stock list help

[rokorus]

well over the past 7 months i've been running a 125 gallon aquarium with the help and advice of my local fish stores, which is now coming back to bite me in the rear, due to their advice and suggestions my tank is now over stocked and i'm seeking alittle help on perhaps which fish i should eliminate and what possible options i could use for a clean up crew. Here is what i have currently.
1x clown trigger (juvenile)
1x niger trigger
1x bursa trigger
3x false percual clown fish
3x blue damsels (that will soon be leaving)
1x flounder
1x stars and stripes puffer
1x hermit crab
1x yellow tang
1x blue tang (believe its also called a hipo)
1x lunar wrasse
1x star gobby (believe that is its full name)

 

[el guapo]

Originally Posted by rokorus
http:///forum/post/2642169
1x clown trigger (juvenile) First one to go back
1x niger trigger
1x bursa trigger
3x false percual clown fish
3x blue damsels (that will soon be leaving)
1x flounder2nd to go back
1x stars and stripes puffer
1x hermit crab
1x yellow tang
1x blue tang (believe its also called a hipo) Good fish but you could have issues with HLLE
1x lunar wrasse
1x star gobby (believe that is its full name) Victim to the triggers

Thats just my opinions

 

[rokorus]

so if i do return those fish what could i use for a clean up crew?
the clown trigger was the fish that made me want to start up a saltwater aquarium

 

[el guapo]

LArge turbo snails and extra large stary herrmits

 

[bruner54]

Originally Posted by rokorus
http:///forum/post/2642211
so if i do return those fish what could i use for a clean up crew?
the clown trigger was the fish that made me want to start up a saltwater aquarium
if you wanted a clown trigger you would have to limit the fish that are with it because they are the most aggressive triggers and there is a chance that they will kill everything

 

[srfisher17]

Originally Posted by bruner54
http:///forum/post/2644253
if you wanted a clown trigger you would have to limit the fish that are with it because they are the most aggressive triggers and there is a chance that they will kill everything
The lfs sure have put you in a spot. Please don't take it personally, but this is a terrible mix of fish, and way too many. If you can get the clown trigger past the juvi stage, which isn't easy, you may end up with 3 fast growing triggers that will eventually kill everything else in the tank. The tangs may survive, but with all that stress, they'll be very prone to disease or parasites. IMO, this isn't a matter of "if"; its a matter of "when". All 3 of your triggers can play nice when small; but they all grow into real triggers; big, hungry, and aggressive. Just your CT can reach 18", the bursa 8", and the niger 12". Even at half that size, thats a lot of aggression in a 125 gal tank. All of these will lunch on your CUC; but, IMO, a CUC is sure not a requirement. I think they're way over-rated in a FOWLR. If you really like the CT that got you into the hobby; you could try just keeping the triggers. If they're all small (I'm betting they are) they may be ok as they grow up together. All the small fish will just encourage trigger aggression. You have a real choice to make: large aggressive fish, of clowns & gobies, and tangs. There is simply nothing, short of Divine Intervention, that will prevent the CT from eventually eating the clowns and other small fish.

 

[prime311]

Well Queen is probably the most aggressive, but Clown is close For the most part I agree with Guapo. The Perculas might get attacked/eaten and you should really only have 1 or a mated pair of any Percula Clowns.

 

[rcreations]

This is what I would stick with myself:
1x niger trigger
1x bursa trigger
1x stars and stripes puffer
1x hermit crab - will get eaten by the triggers but no big deal
1x yellow tang
1x blue tang (believe its also called a hipo)
1x lunar wrasse

 

[srfisher17]

Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2644327
This is what I would stick with myself:
1x niger trigger
1x bursa trigger
1x stars and stripes puffer
1x hermit crab - will get eaten by the triggers but no big deal
1x yellow tang
1x blue tang (believe its also called a hipo)
1x lunar wrasse

That should work; but then you don't have the CT that you really want.

 

[rcreations]

I think a CT is too agressive for a 125g. If you had a 200+, then I'd say go for it. But I noticed with my triggers that the smaller the tank, the more agressive they get.