Suggestions on fish to add

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I have a tall 150 gal tank. 48L x 24W x 30T
It's a mixed reef (mushrooms, leathers, lps, sps). I'm looking to add a couple fish in the next several months and am looking for suggestions.
Fish I have:
Hippo tang, tomni tang, 2 clowns, 6 line wrasse, blue chromis, flame angel, and a Banggai Cardinalfish

I'd like fish that spend time swimming and being visible. Is there a butterfly that's really reef safe or are they all a bit of a gamble?
 
Recliner said:
Is there a butterfly that's really reef safe or are they all a bit of a gamble?
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Pyramids aka Hemitaurichthys sp. are supposed to be reef safe. But IMO, they are not the prettiest.

IME; Copperband Butterflyfish are mostly reef safe. But you can't keep clams and sometimes zoas with them.
 
I have been thinking about anthias but they have to be fed multiple times a day right? With my work schedule I could feed them multiple time a day about 60% of the time. The other 40% it would be just a single feeding. Could that work?

I had a copperband a couple years ago (when I was new) he lasted a month. I'd love another, but I haven't heard of many people having luck keeping them long term.
That pyramid butterfly looks pretty good. I agree it's not the best looking butterfly, but better then a klieni and I could use a fish with yellow.
 
Some Anthias are a little easier to keep than others. If you have an autofeeder for 1-2 feedings per day and you take care of the other one (frozen) it would be fine. Most of them would be ok with two feedings per day.
 
Is your hippo not out all day? You should get rid of the six line and the chromis, then get some flasher and fairy wrasse. A sargassum or blue throat trigger would be a active fish in your tank out all the time
 
My hippo spends about half his time wedged between 2 rocks. I've moved things around and he just finds a new place to wedge himself.
My 6 line is awesome, always out and people always say it's the biggest 6 line they've ever seen. I agree on getting rid of the chromis, but I don't have a way to catch it, so I'm stuck with it.
Came across a pic of a splendid dotty back. That's now on my list.
 
johanasu said:
Some Anthias are a little easier to keep than others. If you have an autofeeder for 1-2 feedings per day and you take care of the other one (frozen) it would be fine. Most of them would be ok with two feedings per day.
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I was thinking of an auto feeder just have to decide if I want anthias bad enough to justify buying it. I always turn my powerheads off for feeding, but wouldn't be able to do that when the auto feeder does it. Guess the fish would learn to swim fast for their food
 
I looked up their compatibility chart and they don't go with pseudochromis. Since I really want a splendid dotty back I'll have to pass on the banana fish
 
Recliner said:
I'd like fish that spend time swimming and being visible. Is there a butterfly that's really reef safe or are they all a bit of a gamble?
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long nose bf from most i've read are reef safe. i had one for a short time in a mixed setup it did fine.. just make sure any powerheads are not open.. still grieving over that mishap.
ill be getting antoher after my upgrade.
 
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