Fish Suggestions for New Reef Tank

rodgro

rodgro

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Hello,
I am new to the hobby and my tank has just complted its cycle and has been stable for almost 2 weeks. I added the clean up crew a little over a week ago and am looking for fish. I posted on the aggressive area as I am having trouble deciding. I was looking today and saw a few groupers and wrasses that were beautiful but don't think they are reef compatible.....help
 
fshhub

fshhub

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the only thing that i could add, is blennies, i love to watch scooters, and algae blennies have thier added bonuses(eat algae)
other than that i would say the almost same exact thing and as for aggressive, not for your size, unless you only want one fish, then maybe a smaller lion, but as i said you wouldn't be able to add much more, smaller community fish would be best for a tank that size
 
jodeman

jodeman

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I have a 45g hex, and I would agree with the other guys. I'd recomend you to stay away from damsels. I put 3 in my tank to start it off, and wished I had not gotten them. They're very durable fish, but they will harrass almost any other fish (at least mine do). Just my $.02
 
dad

dad

Active Member
I would go with jwtrojan44's advice.
except for the gobys. being a young tank they might starve.
and yes: go slow.
also I recommend staying with smaller fish.
small tank=small fish.
Do not take this wrong but I have seen small tanks with larger fish and it just seems out of place?
and about lions; They are reef safe but it may be hard to keep a cleaning crew also, ;)
 
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