225 with nano fish

civickid

civickid

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I have a 225 that has been up and running for a year as a aggressive and the fish always hide so im making it a giant nano with a ton of small fish maybe a couple of schools. What kinda fish do you think would be good. The tank has 200lbs of live rock and just a yellow tang.
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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Personally don't know why you would want little fish in a big tank lol. But I'm one to talk cuz in our 125 we have 3 yellow tangs, hippo and alot of SMALL FISH. lol.
I like how our yellow tangs school together, its very cool that could be an idea. As for other schooling fish:
Green Chromis are very colorful maybe 7-10 or them or Anthias there are alot of very pretty anthias.
 
moby

moby

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Cardinal fish school very well and are extremely peaceful. Also if you want you could try saltwater cats, only possible problem is they pair off into breeders when mature.
Of course the chromis and anthias school very well.
Moby
 
milomlo

milomlo

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I don't know for sure but I don't think firefish school....But IDK
can you mix green and blue chromis to make a school????
How many cardinals can you get for a school?
 
moby

moby

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I'm not 100% sure about the firefish schooling, I personnally have never seen them do it. But that doesn't mean they won't.
If you are going to go the the chromis route, I don't believe they will mix. You would at best end up with each type forming their own school.
For cardinals I have five and they all hang out together 99% of the time. The only thing to remember is they are very peaceful and do not do well with more boisterous fish. Also they do not actively swim the tank very often, usually they hang in a group over a outcrop of rock they have "claimed".
Moby
 
civickid

civickid

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Im getting ready to order some fish. What do you think about this list: 15 green Chromis, 2 scooter blennies and 3 fire fish. If any of you think i should do the fish differently let me know. I found a wholesale site that tells you in the description if the fish school or not so i have a list of fish i want to get. Only time will tell if the school or not. Do you think that im adding to many fish at one time and how often do you think i could add fish like this without a problem.
 
J

jupoc911

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definitly go with Anthias School, Yellow Tang (3), A few types of fairy wrasses, flame Angel, and a Powder Blue.
 
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