Colorful fish for 75 gallon

spector101

spector101

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Right now I have a 75 gallon with a spinny box fish and a lawnmower bleeny and i want a fish that will bring some color to my tank but i can't think of anything that is colorful and will be able to stay in that tank. I know clown fish will but i don't have the lighting to keep anomes (sp?) alive.
 
flricordia

flricordia

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Originally Posted by Spector101
Right now I have a 75 gallon with a spinny box fish and a lawnmower bleeny and i want a fish that will bring some color to my tank but i can't think of anything that is colorful and will be able to stay in that tank. I know clown fish will but i don't have the lighting to keep anomes (sp?) alive.
You don't have to have anemone to keep clownfish. There are a lot of colorful damsels and wrasses too. What is your filteration and how long has the tank been going and how much LR do you have? Any sand/substrate?
What fish you keep will depend alot on what kind of set-up you have.
 
spector101

spector101

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i have a canaster filter about 30-40 lbs of live rock and about 15 lbs of live sand the tank has been running for 1 1/2 years i just moved most of the fish i had into my bigger tank
 
teresaq

teresaq

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I agree, you dont need an anemone for (clowns, royal gramma, fairy wrasses, would all add lots of color.
 
speeddemonlsr

speeddemonlsr

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Any grouper, or maybe a shark (black-tip)... Just joking. Purple fire fish I like those. neon gobies. or any type of gobies.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by therockguy24
Dawrf angel and tangs. And I have a maroon clown in mine and he does great without an ane.
My spiny box is 8" and growing; keep this in mind.Your blenny and many of the smaller fish recommended will be lunch if you keep him;,and a 75 is really too small for him. A big GS maroon clown would be great. I like Hammerhed's idea (but, as a long-time Packer fan, I won't comment on the "Go Bears thing)of a wrasse or dwarf angel and Flricordia is right--very few clowns are kept with anemones , which are very hard to keep.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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You don't need an anemone to have a clownfish. I have one in my 180 with an anemone. I wouldn't do a tang, that would be pushing the small side. And if you do a wrasse, make sure you do your research some can be quite nasty. Dwarf Angels are awesome fish.
 
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