jimc58
Member
...I would present all of you with the list of fish we want to put in our tank, and each and everyone one of you would write back saying "Wow, Jim, that is the ideal mix of fish and it will make a lovely tank". People will come from far and near to sit and admire our tank. But, I know we do not live in a perfect world and there probably is not *the* ideal mix of fish that everyone will agree on.
With that in mind, I posted our frist preliminary list of fish not too long ago and I got a lot of valued input from people on this board. Taking into consideration all of your advice, as well as our preferences for fish, we have come up with a new line-up for our tank and I would like to run it by all of you again, if you don't mind. So, without futher ado, here are the fish we think would make a nice tank, in the order we feel they should be introduced:
2 Perculas (sorry these have to come first since they are waiting in the Q tank)
Lawnmower Blenny
Longnose Hawkfish
*wildcard
Scott's Fairy Wrasse
Flame Angel
The choices we are tossing back and forth for the wildcard slot are a Regal Tang (is this the same thing as the Hippo Tang I read reference to here on the board?), a yellow tang, maybe a purple tang, and a newcomer, a Klein's Butterflyfish.
The tank is 75 gallons with 90#s of LR, 40#s of LS. Most of the fish will stay pretty small so I don't think 7 fish total will be pushing the tank size too much (though I could be wrong). All advice is most welcomed and any suggestions for the wildcard is appreciated. The things that are really important to me is a colorful mix of fish that will get along together and lead a happy and healthy life with us. If there are any fish I mentioned that will really cause problems I would appreciate knowing about that. Thanks for your time and wisdom. And yes, we are aware that it will take quite some time to get all these fish added to the tank. We will go slowly.
Jim
With that in mind, I posted our frist preliminary list of fish not too long ago and I got a lot of valued input from people on this board. Taking into consideration all of your advice, as well as our preferences for fish, we have come up with a new line-up for our tank and I would like to run it by all of you again, if you don't mind. So, without futher ado, here are the fish we think would make a nice tank, in the order we feel they should be introduced:
2 Perculas (sorry these have to come first since they are waiting in the Q tank)
Lawnmower Blenny
Longnose Hawkfish
*wildcard
Scott's Fairy Wrasse
Flame Angel
The choices we are tossing back and forth for the wildcard slot are a Regal Tang (is this the same thing as the Hippo Tang I read reference to here on the board?), a yellow tang, maybe a purple tang, and a newcomer, a Klein's Butterflyfish.
The tank is 75 gallons with 90#s of LR, 40#s of LS. Most of the fish will stay pretty small so I don't think 7 fish total will be pushing the tank size too much (though I could be wrong). All advice is most welcomed and any suggestions for the wildcard is appreciated. The things that are really important to me is a colorful mix of fish that will get along together and lead a happy and healthy life with us. If there are any fish I mentioned that will really cause problems I would appreciate knowing about that. Thanks for your time and wisdom. And yes, we are aware that it will take quite some time to get all these fish added to the tank. We will go slowly.
Jim
