Cool Fish For A 55 Gallon

[ross]

Could anyone recomend and cool fish for a 55 gallon. I haven't set up the tank. I really like the dwarf flame angel. I am a beginner and I need a hardy fish. Is this fish hardy enough. I am very new to this so any help would be appreciated before I set up my tank.

 

[logan15]

a flame angel is not a begginer fish IMO A hardy fish is a green chromis the can tolerate not so good water levels and don't get sick as easy.remember once your tank is set up you have to fight the urge to fill up your tank with fish.wait till your cycle is complete then add one or two hardy fish such as the green chromis's.Good luck with your tank Tell us about your tank once you get it set up!!
Logan angel

 

[grouperhead]

Good beginner fishes for a 55g
Clownfish - Tomato, false perc, true perc (a little tougher than others), clarkii, maroon, and red saddleback.
Hawkfish - Flame, spotted, longnose, pixy, spotted, falco --- add shrimp and crabs with caution.
Dwarf lionfish
Eels - Snowflake, chainlink, and goldentail.
Psuedochromis - Neon, sunrise, springerii, bicolor, carpet eel, diadema, orchid, and strawberry --- last introduction to tank in most cases. Quite boisterous, will bully more timid tankmates.
Assessors - Marine beta, yellow, and blue.
Hamlets - Blue, indigo, butter, and shy.
Grammas - black cap and royal
Jawfish - yellowhead, bluespot, tiger, and dusky.
Cardinalfishes - Bangaii and PJ.
There are some other fishes such as blennies, damsels, gobies, and certain wrasses that I didn't mention. All these fish are pretty hardy, but some require different needs than others. Some are much more aggressive than others. Do you plan on turning this into a reef or having any inverts? Chose wisely. Bo

 

[republicanreef]

Damsels man Damsels
I have also found certain Gobies make good starter fish.
I am a beginner myself and wasmt smart enough to ask about Angels, and lost two or three before I realized I would need more expierence.

 

[republicanreef]

When I say Goboes I shouldve been more specific. The engineer Goby is what I was talking about. They are cheap. and many people mistake them for an eel

 

[eelfreakrobi]

zebra eels would also do good into your 55, they wont harm fish but if you do keep one in a 55 youre stocking options will be very limited due to the bioload.

 

[a&m aggie 04']

have to agree with a foxface. Great fish, very active and wont bother any others.
Percula clowns would make another good addition.

 

[ross]

Thanks for the info guys. I really want some tipe of fish that isn't to aggresive. I also don't want to have spend a whole bunch of money on rock or coral. Don't the clownfish need some type of coral or soemthing to live in. Is this expensive? Also how many could I have in a 55. I want some type of fish where I could have at least 4 or 5. Thanks for answering my questions.

 

[bterry29]

I am fairly new at this so keep that in mind when reading my suggestions. I cycled my tank with 1 yellow tailed damsel. The opinions on here seem to be split about 50-50 as to whether this is a good idea. Many say you should use raw shrimp but I was successful with my damsel. I then added two tr oscellaris clowns. I added two at a time with the idea they would "intimidate" the damsel so it wouldn't attack them. So far it has worked. I then added a pygmy angel (will stay small) and a scooter blenny. The blenny is very fun to watch. Today I added a yellow eye kole tang. These are all "community" type fish and have been getting along fine. Someone mentioned the psuedochromis. I'm sure they are different for everyone but I watched one at the LFS trying to take a bite out of another fish. I think I'll stay away from them.
I'm not suggesting these fish should be added before a tank is cycled (except the damsel) nor all at the same time - just offering a suggestion as to fish that seem to get along.
Good luck and keep reading.

 

[a&m aggie 04']

to keep 4 or 5 fish in a 55 they'll need to stay pretty small. You could do a mated pair of clowns, but you dont want to mix different clowns. Clowns will be totally content w/o an anemone. Pseudocromis' arent often too peaceful, Gobies would be good. Are you planning on a reef tank or fish only???

 

[moby da goby]

Ross, clownfish don't always need a coral or anemone to host, my Clarkii clown hosts my powerhead, takes food down to it, sleeps by it, gets ticked when any other fish come near it at feeding time. It's quite amusing actually.
Happy Fishing
Deanna

 

[ross]

thanks guys. I'm glad that the clown doesn't need a bunch of anemomes or stuff like that. I would like to have at least a little bit of coral or live rock, but I don't want to spend a ton. Is it possible to have just a little bit of coral. Also I would like to have at least 1 anemome. How much do they cost.

 

[moby da goby]

Ross, you could search the reef forum for some suggestions on easy to care for corals, one post in this forum listed mushrooms as a good beginner coral. Before you get an anemone though you want to make sure that your water quality is excellent and that you have adequate lighting. 3 to 5 watts per gallon is what I've seen generally agreed upon around the forums. Since you have yet to set up your tank I wouldn't suggest putting any anemones until your tank is at least 6 months old and stable.
Also in the reef forum there are lots of threads and pics of clownfish hosting other corals such as a colt coral or xenias.
Happy fishing
Deanna