Stock help.
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nihoa
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have you looked on this site for min tank sizes for the different fish? we are also looking at stocking a 33g tank and didnt see any butterfly fish that could handle anything less than 50g.
have you looked at the dwarf angels? lemonpeel, flame, bicolour, coral beauty, half black angels all will fit your tank, are somewhat butterfly looking. flame hawkfish/longnose hawkfish, some of the reef safe wrasses, or twinspot hogfish are a few others that get into the 4 - 5 inch range and are supposedly alright in a 33g.
hahah, do what we did, hop on these websites and go through the fish group by group and read up on requirements and compatability. for our sized tank there is only so much you can do but with a little research you can make something pretty cool methinks.
i dont necessarily know how great these shops are (j&l are great) but its a start in finding info:
this site
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have you looked at the dwarf angels? lemonpeel, flame, bicolour, coral beauty, half black angels all will fit your tank, are somewhat butterfly looking. flame hawkfish/longnose hawkfish, some of the reef safe wrasses, or twinspot hogfish are a few others that get into the 4 - 5 inch range and are supposedly alright in a 33g.
hahah, do what we did, hop on these websites and go through the fish group by group and read up on requirements and compatability. for our sized tank there is only so much you can do but with a little research you can make something pretty cool methinks.
i dont necessarily know how great these shops are (j&l are great) but its a start in finding info:
this site
MOD EDIT: don't link other sites please especially if they are competitors to this site
mboswell1982
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nihoa, please remove the links to competitors websites, its against swf.com rules to link to competitor sites
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nihoa
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you can look 'em up but i think the majority are listed as reef safe but use caution or monitor. i take that to mean there may be problems with smaller shrimp or you could lose the occasional hermit crab. my advice is to look through the dwarf angels and find a few that you like the look of (and meet your tank size). search them on this forum to see what others have said about them, google them to find out what people elsewhere think, and definitely youtube the fish and see it swimming and get a feel for its personality. there are lots of fish i liked the photos but when i saw some of the behaviours (or lack there of in some) they turned me off. i have had the opposite happen as well, duller looking fish that blew me away in video. anyway, what im saying is you should hit the net hard and have a look at damn near everything that is available and start your own process of elimination.
nicetry
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A 30 is really not suited to most dwarf angels with the exception of the pygmy varieties. A pair of clowns, a pygmy angel and one of the smaller bottom dwelling gobies would make for a nice set-up. Angels do best in well established tanks so add it last, after the system has been running for a few months. Bear in mind that centropyge angels can be pushy with smaller passive fish; another reason to add them after the others are settled in.