New fish for my 55 gallon reef.

[ci11337]

I would like to add one more fish to my 55 gallon reef, the tank already has a squareback anthias, a PJ cardinal, and a pair of percs. Heres a list of fish im considering...
bicolor blenny
yellow watchman goby (i have CC, does this matter?)
flame-fin/tomini tang
japanese swallowtail angel
starki damsel
engineer goby
I'm open to suggestions...

 

[teresaq]

I love a bi-color blenny. lots of personality. I liked my eng gobie, except he liked to dig and would make sand piles
sorry dont know anything about the rest.
how about a royal gramma or a firefish.

 

[30-xtra high]

no gobies or blennies for you

, i'd say get a royal gramma, and 3 b/g chromis

 

[wangotango]

why cant he have blennies or gobies? a bicolor blenny would be nice, but im sure the gobies would do a lot better with sand, since they usally sift for food. tang is out, i dont know how big swallowtails get, but i guess you could try one. like 30-x said, 3 chromis would be a nice touch too.
-Justin

 

[microman2k]

in my 55 gallon reef I have...
royal gamma...i love him..always out
2 percs...they are nice..even tho i swore i would never buy any b/c of nemo lol
2 engineer gobies...they are cool...but i never see them
flame angel...really pretty always out...never agressive
hope this helps! :happyfish

 

[30-xtra high]

becuase when you first add blennies they tend to burry themselves in sand,... yea, can't in cc, will get more stressed than just normally from moving tanks= high chance of death, and they also sift sand., can't with cc.

 

[teen]

you dont want to mix CC and blennies/ gobies imo.
a pygmy angel of some type sounds like a good idea. maybe some type of wrasse?

 

[jesses89]

six-line wrasse?
youd love him/her... mines always swimming in between the rocks all over the tank.... nonstop til i turn the lights off.
or if not that id definitely go with a Royal Gramma.. one word = beautiful. and knows how to fend for itself if one of your current fish try to attack it.

 

[wangotango]

for reference my 55 reef has 1 biclolor blenny, 1 six-line wrasse, 1 percula clown (female jumped), 1 blue damsel, 1 black+white striped damsel.
-Justin

 

[ci11337]

Well, went to LFS yesterday and bought an awesome McCorksi (sp?) flasher wrasse, I'll post pics when he comes out.

 

[ci11337]

Originally Posted by microman2k
in my 55 gallon reef I have...
flame angel...really pretty always out...never agressive
hope this helps! :happyfish
At the LFS my mom fell in love with a flame angel but about a week ago i trieda keyhole and it picked at my corals like crazy so i didn't wanna risk it, real nice fish though...

 

[ci11337]

Best pic i could get, i'm haveing camera troubles...

 

[reefboy12]

nice buy how much was he?

 

[puffer32]

Once he acclaimates, he will start flashing, heres mine when he opens up his fins, gorgous fish, good choice

 

[ci11337]

Originally Posted by puffer32
Once he acclaimates, he will start flashing, heres mine when he opens up his fins, gorgous fish, good choice

Thanks, he's doing very well now and he is already eating! :joy: The LFS guy said it could be days before i even see him. I have seen him "flash" quite a few times now but my camera battery is dead. reefboy12; he was $40