What are your favorite fish to keep in your Zoa/paly tank?

I'm just setting up 37 gallon reef. I'll have zoas as well as other soft corals. Just wondering, for those of you that keep wrasses in your gardens do you have any invertebrates in with them? Also, what would be the best wrasse for my 37 gallon?
 
I am probably one of the craziest, if not the craziest... I love my passer angel, even in with my zoa's :)

I love him in my tank, because of he is an amazingly good looking fish IMO as angels are my favorite type of fish (I also have a flame, and plans to add a queen, and emporer as well). I wouldn't recommend anyone else adding a passer (or any other large angel for that matter) as it is a risky situation, but so far so good for me and my buddy :)
 
I'm just setting up 37 gallon reef. I'll have zoas as well as other soft corals. Just wondering, for those of you that keep wrasses in your gardens do you have any invertebrates in with them? Also, what would be the best wrasse for my 37 gallon?

there is always that posibility that the fish will mess with your inverts but in my experience andy invert that is in the tank before you add the wrasse is usualy safe. now it also depends on the wrasse and its temperment as to wether or not it will mess with inverts. i have had wrasse that wanted nothing to do with them and then i have had wrasse that would try and eat every invert i put in the tank.

so any shrimp or special inverts you want in your tank, i would add before you get a wrasse. just remember this is not always the case and just from what i have observed over the years.
 
I am probably one of the craziest, if not the craziest... I love my passer angel, even in with my zoa's :)

I love him in my tank, because of he is an amazingly good looking fish IMO as angels are my favorite type of fish (I also have a flame, and plans to add a queen, and emporer as well). I wouldn't recommend anyone else adding a passer (or any other large angel for that matter) as it is a risky situation, but so far so good for me and my buddy :)

you are a brave zoa keeper my friend, i would hate to see my prize zoas get eaten... i think i woould have too....:furious::uzi:
 
I keep a Possum wrasse , Mystery wrasse, Solarensis wrasse, and a malenarus wrasse in mine and a whole lot of other fish.


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you are a brave zoa keeper my friend, i would hate to see my prize zoas get eaten... i think i woould have too....:furious::uzi:

Well being that I don't have many that most would consider "high end" I'm not to worried. My biggest colony is of Texas Trash (I know LOL). My most expensive are probably my jokers, but he is a good guy and doesn't mess with any of my zoa's.... If he does pick up a taste I have homes lined up for the zoa's already where I could get a frag back down the road when I set up another tank ;)
 
you are a brave zoa keeper my friend, i would hate to see my prize zoas get eaten... i think i woould have too....:furious::uzi:

I have a regal tang and a Rusty Angel in my reef tank.. They haven't touched any of my corals yet.. But I make sure they always have a clip to munch on just in case...
 
all i have in my zoa tank is my mandarin goby aalthough i never see it. i see alot of people have wrasses in their tank is there one that eats peanut worms, and would my mandarin have to compete with it for pods?
 
all i have in my zoa tank is my mandarin goby aalthough i never see it. i see alot of people have wrasses in their tank is there one that eats peanut worms, and would my mandarin have to compete with it for pods?

Peanut worms typically come out after the lights are out, after the fish have tucked themselves away for the night. So I'd venture a guess of "no", but there could always be one that does. Yes, many of the wrasses also like to pick for pods, so they would be direct competition for a mandarin.
 
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