Fish suggestions wanted

[FinsUp]

Hi all!
Well, my fish family got decimated by oodinium (not ich, like I previously thought). I lost everything but my coris, 6 line, and 1 tiger goby. So we set up a 55 gallon QT tank, and I'm about to set up a second one. I want to collect all the new inhabitants and QT them for a month or so while the tank lies basically fallow. I picked up a pair of nearly naked clowns yesterday.
I want to hear suggestions from everyone on which fish to get. I'm starting basically from scratch, so there aren't any 'cohabitation' issues to work around.
I have a 180 gallon mixed reef (everything from leathers to SPS), a cleaner shrimp, a scarlet shrimp, and a sea slug. So please don't recommend fish that are going to gnosh on my corals, think my shrimp are tasty treats, or make fun of Herbert (the slug).

Now... GO!

 

[303travism]

Fish suggestions wanted

Does it have an enclosed top?

 

[FinsUp]

Yes. I have a screen top for it.

 

[Smiley]

you could always go with multiple mated pairs of gobi, hell... mated pairs of everything...what does your tank temp max out at during summer? have a chiller? there are a lot of really sweet cooler water species..

 

[303travism]

Fish suggestions wanted

I really like the look of a school of firefish adds a lot of color and movement and no matter how big the tank is I think every tank needs a yellow clown goby!

 

[Smiley]

hell ya, schools of anything are cool... blue eyed cardinals are will give a flash every time they turn, some anthias would also be cool....

 

[amphispur]

Anthias are awsome IMO, just i lost all of mine due to a freak temp raise and then lower....

 

[FinsUp]

firefish disappear in my tank for reasons unknown. I never find red potato chips on the floor, but I've put about 15-20 of those things in my tank over time, and there are none now. I was considering doing a school of leopard wrasses, but I've read that those are 'expert only' fish. Might do a school of lyretail anthias instead, depending.

 

[jahmic]

+1 for anthias. If I had a bigger tank I'd definitely be getting a school of sunbursts.

 

[amphispur]

In my 150 I had a trio of sunset, lyretail, resplendent, and squarebacks

 

[Cherub]

my anthias were eating my coral so i had to pull them. I had bartletts... I really love my midas blenny. Such a character.

 

[09bumblebee]

Shark oh wait he may go after the cleaner shrimp. I love tangs. Get a naso. Everyone needs a naso tang

 

[jda123]

Genicanthus Angels and X Triggers.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-02/hcs3/
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/hcs3/

I also love leopard wrasses (if you have sand), squamipinnus anthias and chocolate tangs.

These are the only fish that i have ever had that were truly reef safe.

I love other tangs, Purple, Black and Gem especially, but they will nip and pick as they grow.

You might consider letting your tank sit fallow for 2 months - 1 might not be enough.

 

[xxHLTxx]

leopard or potters wrasses... i cant get enough of them, always active and get upset and splash water out the top of the tank when i move out of line of sight of the tank!

i cant suggest a clown goby, in my 75g i had a green and yellow and they disappeared in a matter of days, too big of a tank for them IMO, but if you have some low flow areas for them to perch it might be a good addition!

 

[ReefCheif]

Tangs, wrasses and gobies! Wait, thats my tank. LOL

 

[Ambrosio Aquatics]

what about Basslets. i looooove Basslets

 

[JNG]

What a bummer Cindy, did Mikes tank get infected also.

 

[FinsUp]

Re: Fish suggestions wanted

what about Basslets. i looooove Basslets

Any certain kind of basslet?

What a bummer Cindy, did Mikes tank get infected also.

He lost a copperband. Soooo glad we hadn't put his fancybutt clowns in it yet.

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[FinsUp]

Re: Fish suggestions wanted

Tangs, wrasses and gobies! Wait, thats my tank. LOL

Lol! That's what it'll wind up being if I am left to my own devices. I like boring fish.

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[Ambrosio Aquatics]

depends on how deep your pockets are lol but here is one of my favorite (affordable) swalesi basslet aka http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/articles/a-reef-basslet-part1-bassle.jpg
the poor mans candy basslet

Any certain kind of basslet?



He lost a copperband. Soooo glad we hadn't put his fancybutt clowns in it yet.

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