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wen tom http:///t/395562/colorful-friendly-fish#post_3522327
Thanks, the one books on it's way. Will order the other next. I was suspicious of the shrimp but my supplier says "no, or he doubts it". Wendy
A very active drop dead colorful fish...the dwarf angels. They go in and out of the rock all day long. Everyone of them have beautiful eye popping color. My personal favorite is the lemon Peel, it has a bright, bright yellow body, with electric baby blue around the eyes, gills and on the edges of the fins. The only sad thing about them is that in a 75g, you can only keep one. An added plus is that they nip algae off the rocks, and hair algae is a favorite treat to them. You will have to keep an eye on it, some are fine with corals and some are little nippers.
If you get a nipper, they seem to like to nibble puffy corals like the LPS fox coral, or candy cane. Soft corals are usually left alone....but every fish is different, I had a Hippo tang that feasted on my Xenia, the store owner didn't believe me until he took it back and saw it for himself that I was telling the truth. He told me that was a personal first, and he had been in the hobby 40 years.
The blue tang is unsuitable for your size tank, but the Blue reef chromis have that same pretty blue with black stripes, and it shimmers in the light. They stay around 3 to 4 inches when mature, so they won't outgrow your tank. They are active and always swimming about, and you can have more then one.
I would replace the coral banded with a cleaner shrimp or two, and a few peppermints ... they will do great in a 75. Peps are great for eating aptasia, and cleaner shrimp make sure the fish are clear of parasites like ich. The added bonus with keeping some shrimps is that they will eat all uneaten food that the fish miss.
