Starting a new tank..

[ns_animals]

My new 60 gallon tank just finished cycling And I want to put some tangs & darf angel fish in it. What fish do you sujest i try first?

 

[flydan]

Hey,
"Some" tangs? In a tank your size ONE tang would be short of room. Do you have any fish in there now? Any LR/LS, clean-up crew? Need more info before we can give an educated answer.
Take care,
Dan'l

 

[ns_animals]

I have 4 damsels in their right now that i used to cycle. I have no live rock(but i do have a lot of rocks and hidding places) or live sand. i will add the clean up crew as soon as i get some more fish. as far as filtration i have a canister filter and a UV. hope that helps

 

[jacrmill]

putting a tang in a 60 is kinda a squeeze. i also wouldnt start a newly cycled tank with a tang or angel. if i were you i would start with a smaller hardier fish.

 

[aston]

I think a better way to approach this question would be to know what kind of tank is it that you are planning it to be once you've stocked it? My goal was to have some background activity in my tank with a few clowns, four spot wrasse and a couple of yellow-tails darting about the rocks, to show off my prize babes, three dwarf angels. I stocked them all last and learned from my first Coral Beauty that a newly cycled tank is not soon enough to call the water mature. So think carefully what you want the tank to be and then give the water another couple of months with your current stock. Then I'd think about maybe a flame angel or yellow tang - they're the most forgiving. Key is patience. I know how exciting it is to go and get the fish and stock like crazy but give yourself some time to do lots of background research on each of the species and make some choices before getting to the store. Anyway, hey, enjoy relishing in the choices you have before you!
Cheers
Aston

 

[ns_animals]

yea its been up for a little over 2 months. and wanted to put a few dwarf angels and maybe a small tang(then sell it to the fish store when it gets too big). how long do you think i should wait to put in a tang or angel?

 

[ns_animals]

oh well now i have to go back to the drawing board and decide what to put in the tank. Any sugjestions? i want somthing diffrent than what i have in my reef tank(perc, firefish, damsel, royal gramma, bangai). what do you guys think would be a nice set up?

 

[cmhouser]

The great thing about this message board is the variety of answers you will get. Gage this... I have a 75 gallon tank that has been up for almost ten monthes and immedaitely after the second month I was willing to take a risk. So I bought a purple tank, an asfur angel and a lattice butterfly. I have heard plenty about "being sure to only add these fish once you have a well mature tank", which is very good advise if you are not up to the risk. In anycase all the fish are doing excellent and are beautiful without a whole lot of up keep! So while a lot of advise you may have gotten is good advise... your idea of multiple angels/tangs is easily achieveable. Your key to success will be the health of the fish when bought. While you should be able to overcome the cycle of the tank your problems will occur when introducing multiple tangs that are agressive. Well... happy fish keeping!

 

[youbetyourwrasse]

Yeah, I agree with JWT. Exceptions keep things interesting (like my way overstocked FOWLR,) but they just that; exceptions.
Many people have a preference to what they'd like to keep. In my case, it was a really neat looking green wrasse (Thalassoma lunare.) Once you have a preference, learn all you can about the fish(es.) Then you'll be able to make a plan based on what you know about fav critter(s.) My fish required swimming room, was an agressive feeder, hated any fish that resembled it (especially shape,) and could be a sh*thead to fish that come after it's established. Now I have a real cool collection (19 months now) that includes several species that I would never have just 'picked.' Like a Foxface. And it includes others I have always liked, such as a Picasso trigger (R. aculeatus.)
Plus you can eliminate species by learning as much as you can about them. If a butterfly you fancy subsists on coral polyps, you may want to dismiss it and keep looking! In the end you'll have a healthy group and a database of knowledge to boot!
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