suggestions on new fish??

[jaymz101]

I have a 50 wide tank with ~40lbs of live rock, mushrooms, zoos, and star plyps. Im getting a T5 light in the next few months. Live stock (besides above) include 1 yellow tang, 3 bg chromis, lawnmower blenny, florida blenny, 6line wrasse, and a smattering of snails and hermit crabs. I will be adding some more lr (~ 20lbs) and I will house some LPS and softies in the near future too.

I was thinking of adding one (or a few) new fish. Im just stumped as to what I should add. I want some red/orange color and I wanted to keep them pretty small (3-4 in max). No Centropygae spp.

I was thinking a few flasher wrasses, or anthias, or a flame hawkfish. Maybe a pair of ocellaris clowns and a bulb tip?

Something else I should consider? Stay away from any of the above? Experiences with any of the above? Something cool I havent considered?

Thanks in advance..

Sean

 

[hgbarwick]

How about a pair of black percula clowns.

 

[Jeremy Blaze]

IMO I think you are fully stocked.

 

[EvilMel]

I don't want to be a jerk or anything BUT...I agree on the fully stocked comment. This is especially important if you consider that most of the anthias get to be at least 4 inches and some up to like 8, plus most of them need to be kept in groups. That's a lot of fish to add to a 50g tank.

IMO it's better to err on the side of lower bioload (rather than higher).

But if you are dead set on getting new fish, have you considered any of the smaller gobies? I guess the 6-line might have a problem with them though.

 

[stykthyn]

I would remove the yellow tang. 50 is way too small for one especially with the large amount of LR you have. Take him out and get some clownfish. The hawk may not be suitable, it might find some of its other tankmates tasty.

 

[Monkeyfish]

The tang will eventually outgrow the tank. I would NOT put anthias in a tank that size. If you remove the tang a flamehawk would be an excellent addition.

 

[Horizon Canopy]

Stay away from adding any flasher/fairy wrasses as the 6-line will kill it. I would also stay away from adding any anthias, imo, they need more than 50G.

 

[Amy83820]

Maybe if you took the tang out you could add two smaller fish. Looks like the tank is pretty fully stocked already. Black percs are pretty cool.