Stocking my 75

[gorey]

Im only doing zoas and shrooms these are the fish i have so far

Yellow tang
royal gramma
2 false clowns
1 cardnial
six line

This is in a 75g im looking to add 1 or 2 more fish, any thiughts? 1 of them may be a manderian but that will be down the line. I am kinda digging a flame angle or a blue throat trigger.

 

[corbett_n]

if you have a sixline you may not want a mandarin because they will compete for limited food. How about a sand sifting goby of some type or a couple of firefish.

 

[gorey]

Fire fish do sound kinda cool, I forgot about them. Do they carry alot of desieses? My sixline eats frozen and dried foods im not really sure if he eats a lot of copepods.

 

[chort55]

Blue Throats are SWEET I am also planning one for my 75g. Only thing is they may outgrow a 75 and eventually need to be either rehomed, or an upgrade will be needed.... Honey I need a bigger tank because my favorite fish is outgrowing this one lol

 

[returnofsid]

Any Trigger would seriously overload your bio-capacity, with the current fish list. A Coral Beauty might work, but be aware that some nip Zoanthids. As was mentioned, a Mandarin will never work with a 6 lined wrasse in that sized tank. The 6 line will just out compete for the Mandarin's required food. Even "down the road," in a 75, I would never try that combination, especially since the Rayal Gramma will also eat the same foods.

 

[corbett_n]

I don't think firefish carry many disease, but they can jump pretty well. You could have more than one easy with your setup. To me they are some of the most beautiful reef fishes available.

 

[tinyfish]

A firefish or a dwarf angel.

 

[michellejy]

You might have a problem with a firefish and your 6 line. Firefish are known jumpers, and a 6 line could harass it into jumping or staying in hiding until it starves. For some reason wrasses and firefish don't mix well.

 

[d2mini]

FWIW, so far my 6 line and firefish have been ok. As far as I've noticed. It's been a couple months.

 

[gorey]

Im going to go down to the LFS today and see what they have. But am leaning toward 2 firefish and maybe a blenny

 

[michellejy]

Unless the two firefish are a mated/bonded pair, one will kill the other one.

 

[Patroklos]

How about a watchman goby?

 

[corbett_n]

I didn't realize firefish will kill each other if they aren't a mated pair.

 

[michellejy]

Yeah, firefish are like cardinals. You see them in the fish store with a ton in a little tank and think it would be nice to have that at home. Then they get in a tank, establish a territory and start picking each other off until only one is left. If they don't outright attack each other, they intimidate others so they won't come out and starve to death.

 

[gorey]

Well ill let ya know what happens, i got 2 today. They look sweet!!