fish list for 240 gallon reef

shimbox

shimbox

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How do you guys think that the following fish will go in a 240 G mixed reef tank ?
yellow tang
blue tang
flame angel
Ocellaris Clownfish x2
copperband butterfly
sailfin blenny
neon goby
the main concern is the copperband due to its sensitivity and dietary needs.I will have a 180 gallon sump and as much of this as possible will be a refugium(skimmer is external) with macro algae, LR and LS which should help with providing food for the copperband ?
thanks for any advice
 
lbannie

lbannie

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Just read that the copperband butterfly may nip at corals....not sure what you have but it says "with caution" on whether or not it's "reef safe" Do you have any pics of the 240? That's the size I would like to upgrade to.....
 
shimbox

shimbox

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tanks not set up yet , about 4 months away.Just doing lots of research atm.
I think that copperbands are usualy fine with corals , from a reef safe point of view the flame angelfish is more of a problem but I am happy to take the risk with this fish
cheers
 
lbannie

lbannie

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Oh geez! I haven't thought that far ahead! I just can't wait to get the bigger tank......of course the bigger house has to come first so I'm waiting for that too! Hopefully building will start this summer. I would like to get a blue hippo tang though :)
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Quote:
Originally Posted by shimbox http:///forum/thread/382947/fish-list-for-240-gallon-reef#post_3345711
How do you guys think that the following fish will go in a 240 G mixed reef tank ?
yellow tang
blue tang
flame angel
Ocellaris Clownfish x2
copperband butterfly
sailfin blenny
neon goby
the main concern is the copperband due to its sensitivity and dietary needs.I will have a 180 gallon sump and as much of this as possible will be a refugium(skimmer is external) with macro algae, LR and LS which should help with providing food for the copperband ?
thanks for any advice
My copperband is fine in my reef.
I think your stocklist is actually on the light side and will be fine. As you stated, the risk is the Flame, but most behave themselves. The nice thing you'll have going for you is the size of your refugium, if either of these fish misbehave, you can throw them down there.
Have you considered any wrasses?
I think a small group of anthias would be beautiful as well.
 
shimbox

shimbox

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Quote:
Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///forum/thread/382947/fish-list-for-240-gallon-reef#post_3346139
Quote:
Originally Posted by shimbox http:///forum/thread/382947/fish-list-for-240-gallon-reef#post_3345711
How do you guys think that the following fish will go in a 240 G mixed reef tank ?
yellow tang
blue tang
flame angel
Ocellaris Clownfish x2
copperband butterfly
sailfin blenny
neon goby
the main concern is the copperband due to its sensitivity and dietary needs.I will have a 180 gallon sump and as much of this as possible will be a refugium(skimmer is external) with macro algae, LR and LS which should help with providing food for the copperband ?
thanks for any advice
My copperband is fine in my reef.
I think your stocklist is actually on the light side and will be fine. As you stated, the risk is the Flame, but most behave themselves. The nice thing you'll have going for you is the size of your refugium, if either of these fish misbehave, you can throw them down there.
Have you considered any wrasses?
I think a small group of anthias would be beautiful as well.
have thought about a 6 line wrasse but some people have told me they can get aggressive .maybe some type of fairy wrasse but they dont have that many for sale down in australia were I live.
what food is your copperband eating ? and is it possible for the copperband to survive from eating critters in the tank like a draggonet can ?
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Quote:
Originally Posted by shimbox http:///forum/thread/382947/fish-list-for-240-gallon-reef#post_3347396
Quote:
Originally Posted by BTLDreef http:///forum/thread/382947/fish-list-for-240-gallon-reef#post_3346139
Quote:
Originally Posted by shimbox http:///forum/thread/382947/fish-list-for-240-gallon-reef#post_3345711
How do you guys think that the following fish will go in a 240 G mixed reef tank ?
yellow tang
blue tang
flame angel
Ocellaris Clownfish x2
copperband butterfly
sailfin blenny
neon goby
the main concern is the copperband due to its sensitivity and dietary needs.I will have a 180 gallon sump and as much of this as possible will be a refugium(skimmer is external) with macro algae, LR and LS which should help with providing food for the copperband ?
thanks for any advice
My copperband is fine in my reef.
I think your stocklist is actually on the light side and will be fine. As you stated, the risk is the Flame, but most behave themselves. The nice thing you'll have going for you is the size of your refugium, if either of these fish misbehave, you can throw them down there.
Have you considered any wrasses?
I think a small group of anthias would be beautiful as well.
have thought about a 6 line wrasse but some people have told me they can get aggressive .maybe some type of fairy wrasse but they dont have that many for sale down in australia were I live.
what food is your copperband eating ? and is it possible for the copperband to survive from eating critters in the tank like a draggonet can ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1Snapple http:///forum/thread/382947/fish-list-for-240-gallon-reef#post_3347420
mystery wrasse?
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Mystery wrasse and sixlines can be aggressive, mystery wrasse can sometimes be worse, and they get bigger than sixlines, which means they can pack a bigger bunch. If you're worried about the aggression of either, make it the last, or close to last addition to the tank.
As for my copperband butterfly, he does pick at the rocks and eats the really tiny feather dusters every now and then, but he eats:
Aiptasia (rarely, but he does)
Small Majano anemones (rarely, but again, he does)
Artipods
Mysis Shrimp
Brine (live and frozen)
Flaked Algae sheets
Marine Cuisine (basically mysis, brine and krill)
Emerald Entree
cyclopeez
*It does not eat anything from the water column, but will eat from my hand and picks off the rock work once the food lands on it. I turn off all my filtration and water flow when I feed, so this is easily accomplished. It definitely prefers to eat from my hand.**
 
btwk12

btwk12

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i had the opposite success my flame angel is fine. i put a copperband in there and it tore apart my wellso in 2 days
 
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