Suggestion for an additional fish

[Reef Bass]

I am contemplating adding a new resident to my 100g (60x16x24) mixed reef and would appreciate thoughts on whether that is wise, and if not totally insane, what suitable reef safe candidates might be.

There are 5 fish currently: a 4-5" chevron tang, a 5-6" blackspot foxface rabbitfish, a 4" male melanurus wrasse, a 2-3" flame hawkfish and a 3" royal gramma.

Your thoughts please.

Thank you.

 

[falconut]

You should be able to add, just wouldn't add another big fish.

 

[hobbzz]

You definitely have room for more, assuming your filtration can handle it and you have enough rock for hiding/sleeping.

Some good ones (not all obviously):
midas blenny
starry blenny
ember blenny
cardinals
anthias
flasher or fairy wrasses
mandarin depending on how much rock you have and how long the tank has been set up
clownfish pair
yellowhead jawfish
blue reef chromis
scissortail dartfish
firefish
possum wrasse
pistol shrimp/goby combo

 

[hobbzz]

I should add that not all those fish I listed would be compatible with each other, but most are. That's just a good list of fish to look into.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

I am contemplating adding a new resident to my 100g (60x16x24) mixed reef and would appreciate thoughts on whether that is wise, and if not totally insane, what suitable reef safe candidates might be.

There are 5 fish currently: a 4-5" chevron tang, a 5-6" blackspot foxface rabbitfish, a 4" male melanurus wrasse, a 2-3" flame hawkfish and a 3" royal gramma.

Your thoughts please.

Thank you.

I don't think you have enough wrasses in that size tank I would add 2-3 fairy/flasher wrasses if you have a good skimmer.

 

[Reef Bass]

Thank you gentlemen for your responses. I like most of those varieties mentioned. A few might be a bit delicate but I appreciate the suggestions.

Tank has a fair amount of live rock and has been set up here for 2 years and was at my old house for 8 or 9 years before that. I should scrape the algae off the front and take a FTS.

Yeah, it doesn't have to be a larger fish. While I'd love another tang, I think that would be unwise.

My primary concern about wrasses whose name starts with F (gosh they're beautiful) is my open top. So I'd have to do something about that. Could happen. They'd be a lovely addition.

I do have a bit of worry about how new introductions would be received. I've seen aggression from my chevron, melanurus and flame hawk towards new additions, depending on the specie of new comer. The chevron went after the flame hawk initially but they're fine now. The melanurus went after another Halichoeres introduction. The flame hawk savaged a goby. I'm guessing I'd need to use some kind of acclimation box or something.

I plan to QT and fatten anything before introduction.

Any other species I should consider?

 

[Martini5788]

I would definitely get an acclimation box. New addition in there for a few days, and then if there is a problem then the aggressor goes in there for a few days. I am a huge puffer fan, so look into a valentini. I am assuming you don't have any shrimp( because of hawkfish) to worry about. Even then it might not be a big issue.

 

[Reef Bass]

Yeah no shrimp, though it's because I get tired of their plundering the gut sucks of freshly fed LPS.

I am also fond of puffers. I had a Tyleri Toby puffer for two years and enjoyed it very much. I was also pleased how little the other fish seemed to care about it. Easy introduction. No violence. However, my duncans stopped expanding at all and eventually perished. While I never saw him picking at them, a new replacement duncan frag is expanded all the time now.

 

[Jade5051]

Angelfish or dwarf angelfish!