quality up but that would be it.

Here are some suggestions, but I would not pick more than 3 fish total:
- One Blenny (Bi-color, Midas or Starry would be the ones I would pick from)
- A non-sifting goby (pink-spotted watchman goby, orange spotted goby or yellow watchman goby would be my picks)
- A hawkfish as long as you are not keeping shrimp smaller ornamental (Flame, Longnose, Falco or Swallowtail Hawkfish are the ones I would pick from). Some people are able to keep shrimp with their hawkfish but many are not.
- A mandarin goby, maybe a pair if you have a refugium in your sump
- A royal gramma
- Marine Betta

You have lots of choices

 

[bamf25]

I was thinking 2 more. I had a long nose hawkfish I liked that went carpet surfing, so I was debating replacing him. Then possibly another lower in the tank fish, and that would be it. I also had a bicolor blenny at one point who looked great than died without warning. I was thinking from the start that the tank would top out at 8 to 12 fish depending on what I selected.

I have debated a mandarin, and I do have a fuge with pods in it. I have even spotted a few pods in the DT. Not sure the population is high enough to support a madarin though. The only inverts I have in the tank are some brittle stars the hitch hiked in on a piece of coral. One of the stars is hugh (likely 6 inches leg tip to leg tip), but i have never seen anything other than its legs.

 

[MrTuskfish]

I think that you could fit 2-3 more small fish in there if you are able to keep your water quality up but that would be it.

Here are some suggestions, but I would not pick more than 3 fish total:
- One Blenny (Bi-color, Midas or Starry would be the ones I would pick from)
- A non-sifting goby (pink-spotted watchman goby, orange spotted goby or yellow watchman goby would be my picks)
- A hawkfish as long as you are not keeping shrimp smaller ornamental (Flame, Longnose, Falco or Swallowtail Hawkfish are the ones I would pick from). Some people are able to keep shrimp with their hawkfish but many are not.
- A mandarin goby, maybe a pair if you have a refugium in your sump
- A royal gramma
- Marine Betta

You have lots of choices

A grown marine betta would eat half the fish he already has.

To the OP; if you had a fish jump, is your tank usually covered? You have a few fish that are known jumpers and any fish can decide to leave.

 

[bamf25]

A grown marine betta would eat half the fish he already has.

To the OP; if you had a fish jump, is your tank usually covered? You have a few fish that are known jumpers and any fish can decide to leave.

Yes, I have a 1/4 screen (the kind BRS sells) over my DT as well as my QT. There are two roughly 1 1/2 inch holes at the back of the tank along the bracing which were not covered (where i have powercords through, as well as my cords for my controller) that he somehow found. I was prepared for a jumper, but he manage it anyway. :hmm3: