what fish next?

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elrey

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hi i have a 72g bowfront with a 55g refugium/sump, my lifestock right now is: 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 bangaii cardinal, 1 firefish. i just lost a signal goby it just dissapeared, my parameters are good only thing nitrates are a little high like at 10-20 ppm, im going to work on that doing 10g water changes weekly. Right now i want to a new fish, my tank for now is a fowler with 2 feather duster. what you recommend me to add? i like to add some color and live to the tank.
Thanks for your suggestions!
 
Small blennies, shrimp gobies (with shrimp) if want a few more fish...
If you don't want more the dwarf angels or small butterflys would be good...
 
The McCosker's Flasher Wrasse is one of my favorite fish. Only territorial with other wrasses is a non aggressive fish with huge personality. Mine gets along well with 2 fairy wrasses. It slowly roams all the tanks and likes to be out and about. Its colors are just beautiful and you don't run risks if decide to acquire corals in the future.
Here's a picture of mine:
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yeah a butterfly! thats what is next! i like the banana wrasse but he is a agressive, and i like a more peaceful tank, maybe a buttlerfly and a small goby. Thanks everyone!
 
elrey said:
yeah a butterfly! thats what is next! i like the banana wrasse but he is a agressive, and i like a more peaceful tank, maybe a buttlerfly and a small goby. Thanks everyone!
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Do take into account that if you want to eventually turn this into a reef tank with corals that a butterfly won't be the best addition as they tend to nip at corals...some more aggressively then others.
 
Im retracting the idea of the butterfly, what about adding a One spot Foxface, the McCosker's Flasher Wrasse, and another bangaii?
Dont sure about the other bangaii cardinal but i read somewhere that they dont like to be alone.
 
Cardinals are a schooling type of fish. While they prefer the safety of the groups, they don't require it to be ok. I like the shape of the foxface but it's a poisonous fish so I stay away from everything that can send me running to the ER.
You may also want to look at the Midas Blenny. They're beautiful, peaceful, great personality and hardy. Only downside is they can jump and that is true for the Wrasse as well so just be careful.
 
oops didn't mean banana..try looking up yellow coris wrasse.
two bangaiis not a good idea eventually one will kill the other.
 
How about a Tricolor Wrasse? Mine is my favorite fish - he swims out front and through caves and is peaceful and colorful.
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