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miamireefr
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With an 80 gallon I would say to have a decent filtration to avoid saying "man I should have done that to begin with".
As far as eels, go for a snow flake eel, with maybe a Cinnamon Clownfish, flame hawkfish, flame angel for some great corlor in the tank and maybe a couple other small fish.
good luck
As far as eels, go for a snow flake eel, with maybe a Cinnamon Clownfish, flame hawkfish, flame angel for some great corlor in the tank and maybe a couple other small fish.
good luck
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miamireefr
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in general any small tank should only house 1 angel to avoid aggression towards one another.. a potters angel is also a nice choice imo as opposed to the flame.
bkvreef
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Originally Posted by Dork_Fish
thanks for the reply---sounds good as far as the snowflake eel, and clownfish. we really like angelfish, but i see most should be kept as the only angel in the tank. are there any other docile fish that can be kept in the tank (multiple)
I have a 110g that is 72" long.
I have 2 percula clowns, a dwarf fuzzy lion, with a snow flake, a coral beauty and a sailfin.
I have only had the sfe for a week but he will not even nip at the other fish. I put several feeder guppies in the tank for the dwarf and the sfe wouldn't even nip at it. I feed him from a skewer with thawed frozen krill and he does great. Like I said though I haven't had him for long and who knows what will happen as he outgrows the percs and coral beauty.
Good Luck
thanks for the reply---sounds good as far as the snowflake eel, and clownfish. we really like angelfish, but i see most should be kept as the only angel in the tank. are there any other docile fish that can be kept in the tank (multiple)
I have a 110g that is 72" long.
I have 2 percula clowns, a dwarf fuzzy lion, with a snow flake, a coral beauty and a sailfin.
I have only had the sfe for a week but he will not even nip at the other fish. I put several feeder guppies in the tank for the dwarf and the sfe wouldn't even nip at it. I feed him from a skewer with thawed frozen krill and he does great. Like I said though I haven't had him for long and who knows what will happen as he outgrows the percs and coral beauty.
Good Luck
garnet13aj
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a potters angel is also a nice choice imo as opposed to the flame.
I like the look of the potters, but people on here will tell you that they can't keep them alive for over a year. The flame angel and coral beauty are the typical angels that everyone talks about for that size tank. Another option would be a blackback butterflyfish, they are pretty cool looking.
I have a sfe right now, it's just a baby and I have him housed w/2 ocellaris clowns and there were 2 firefish but one died about 3 days ago. I'm not exactly sure why he died, but I do suspect the eel. The eel doesn't pay attention to the clowns because they move around a lot, but he always watches the firefish when he's hungry because they tend to hover. Hope that helps, I would say smaller fish are fine, but I'd go for some more active fish.
I like the look of the potters, but people on here will tell you that they can't keep them alive for over a year. The flame angel and coral beauty are the typical angels that everyone talks about for that size tank. Another option would be a blackback butterflyfish, they are pretty cool looking.
I have a sfe right now, it's just a baby and I have him housed w/2 ocellaris clowns and there were 2 firefish but one died about 3 days ago. I'm not exactly sure why he died, but I do suspect the eel. The eel doesn't pay attention to the clowns because they move around a lot, but he always watches the firefish when he's hungry because they tend to hover. Hope that helps, I would say smaller fish are fine, but I'd go for some more active fish.