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post #1 of 3
8/21/11 at 12:10pm
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I am setting up a 75 gallon tank and want some advice on my ideas. I plan on using lots of live rock and eventually a little coral. I plan to use a combination of the following: saddle back or true percula clown (going to get at pair of either), a couple domino damsel maybe, a snowflake moray, firefish gobie, yellow clown gobie. I am also interested to know if any puffers, tangs or butterfly fish would be good with the others listed? This is my fist tank this big so I am not sure how much I can stock for sure. This of course would all be done slowly, I want to start with the clowns. So I'm wondering, can I add more than this and/or will these work together? What would you recommend for a 75 gallon reef tank if you were starting one up?

 

Thanks in advance...

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post #2 of 3
8/22/11 at 3:49pm

Would not do a Puffer (even a Dwarf) if you plan on keeping corals or small fish.  I would also not do a SF Eel with small fish, they get big,  mine was 20 inches after getting him at 6, when I gave him away to a friend he munched a couple of unsuspecting Damsels.  Butterfly Fish are often gorgeous, but do not due will with corals either unfortunately. A Kole Tang or similar would be a decent choice for a 75, but in general a 75 is pretty small for most Tangs, they are very active, and get aggressive when "cramped".

 

A 75 is a great tank to keep some really beautiful "small reeftype fish", I would leave the "aggressive fish" (puffers, eels and so forth) alone.

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post #3 of 3
8/22/11 at 9:20pm

I have had toby puffers and they were fine with other fish and corals, just dont expect to keep snails. lol

I would not do an eel, likely to eat your small fish

Damsels are just plain mean

a kole or even a scopas tank should be ok though they would be pushing it.

I would do a pair of clowns

fire fish

pair of clown gobies

fairy wrasse

bi-color or tail spot blenny

maybe a royal gramma

maybe kole or scopas

 

 

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