Fish Suggestions

bonesnapper

bonesnapper

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Well, I posted in the Reef section that my tank has a leak. So I am going to get a new tank, probably a 55. Here is what I have, and what is going to go in: I have a Coral Beauty, Percula, and an Algae Blenny. I would like to get a juvinille Yellow Tang. What other fish would you guys recommend. Thanks.
 
trigger11

trigger11

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Originally Posted by BoneSnapper
Well, I posted in the Reef section that my tank has a leak. So I am going to get a new tank, probably a 55. Here is what I have, and what is going to go in: I have a Coral Beauty, Percula, and an Algae Blenny. I would like to get a juvinille Yellow Tang. What other fish would you guys recommend. Thanks.
I would avoid putting the yellow tang in a 55. I believe the recommended minimum tank size for most tangs is 125G.
You could get another perc and potentially end up with a mated pair. A small school of green chromis would be good. Say 4 of them. If you are looking for a fish that would be on the larger side and still be able to go in the tank a copperband butterfly could be a good choice. As long as you dont have any clams or feather dusters. They do seem to need better than average water quality though.
~Trigger
 
gregghia

gregghia

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6 line wrasse is a great fish. Look great and love to swim in and out of rockwork....
Anthias, yellow or orange. I could fill and entire tank with them because they are just entertaining....
 
trigger11

trigger11

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Originally Posted by BoneSnapper
Are Butterfly's reef-safe? Also, what about a Kole Tang?
Most butterfly fish are not considered to be reef safe. The only one that is is the copperband butterfly. As I mentioned they do eat clams and feather dusters. Mine even picked at a few snails. But I think that just happened to be when he was hungry and I put new snails in the tank. He thought they were lunch. Go figure.
Kole tangs do not grow as large as the other tangs. However, if memory serves me correctly the recommended minimum size for them is 75G. Another consideration with keeping any tang in an aquarium is that they are algae eaters. So it is important to have a good amount of live rock, or supplement their feeding with algae sheets.
 
trigger11

trigger11

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Originally Posted by BoneSnapper
I have plenty of algae sheets. Don't the Copperbands grow to big for a 55?
No, most copperbands only get 4-5 inches.
 
gregghia

gregghia

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So far the two Anthias are no different then rest of community of 10 fish. Thy eat like heck and seem to eat everything I feed; flake, cyclopeez and especially mysis.
 
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