100 gal. is almost ready! Suggestions?????

[rob 10737]

Just finished cycling my 100 gal. FO (15 days with fritz-zyme and raw shrimp!) All levels are zero. Gonna let stablize for about a week and then gonna add some fish. Hear is what I'm looking for:
1 Picasso Trigger (have in another tank, 4 inches)
1 Clown Trigger
1 Emperor Angel
1 lion (maybe if I have enough room)
In what order should I put these fish in??
And what size should they be? I already have 4 inch picasso

 

[grouperhead]

i wouldnt do the imperator in that tank. angles need more requirements and special needs. the two triggers should be ok as long as they are both small when you add them. if the clown is the same size or smaller than the picasso i think it will be ok. triggers can pick on lions when they get larger and their scales harden. for a lion a volitan(black or red), antenna or radiatta should be ok in there. other cool fish you could look into are puffers(pork, dogface, spotted, gold spotted & others),wrasses (lunare, sunset, and others of the thalassoma family), smaller groupers(blue-line, comet, maybe miniatus), hogfish(spanish would be best), eels (snowflake and most other eels that arent in the gymnothorax family could go in there). thats all i could think of. hth and gl! later, bo

 

[grouperhead]

oops, forgot to answer one of your questions. i would putt the trigger(s) in last. later, bo

 

[lionfish]

LionFish says.....
Well, definitely get rid of the Emperor Angel. They are super cool fish and have great colors and I wanted one when I was new to the hobby but I quickly learned that Angels need totally different requiremnts then aggressive fish. So, basically avoid the Emperor. I like Picasso Triggers, as I have one and he is really cool. I would add the Triggers at the same time and I would actually recommend that the Picasso be a little bigger than the clown. This is because Clowns are notorious for being very aggressive and territorial. But don't get him too small as the Picasso can be pretty territorial too. I'd say get the Clown about a half inch to an inch smaller than the Picasso.I'd recommend an Antennata Lion or Radiata because the tank is a little small for a Volitan. I wouldn't recommedn a Dwarf because the triggers can pick on the lion, although it is VERY rare, and this exact lion is kinda the baby of the family. I would go with the Antennata. They are cool and hardy. No groupers in that tank. They get pretty big and the tank would get overcrowded in time with the grouper. Puffers, especially the Porcupine Puffer, are quite popular choices. A Zebra Moray could work in the tank. I wouldn't recommend a Wrasse with 2 triggers in there. The triggers could get annoyed with the wrasse's constant movement and they may kill it off. I would say an eel or Puffer could be a fourth fish. Add the Lion first then add the Puffer or eel, then add the 2 triggers. Hope this helps ya a little.

 

[pufferlover]

My concern would be putting a Pork with 2 Triggers for the following reason. I have mentioned here before at some time about the 2 occassions where I saw Porks brought back to my lfs after a run in with Triggers (in one case a clown the other I do not know). In both cases the Triggers ate almost all the fins off the Porks and they both finally died. Between Porks and Dogfaces I have found the Porks altho having the desire to eat anybody they can swallow are fairly meek fish and do not do well with very aggressive tankmates (mainly triggers). I also have seen a Pork that a Dogface darn near killed when they were put together that Pork also died. Porks deserve to be the dominent fish in their own tank with some other fish that will give them the right of way. The idea for a eel tho appeals to me with your other choices. I agree forget the Emperor Angel.
Oh yes about the Lionfish I defer to the expert Lion man as I have only had 1 lion in my fishkeeping days (and I killed it need I say more).
[ May 16, 2001: Message edited by: Pufferlover ]

 

[robbytt]

Going along with what Lionfish said - If you do (and you should ) a picasso and clown triggers stick with his size recomendation which is to get the clown slightly smaller than the picasso. This is *exactly* what I have right now.
The interesting thing is that because the clown is too small to retaliate the playful nips he receives from the picasso with similar bites, he must resort to curling up his tail and 'whipping' the picasso -- a site to see. Keep in mind this is expected and natural.
However, its great. Its like a royal rumble in my tank and the picasso is getting body slammed by the Rock! You smell what the rock is cooking....
Wrestling rules!