75 gallon stocking ideas and advice

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siptang

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I would be arrested by tang police if they knew what I have in my tank lmbo.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by LITTLEDYNAM1TE http:///t/393053/75-gallon-stocking-ideas-and-advice/40#post_3494629
My list right now
2 yellow tangs
1 blue tang
Atleast 2 clown fish
And a few damsels
Subject to change
Natural saltwater I think
Damsel are evil mean little pretty fish....they even bite you drawing blood when they mature and if you have less aggressive fish in with them, they will kill them.
I speak from experience here: I know it sounds easy to remove a fish when it outgrows a tank...but it is near impossible unless you completely tear down all the rock work and dismantle the tank. Hippo tangs need a min 100g tank, it will outgrow the 75g and they are able to go completely flat under the rocks to hide from you. They will move to rock to rock until there is no place else to go. When I say dismantle the rockwork...I mean just that, also they are easy to stress and if there is ich in the tank, they are the first to get it.
I have never had a yellow tang, and I think I already posted why I didn't and why I don't think you should.
Some good choices for your tank: (pick and choose, not all at once)

  • A dwarf angelfish (coral beauty, bicolor or my favorite, the Lemonpeel)

  • Fairy wrasses

  • Firefish

  • Foxface rabbit fish

  • Kole tang

  • Dottyback

  • Royal gramma
    Yellow watchman goby
    2 Clown fish
    Purple tile fish
    Lawnmower blenny
    CB Erectus Seahorses
    Blue reef chromis (also blue/green and green)
Don't limit yourself on your choices, a really good book to have on hand to help you decide on what fish to get....

Example page:
 
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siptang

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Step away from 2 yellow tangs. Too much yellow for your own good lol. They poop like heck just want to let you know.
You shouldn't get damsels they will make you bleed in the end. Trust me.
 
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flower

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Originally Posted by LITTLEDYNAM1TE http:///t/393053/75-gallon-stocking-ideas-and-advice/40#post_3494757
Ok I think I get it now it's not a size thing it's an agerision thing
Well actually it's both. The best thing to do...is to get a fish for the right size of your tank when ADULT, you purchase a fish as small thing but they grow. Because what you add affects everything in the tank...pick your favorite must have fish that you can keep in your tank, and build from there. Your fav fish might have to be added last, depanding on what you want...but make sure the tank mates will get along with it when you finally do add it, you build the stock list so you can enjoy your fish, not just to put fish in willy nilly.
It's really hard on you, your tank, and your fish to put something in and decide you want something else...net the critter out, and add something different. It gets crazy, and it really stresses the fish. So plan before you do anything..take your time and be selective.
When stocking the tank take into account:

  • Food needs (some fish may eat the other tank mates, or your CUC...some only live on certain live foods needed in abundance)

  • Temp needs (some fish like it warm, some colder...you want everyone healthy and happy)
    Water quality needs (some sea critters must have a very established tank to live in)
    Tank mates (not all fish get along with each other or the same species, body type, or color)
I know that sounds like so hard to decide what to stock...that's why I told you to get the book I posted pictures of. It will save you untold troubles and money. Lots of folks go in and ask the LFS...but they don't really know everything in your tank, or how it's set up, or for how long...and as a result you end up with serious issues to have to deal with, and sometimes dead expensive fish.
 
littledynam1te

littledynam1te

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Ik that most of that was common senses and all of that was past knowledge as well
But i was talking about the yellow tangs we where discussing before is it the size of the tank that matters or there aggression
 
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siptang

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I honestly think you can get away with yellow tang but its just me.
I have no room to talk about tangs in small tanks so I will watch this from the sidelines.
 
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flower

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Originally Posted by LITTLEDYNAM1TE http:///t/393053/75-gallon-stocking-ideas-and-advice/40#post_3494765
Ik that most of that was common senses and all of that was past knowledge as well
But i was talking about the yellow tangs we where discussing before is it the size of the tank that matters or there aggression
It is both, a yellow tang needs space...at least 6ft, and they if they don't have that space they stress and get nasty mean trying to establish territory. Now remember I am going on information I have read. From experience....I had a 90g which is a 4ft tank, after doing my homework, I decided to not try to keep a yellow tang because of what I read. (remember my tank was a 90g not a 75g) but I managed to keep a Blue Hippo tang by building rock in the center of my tank as I explained below....something you might try. We are talking about a yellow tang, you can't keep a blue hippo tang in a 75g. you will end up dismantling the rock work to remove it if you do.
Tank Size Problem, possible solution: If you build your rock in the very middle of the tank, leaving the front area and the back area open for the fish to be able to swim in a circle it will give it the illusion of a larger tank and the tang shouldn't do the caged lion pace, and not be stressed, making him get mean about space...so that would give him 8ft of swim room instead of 4ft. Be sure to make lots of swim thru caves to give the other fish escape paths to get out of his way, that will also give him a change of pace if he wants to swim thru himself...a little fancy rock building and you should be able to make it doable. keep in mind that the rocks have to be built on the bottom of the tank and sand put around it (you can't build on shifting sand), the structure must be very stable or you will have crushed critters or a broken tank.
Aggression Problem, possible solution: You could do only one yellow tang in a 75g. No other fish that are yellow in the majority of it's body, and nothing that is wide bodied and shaped like him. Add him last so the other fish can stake their territory first. You will have to watch and see if he gets possessive, if he starts chasing the other tank mates and nipping their fines, you will have to remove him. However, by adding him last you might be able to keep him without him getting aggressive.
I hope that helps.
 
littledynam1te

littledynam1te

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If I put a hippo tang it would only be taken out if he is dead... I want a few tangs I may just get one but if I got 2 and put them in at the same time will they breed instead of fight?
 
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siptang

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Lol, no they won't breed.
It's do-able that you can add couple of tangs at the same time but you would need whole lot of rocks, caves for the tang to graze, hide and claim it as it's own territory.
See my tank for reference. Recommended? Not really. Do-able? Hmm... depends.
 
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flower

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Originally Posted by LITTLEDYNAM1TE http:///t/393053/75-gallon-stocking-ideas-and-advice/40#post_3494892
If I put a hippo tang it would only be taken out if he is dead... I want a few tangs I may just get one but if I got 2 and put them in at the same time will they breed instead of fight?
A Hippo tang will get too large for a 75g...it is not doable for you.
Get one yellow tang...why is that so hard to accept??? I give up.
 
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flower

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Originally Posted by Siptang http:///t/393053/75-gallon-stocking-ideas-and-advice/40#post_3494916
Because it's something that he doesn't want to hear lol.
You fought a good battle flower.

LOL..Sometimes I think Wayner returned under a different name, or has a brother. Some folks just have to do things their own way, and learn the lesson from the school of hard knocks. Oh well, no sense to keep going back and forth...life is too short.
 
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siptang

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True.
I was like that as well. well I was attached to my fish for different reasons but I did get rid of most of them that I was able to but still will be arrested by tang police if they ever saw my tank lol.
 
reefr

reefr

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good fight flower. I know what you mean how the OP has a predetermined mind.... frustrating.
 
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