Caribbean fish?

seasquirt

New Member
I was considering setting up a biotopic tank with fish commonly seen near the Florida Keys... I'm thinking it should be about 200 gallons. This is still very much in the planning stages, as I am kind of poor! It will be fish-only with live rock (FL Keys rock), and here are my fish ideas so far:
Queen Angel
Sergeant Major
Atlantic blue Tang
Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurga) if I can find one
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
Cuban hogfish
If there are any bad ideas in here, or if I would need a larger tank for any of these species, please inform! I would also like to hear any other suggestions. Thanks in advance!
 

tru conch

Active Member
there are some fish you could also add that are native to the keys.
blue chromis- they are peaceful and add a nice schooling effect (use them instead of the sgt majors who get nasty and loose color)
yellow headed jawfish
butterflys (the reef butterfly i think is a hardier choice compared to the banded or four eye, but im not 100% sure though)
some of the wrasses, esp the blueheaded wrasse
neon gobies (the cleaner gobies)
and thats all i can think of at the moment, but if i remember any others, i will post em for ya. hth and good luck
ps if you can find one, a thompson angel is beautiful, its a hybird between a queen and a blue angel.
 
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