Centerpiece Fish..........

shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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I am going to start adding corals to my tank soon, but I am trying to decide on a "centerpiece" fish.
I was reading that a blue throat trigger (depending on the fishes personality) would be okay in a reef tank.
Has anyone tried this fish in a reef?
Does anyone have any other suggestions on a "centerpiece" fish? I am not interested in angels at all.
Thanks in advance for your opinions and suggestions.
By the way, this is my current setup.........
1-Oscellaris Clownfish
1-Black Saddle Clown
1-Firefish
1-Lawnmower Blenny
2-Scooter Dragonets: 1 male, 1 female(they eat mysis and copepods)
1-Peppermint Shrimp
1-Cleaner Shrimp
1-Coral Banded Shrimp
1-Porcelain Crab
1-Emerald Crab
1-Brittle Starfish
1-Sea Hare
1-Bubble Tip Anemone
25-Blue Legged Hermits
Filtration
45 Lbs.-Live Rock
25 Lbs.-Base Rock
40 Lbs.-Live Sand
10 Lbs.-Aragonite
Cascade 700 Canister Filter
Prizm Skimmer (works great by the way)
Lighting
Coralife 260 Watt PCs (10,000k and actinic 03)
Coralife 58 Watt T-5s (10,000K and actinic 03)
 
coachklm

coachklm

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what size tank is this??????????????55?
your not serious about the trigger in the 55 with community fish are you?
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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The scooters are going back to the fish store this weekend.
Even though they eat frozen mysis, they aren't looking good.
 
coachklm

coachklm

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your 55 wont hold much more but a dwarf angel or .........let me look up some in my books for you .....HO
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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The blue throat is a smaller trigger & this is why I am asking.
If it's too big please suggest something else (anything but angels & reef compatible).
 
coachklm

coachklm

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cardinals
--try and find some yellow assesors --gorgeous fish
basslets
grammas
dottybacks(not the jaguar)
if you can find it the spledid dottyback
swissguard basslet
...
 
fedukeford

fedukeford

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the most reef safe butterflies are copperband, or longnose, which both need a minimum of a 75 gallon tank
 
coachklm

coachklm

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Originally Posted by G-dude
Try a baby yello tang or a ribbon eel. just make sure your fish are bigger than its mouth
dont do a baby anything that gets bigger then your tank....many do it but fail to upgrade tanks and the fish dies which cause more fish to die and its a big death cycle.
yellow tangs need a 75 AL plus there not easy to deal with ich outbreaks.
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Originally Posted by coachKLM
caribean longnose butterfly
japanese butterfly
i suppose you could do a wrasse

Do you have scientific names for these butterflies?
I can't find anything using the names you gave me.
 
coachklm

coachklm

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the caribean is a "moderate risk"
the Tahiti Butterfly fish
reef butterflyfish

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"chaetodon sedentarius"
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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The blue throat is a smaller trigger, but I would not say they are small. They get to be about 10" and are constant swimmers. I would not keep them with what you have in that tank, but that is my opinion.
G-dude, both a baby yellow tang and a ribbon eel are not good suggestions at all. The baby yellow would be okay if ShrimpDaddy had a big upgrade in mind (125 gallon), but the ribbon eel is a terrible idea. They do very poorly in captivity and really should not be collected from the ocean.
I have a couple, proper "show" fish for you to consider for your 55 gallon tank. Naturally, they are going to cost a little bit more than your average fish because they are "show fish". If you shop aroud though, you can surely find a good price for them. Here goes:
-Scott's Velvet wrasse (amazing colors - the most pricey, around $60)
-blue flasher fairy wrasse (another with stunning colors, a little less at $50)
-a trio of Solon's fairy wrasses (a male and 2 females)
-a trio of carpenter wrasses (again, male and 2 females)
-red head solon fairy wrasse
-trio of Bartlett's Anthis (male and 2 females)
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Thanks so much everyone.
I am going to go with one of the butterflies.
I'm not sure which one until I research them all.
Once again, thanks.
 
shrimpdady

shrimpdady

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Just in case anyone cares I ended up getting a coral beauty.

I know I said no angels, but the almighty my wife wanted one and I had told her that she gets to pick the last fish.

Thanks anyway for all the suggestions.
 
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