ThRoewer
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My 100 gallon tank is fairly empty these days. Below the fish I currently have in there. At times, when the regals are deep in the rockwork and the damsel in its cave, it looks as if the tank is empty. And when the regals are out they are quite skittish due to the lack of free water fish.
I really need to add some fish that are more out in the open to give the regals more confidence to come out.
This is the current stock of that tank:
2 Pygoplites diacanthus dux, pair (Yellow Regal Angel, 95 & 80mm, West Sumatra)
2 Amphiprion percula, pair #1 (True Percula Clownfish, Solomons) - these two never leave their anemone.
2 Synchiropus splendidus, pair (Green Mandarin Fish)
1 Chrysiptera starcki, male (Starck's Damsel, Melanesia) - a female will be added as soon as I find one.
1 Neopetrolisthes maculatus (Anemone Porcelain Crab)
2 Stenopus cyanoscelis, pair (Yellow Coral Banded Shrimp)
2 Periclimenes brevicarpalis, pair #1 (White Spot Anemone Shrimp)
2 Lysmata ambionensis (Skunk Cleaner Shrimp)
2 Lysmata debelius (Fire Shrimp)
4 Lysmata wurdemanni (Pepermint Shrimp)
~8 Petrolisthes spp. (Blue Porcelain Crab)
~6 Trapezia spp. (Acropora/Pocolipora Crabs)
+ an uncounted number of hermits and snails
1 Stichodactyla gigantea, purple
Various SPS
Some LPS
Here 2 videos of the tank to get an idea of the setting:
Front view:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wuRw2mB2oiM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Side view:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RIJj9l7AEhM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The fridmanis and the blenny are no longer in the tank.
I have a pair of Yasha Gobies in QT that I may add, though as bottom dwellers they hardly do anything to resolve the issue.
I may also add a pair of bluestripe pipefish if I can get a female for the extra male I currently have in the fuge.
Tangs are not an option - the tank is too small for any and they are too nervous swimmers.
Pseudocheilinus wrasses are also a no-go since I have mandarins.
Fish that like to feast on shrimp and crabs or like to nip on corals are also off limits as I have too many of those in there.
I would like some smaller Anthias, species but I'm afraid the tank is too small for a small group, and a single may just go hiding with the rest of the gang.
The ideal fish would be not to large and predominantly in the upper third of the tank above the rock structure, a rather steady and calm swimmer and not too skittish.
Also, ideally the additions should be pairs or harem groups.
Finally, they should also not like to hide inside of turned off pumps (that's what most likely killed my fridmani gang).
So what fish would fit the bill?
I really need to add some fish that are more out in the open to give the regals more confidence to come out.
This is the current stock of that tank:
2 Pygoplites diacanthus dux, pair (Yellow Regal Angel, 95 & 80mm, West Sumatra)
2 Amphiprion percula, pair #1 (True Percula Clownfish, Solomons) - these two never leave their anemone.
2 Synchiropus splendidus, pair (Green Mandarin Fish)
1 Chrysiptera starcki, male (Starck's Damsel, Melanesia) - a female will be added as soon as I find one.
1 Neopetrolisthes maculatus (Anemone Porcelain Crab)
2 Stenopus cyanoscelis, pair (Yellow Coral Banded Shrimp)
2 Periclimenes brevicarpalis, pair #1 (White Spot Anemone Shrimp)
2 Lysmata ambionensis (Skunk Cleaner Shrimp)
2 Lysmata debelius (Fire Shrimp)
4 Lysmata wurdemanni (Pepermint Shrimp)
~8 Petrolisthes spp. (Blue Porcelain Crab)
~6 Trapezia spp. (Acropora/Pocolipora Crabs)
+ an uncounted number of hermits and snails
1 Stichodactyla gigantea, purple
Various SPS
Some LPS
Here 2 videos of the tank to get an idea of the setting:
Front view:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wuRw2mB2oiM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Side view:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RIJj9l7AEhM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The fridmanis and the blenny are no longer in the tank.
I have a pair of Yasha Gobies in QT that I may add, though as bottom dwellers they hardly do anything to resolve the issue.
I may also add a pair of bluestripe pipefish if I can get a female for the extra male I currently have in the fuge.
Tangs are not an option - the tank is too small for any and they are too nervous swimmers.
Pseudocheilinus wrasses are also a no-go since I have mandarins.
Fish that like to feast on shrimp and crabs or like to nip on corals are also off limits as I have too many of those in there.
I would like some smaller Anthias, species but I'm afraid the tank is too small for a small group, and a single may just go hiding with the rest of the gang.
The ideal fish would be not to large and predominantly in the upper third of the tank above the rock structure, a rather steady and calm swimmer and not too skittish.
Also, ideally the additions should be pairs or harem groups.
Finally, they should also not like to hide inside of turned off pumps (that's what most likely killed my fridmani gang).
So what fish would fit the bill?