Flame Angels/Coral Beauty/Hawkfish/Puffer

[paulcoates]

I have a 55 gallon. I wanted to add a Yellow Tang, but the Tang Police around here assure me that I will be sentenced to 5-10 years in Tang Prison if I get one.
I am looking at possibly adding a few fish to my tank:
1)Will a Flame Angel and a Coral Beauty get along?
2)I am thinking off adding a Longnose Hawkfish
3)I am also considering adding a Hawaiian Spotted Puffer
My current tank (setup for 4 months now) includes:
100+ lbs of live rock
1 Yellow Tail Damsel
2 False Percula Clowns
1 Lawnmower Blenny
2 Sand Sifting Starfish (Crushed Coral Substrate)
2 turbo Snails
40+ Astrea Snails
Xenia
Frogspawn
Emperor 400
2 AquaClear 802 (400+ GPH)
SeaClone 100 Skimmer
Coralife Lighting (4x65watts)
2 10k Daylights
2 65 Watt Actinics
Lunar Lights

 

[paulcoates]

does anyone see any potential issues here?

 

[nm reef]

1)Will a Flame Angel and a Coral Beauty get along?
They seldom do well together and most successes I've seen have been in much larger systems.
2)I am thinking off adding a Longnose Hawkfish
Never attempted one myself but I think they may be problematic with shrimps...maybe crabs too. Very kewl fish....maybe somebody else can provide some info based on experience.
3)I am also considering adding a Hawaiian Spotted Puffer
While they may possibly be considered "reef safe" they are messy eaters and will contribute more to the bio-load than most other options...myself I'd avoid triggers/puffers and such in a reef...but thats just me.:thinking:

 

[paulcoates]

thanks....
I think I prefer the Flame Angel over the Coral Beauty.
It look like a Hawkfish gets along with most fish and they supposedly have a lot of personality. Just like my lawnmower
The puffer was sort of a "shooting from the hip" idea. They seem to have more negatives than positives. I dont have any shrimp and I wasnt really planning on getting any. Actually I think I have two Emerald Crabs, but I havent seen them in a while
What do you mean by messy eaters?

 

[paulcoates]

1 Yellow Tail Damsel
2 False Percula Clowns
1 Lawnmower Blenny
Longnose Hawfish
Flameback Angels
2 Sand Sifting Starfish (Crushed Coral Substrate)
2 turbo Snails
40+ Astrea Snails
With all of my filtration and powerheads, am I starting to push y max bioload?

 

[smarls]

"messy eaters" like eels, puffers, triggers....they need a lot of meaty foods, and they chomp it, and they "process it" for lack of a better word. Bits of food everywhere, lots of **** everywehre, makes it very hard to keep your water quality up etc.
So while technically reef safe, corals and messy eaters do not do well unless there is a lot of water capacity and great filtration.
Never had a longnose, but if they are similar to the triggers, then they will go after your snails and crabs...and the snails and crabs will lose!
Biolaod...it depends, primarily on your filtration and how long your tank has been established. If the tank is fairly young, i would wait and not do anything until there is some form of stasis...no algae problems for a while, stable water for while since your last additiona, etc.
Stewart

 

[paulcoates]

My tank is now 4 months old. I have never had a water quality problem. My parameters have always been very low. Coraline is starting to grown all over my live rock and the glass(110lbs in a 55g). I only use RO and top off every few days.

 

[paulcoates]

ok, I am eliminating the Puffer...
my choices now are:
What I want to add:
--Hawkfish
1 of the following
Blacklip Butterfly OR
Copperband Butterfly OR <--Like this the best
Heniouchus Butterflu OR
Saddleback Butterfly
1 of the following
Bicolor Angel OR
Coral Beauty OR
Flame Back Angel OR
Flame Angel OR
Lemonpeel Angel
And lastly I am looking to add
Yellow Polyps and
Green Ricordea and
Super Colored Zoos and
Yellow Fiji Leather Coral

 

[fishcrazy2]

I dont think 2 dwarf angels will get along together ive seen it in bigger systems but i have yet to seen in a 55. This iwhat u should get Yellow tang they will do fine (i knoe tang police kill me But im the tang master i know everything about them) and then choose between the caoral beuty or the flame angel
Puffer can sometimes be a problem with reef aquariums u can try

 

[paulcoates]

I think I am gonna get the Copperband Butterfly, Longnose Hawkfish and Flameback Angel for my tank along with Yellow Polyps, Green Ricordea, Super Colored Zoos and Yellow Fiji Leather Coral

 

[italianwjt]

you can add a coral beauty and a flame to your tank but it has to be at the same time...so ive been told. i just picked up the two about a week ago and they dont seem to have a problem with each other.