200 gal: will my stock list do?

spongeycrab

spongeycrab

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I know, I know I already made a thread sating that I would be getting 120 gal but... I decided wait and get a bigger tank so I can have more and bigger fish. Also I already have a 20 gallon fresh so that will feed my fish tank addiction for now...
Ok this is my revamped list:
Snowflake Clownfish pair
Sunshine Chromis trio
Mellanarus Wrasse
Leopard Wrasse
Possum Wrasse
Two Barred Rabbitfish
Leopard Toby Puffer
Harlequin Tusk
Kole Yellow Eyed Tang
Tomini Tang
Convict Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Elinor Mimic Tang
So whadda ya think?
Oh what other fish should I get if any?
And please be nice
 
novahobbies

novahobbies

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I thought I was nice in my response.

Cool that you're getting a bigger tank...bigger the better I say!
You still have a lot of tangs there. Hopefully someone will chime in who has experience keeping multiple tangs. The two Ctenochaetus genera (the Tomini and the Kole) will probably be fine together. The Acanthurus genera (Convice, PBT, and Mimic) may have some aggression. I love PBTs also, but I think that one will be the schoolyard bully in there. In the wild, Convict tangs are known to school in massive shoals that swim for miles, raiding algae spots. They rely on numbers to bully out other fish on the coral heads so they can get at the algae...they're not that aggressive when alone, however. PBTs have been known to join large tang schools, but more often they stake out a spot and defend it as their territory. In a small tank (and yes, even 200g is "small" when you consider the wild) a PBT may decide the whole darn tank is "his," and will defend against other tangs. Just something to be aware of.
And you didn't clarify, but I'm guessing with a Tusk and a Puffer that you're certainly NOT going for a live reef, yes?
 
spongeycrab

spongeycrab

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Originally Posted by novahobbies http:///t/392414/200-gal-will-my-stock-list-do#post_3484302
I thought I was nice in my response.

Cool that you're getting a bigger tank...bigger the better I say!
You still have a lot of tangs there. Hopefully someone will chime in who has experience keeping multiple tangs. The two Ctenochaetus genera (the Tomini and the Kole) will probably be fine together. The Acanthurus genera (Convice, PBT, and Mimic) may have some aggression. I love PBTs also, but I think that one will be the schoolyard bully in there. In the wild, Convict tangs are known to school in massive shoals that swim for miles, raiding algae spots. They rely on numbers to bully out other fish on the coral heads so they can get at the algae...they're not that aggressive when alone, however. PBTs have been known to join large tang schools, but more often they stake out a spot and defend it as their territory. In a small tank (and yes, even 200g is "small" when you consider the wild) a PBT may decide the whole darn tank is "his," and will defend against other tangs. Just something to be aware of.
And you didn't clarify, but I'm guessing with a Tusk and a Puffer that you're certainly NOT going for a live reef, yes?
Oh I wasn't saying you wern't nice I was just saying be nice becuase some people get mad when you your mind once. Oh and I was thinking the PBT was going to be argessive too so... I think I might sub him for a diffrent fish or two small fish. What do you recommend?
 
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