Tankmate Ideas

[Pacu22]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forums and marine aquariums! I started with a bumble bee grouper, then added a tesselata eel (tank is a 210 fowlr). BAD idea! Needless to say I have since gotten rid of the tessy, and I am left with the BBG (10" eyeball) and a small rectangular trigger. Looking to add more to the tank, just not sure what. Any ideas?

 

[Pacu22]

Nobody?

 

[Grouperhead]

I'd get rid of the bumblebee before adding anything else, because it will just become an expensive snack at some point in time.

Bumblebees simply get too large for home aquaria.

 

[mantid]

Add some filefish and more triggers. Maybe even a small snowfake eel while your fish are small, it will grow up with them. You could also add a veriety of starfish since you dont have corals.

 

[Monkeyfish]

I'd get rid of the bumblebee before adding anything else, because it will just become an expensive snack at some point in time.

Bumblebees simply get too large for home aquaria.

+1 That grouper will outgrow your tank quickly and will eat anything that fits in its mouth.

Starfish + trigger = dead starfish

When SFE get larger they will eat any fish they can catch if they're hungry. The idea that fish grow up together and become "friends" is just silly.

 

[Pacu22]

Ok. I guess I saw that coming. So if I ditched the grouper what could I put with the trigger? Would a panther grouper live well with the trigger?

 

[rubensito]

if you liked your tesselata why not go with some eels, plenty of options in eels in a tank that size. i'd go with a miniatus instead of panther due to Smaller size and better color

 

[nanoreefer1000]

IMO look into big wrasse, a grouper would be cool.

 

[Monkeyfish]

Ok. I guess I saw that coming. So if I ditched the grouper what could I put with the trigger? Would a panther grouper live well with the trigger?

Panther grouper would do okay. Keep in mind they get to be about a foot long.

Other fish to consider
Lunare wrasse
Klunzinger wrasse
dwarf angels
coris gaimard
maori wrasse (smaller species)
popeye catalufa/short bigeye
puffer (dogface, etc.)
purple or yellow tang

 

[randomfishguy85]

Panther grouper would do okay. Keep in mind they get to be about a foot long

panther groupers get much larger than that. i believe around 3 feet. But on the positive side, i think all the fish you suggested would fit in great. I would also like to add:

Large angels
tangs
damsels
pebbletooth eels
certain clowns
more triggers

 

[Monkeyfish]

panther groupers get much larger than that. i believe around 3 feet. But on the positive side, i think all the fish you suggested would fit in great. I would also like to add:

Large angels
tangs
damsels
pebbletooth eels
certain clowns
more triggers

Uh, no. Panther groupers (Cromileptes altivelis) tend to top out around 18", but are usually a little smaller in the home aquarium. Large angels will outgrow a 6ft tank as will many tangs (Naso vlamingii, etc.), though there are a good number that will do fine in a 6 footer.

 

[randomfishguy85]

ive personally seen an 24" panther grouper at an lfs near where i live.

 

[randomfishguy85]

i just looked it up in scott w. michaels basslets, dottybacks & hawkfishes, and you're right. they dont get to 3 feet. they get to 27.6 in. But they still get much too large for a 210.