Fish Suggestions...

seannmelly

seannmelly

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I want to add another fish, was thinking about a firefish...any other fish that are REEF safe??
125 reef, 40 gallon sump, bout 175lbs LR, 100lbs LS
Current inhabitants:
3 2-3" Yellow tangs
4 Green Chromis
2" Diamond goby
3" lawnmower blenny
sixline wrasse
1-2" gold stripe maroon
Scarlet and blue legged hermits
astrea, turbo, nass snails
2 cleaner, 1 fire shrimp
emerald crab
many corals
i dont think im at my max bioload, but i could be wrong...just need something new and different
Melly
 
coachklm

coachklm

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my suggestion.... make sure you feed the wrasse well...as he is not the safest reef fish.
he will decimate your snails if he gets hungry....

youve got room enough for a different tang
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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the wrasse is the fish we've had the longest and he is a pig. have never seen him go after a snail before
i dont even think he's 2inches long but he's deff fat! idk if im ready to try another tang...not after all the trouble these were to keep alive in the beginning!! its ok if they go after snails and crabs...those im not to worried about. its the corals, the clam and my shrimps i dont want to lose! lol
melly
 
swlover

swlover

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I'm jelous..I have a small tank and can't have a tang! Although I'm not big on alot of fish, those I like! I'm more of a strange animal type.. anemones, star fish, shooms and corals, shell fish, but that is just me...the wierder the better! Good luck with what ever you decide, I'd love to see pics of your set up now... :jumping:
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Achilles tags are nearly impossible to keep. They are right up there with black tangs, clown tangs, and atlantic blues in my opinion.
I like your thought. A pair of purple firefish would look very nice in there.
 
saltysand

saltysand

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what about a coral beauty or lemonpeel angel? they are small reef safe and pretty hardy. i am unsure of compatibility with your other fish so forgive me if i angels dont' work with them.
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Personally, I would never call a coral beauty or lemon peel angel "reef safe"? They live on coral reefs and very prone to nipping at coral.
Sure, some do not bother corals, but there are always those that do. If you got stuck with one that did and had to tear apart your tank to get it out, that would not be fun at all.
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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Originally Posted by swlover
I'm jelous..I have a small tank and can't have a tang! Although I'm not big on alot of fish, those I like! I'm more of a strange animal type.. anemones, star fish, shooms and corals, shell fish, but that is just me...the wierder the better! Good luck with what ever you decide, I'd love to see pics of your set up now... :jumping:

there are pics in here someplace :happyfish
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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yea im not going to try a coral or a lemonpeel, even if some of them are im not going to risk all the stuff we have and the headache of catching it
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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lion, i want to add a couple firefish, but idk if the lawnmower would leave it alone!! he goes after the diamond goby right not and i dont want to add firefish had have them stressed and jump out b/c we dont have a top on the tank...
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Hm, well firefish can definitely be a jumping fish. That wold concern me a little bit. How long have you had the diamond goby? Is it still being harrassed?
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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have had the diamond goby for about a month, the lawnmower had it in a different tank and this tank for about 2-3months. the goby is being harassed somewhat, not as often as it was. he holds his own, has burrows throughout the tank, backs in the burrow and opens his mouth big. he eats great (mysis and everything else we feed) and sifts the sand. the boyfriend wants a yellow watchman too. lol.
melly
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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my boyfriend has his yellow watchman but im still needing something more. something you can actually look at and not have to find! there's lots of small fish in our tank other then the 3 yellow tangs. any suggestions on a tang that we can add. anything but a powder blue lol.
melly
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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i hate to say it, but maybe im thinkin of a hippo lol. of course a smaller one (2-3"). o yea, and read somewhere koles dont get along w/ lmb...but if he would teach my lmb a lesson, it may be worthwhile

melly
o yea and here's a pic of the little jerk :mad: and the sixline wrasse that has an attitude also!
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Oh yeah, sorry, it's been a long day. Yeah, LMB's and koles do not mix well. Koles usually beat them out for their territory.
A hippo would be a good choice, IMO.
 
seannmelly

seannmelly

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I think that's what i'm gonna do when we go down to the wholesaler!! I really wanted to get this volitan lion from work who eats frozen krill like it's going out of style. He's beautiful and a PIG. I didn't care too much if he ate the chromis, but we have 2 cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp, and i dont want to lose them...
 
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