Vlamingii tang and blue reef chromis

[dbsalinas89]

Hello everyone! I have set up a new 100 gallon reef and am going to look at a vlamingii tang ( 2 inches i am aware i will have to return him soon as they grow quickly ) thursday and cant find a lot of info on them. I have read they are aggressive to other tangs but to my knowledge all tangs are aggressive towards tangs of similar size / shape / color. Are they particularly aggressive against other tangs? I wanted a yellow tang as well.

I have heard / read about the blue reef chromis and its tendency to cause shy fish to swim about more. I have seen these in several tanks and they were very fast constant swimmers but even on live aquaria to buy 12 of these ( 6 for the 100 ) would be costly. My question: are the blue reef chromis especially good at making shy fish swim about more? Or is this typically a trait of all chromis? On love aquaria it only states this trait as a trait of blue reef chromis.

In your opinion what is the best schooling fish for a reef aquarium?
I understand failure should be expected as most fail attempting schooling fish in a reef.

I have also seen this fish host in
anemones with clowns???

Should i place any worry in the blue reef chromis ( assuming these are the fish i select ) being picked on by the vlamingii tang?

 

[Jscholar]

I have 3 green chromis with a full grown vlamingii without any problems.

 

[Hal]

I have a 6" vlamingi in my tank along with a 6" hippo tang and a 4" yellow tang. They all get along. My vlamingi takes a run at my copperband every now and then, but nothing too serious. It ignores my single green chromis.

I like chromis but everytime I buy a handful (5-7) they eventually get whittled down to one. They're ok as dither fish, but I can never keep their numbers up. I think I'm pretty much done trying to get a shoal/school.

I've heard that anthias are also very good dither fish. I'm looking into them right now for a small shoal/school. Dispars are on sale at liveaquaria at the moment, and they're supposed to be some of the easier anthias to keep.

 

[dbsalinas89]

What size is your tank hal