What would you put in a 187 gallon?

[fishfreak2009]

What would you put? Currently I have:
1 Pomacanthus semicirculatus
1 Centropyge loricula
2 Amphiprion ocellaris
1 Amphiprion melanopus
1 Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis
1 Linckia laevegita

I know for sure I'm adding 2 Heniochus diphreutes, 1 Centropyge bicolor, and 1 Centropyge bispinosus. Any other suggestions that don't cost a fortune?

 

[fishfreak2009]

forgot to add, I have some mushrooms, zoanthids, and an electric green toadstool coral.

 

[DrBegalke]

I would only keep one dwarf angel in a tank that size.

You have a pretty good stock list so far, if anything, maybe some anthia or a tang...

 

[fishfreak2009]

I would only keep one dwarf angel in a tank that size.

I had a coral beauty, a flame, a bicolor, and a potter's in the tank together for 6 months thriving before my parents added a copperband butterfly to the tank without me knowing and without going through quarantine while I was on a school trip. By the time I got back everything had been killed, since my parents had no idea what velvet was or how to treat it.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

I think the butterflies will be OK and the dwarves will probably scrap until they sort things out. I would add a tang and perhaps skip the bicolor angel, maybe a yellow eye kole.

 

[fishfreak2009]

I'm actually thinking:

1 Flame Angel (Centropyge loricula)*
1 Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge bicolor)
1 Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosus)
1 Koran Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus)*
1 Longnosed Butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus)
2 Schooling Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes)
1 Pearlscale Butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus)
2 Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)**
1 Cinnamon Clownfish (Amphiprion melanopus)*
1 Male Squareback Anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
1 Diamond Sleeper Goby (Valenciennea puellaris)
1 Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
1 Desjardin's Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma desjardini)
1 Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus)
1 Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris)
1 Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus lubbocki)
1 Yellow-Flanked Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis)*

3 Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
1 Blue Linckia Starfish (Linckia laevegita)*
25 Super Tongan Nassarius Snail (Nassarius distortus)
75 Astraea Snail (Astraea tecta)
1 Fighting Conch (Strombus sp.)

* means I already have it.

BTW, the tank has a skimmer for up to a 250 gallon tank, gets a weekly 20% water change, and has a 55 gallon refugium.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

I'm to tired to say how good this list is but the koran angelfish is going to get too large.

 

[FishAddict87]

and two different types of clownfish isnt a good idea. the tomato may cause a problem

 

[Toddrtrex]

What are the dimensions of this tank?

 

[fishfreak2009]

The tank is 60x24x30 tall. I am pretty sure I am not going to put the desjardin's sailfin in though. After reading the tang thread I think it's too big. As for the clowns, the ocellaris are a breeding pair that is established in the tank, but after keeping the melanopus (which is an adult female) in a breeder box for a while, they seem to have gotten accustomed to one another and they get along great. Each species seems to have claimed one half of the tank (since I have no anemones).

 

[Toddrtrex]

I would think about finding a new how for that koran angel, going to get way too large for a 60 inch tank.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

I really wasn't thinking this was a 5 foot tank, glad the sailfin is out and I agree the Koran is probably too big for a long term fish. Korans are not particularly fast growers IMO, how big is it now?

 

[fishfreak2009]

it's about 4 inches long. As for the koran, I'm definitely keeping it. It is probably one of my favorite fish. I have plans to upgrade it to an 8 foot system when it outgrows this tank, and if I am unable to do so, I already have a few people lined up who would love to buy the angel from me.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

The koran is such an underrated fish, I think the adults are just beautiful and it should be good for quite a few years in that tank at that size.