Stocking question

[ledzep fan]

Hi everyone, I recently lost my Lionfish because he stopped eating. I was wondering if I could get a Tang of some sort in my 120 because the Lion was a big fish and I wanted something to replace him. Here is my stock right now. I was thinking maybe a Powder blue tang or something like that. Thanks
1. Dotted Grouper
2. Yellow Tang
3. Koran Angel
4. Snowflake eel
5. Pork puffer
6. Pinstripe wrasse
~The Zep

 

[mag395]

A tang would probably be fine. I've heard that powder blue tangs are ich magnets. Not sure if that's true though. Clown tangs are a beautiful fish, but apparently hard to keep. Maybe a Naso tang.

 

[ledzep fan]

Thanks for the reply. I have heard that the Clown Tangs seem to be more agressive and harder to keep and need big tanks. I would like to have some type of tang in there that would stay rather small and nice looking. Any more suggestions would be nice.
~The Zep

 

[nereef]

any idea why the lion quit eating?
anyway, my vote is for a blue spotted kole from this site.

 

[ophiura]

Is this a standard 4 foot 120g? IMO, you are overstocked as it is. Sorry, but I would not add a tang...and definitely not something as delicate as a powder blue. That is not an easy tang to keep under good conditions. In a short tank, with a lot of big aggressives? Not a good plan, IMO.

 

[ledzep fan]

Then what should I get other than a Tang? Could I get a Trigger of some sort? I really like the Clown Triggers.

 

[ophiura]

IMO, a clown trigger would be absolutely positively the worst possible choice...with the possible exception of an undulated or similarly tempered trigger. Really a bad bad plan, if you like your other fish As I said, IMO you are at or overstocked. I would consider asking in the aggressives section where they have a good idea of other aggressive fish. :thinking: Might be some ideas there.

 

[mag395]

maybe a lookdown?

 

[ophiura]

Have to strongly disagree on the lookdown, personally, having cared for them before. Need very large, and preferably circular tanks. Very prone to being picked on....not a very good survival record in captivity as a whole. JMO
If there was room - and I am definitely not suggesting this - a foxface might be a decent player in there. A Kole tang, I agree, wouldn't be so bad either. But this is really theoretical, not advice.

 

[mag395]

Angler?

 

[ledzep fan]

Could I be able to keep a Black Durgeon Trigger? The are cool and peaceful I believe.

 

[connor]

Originally Posted by LedZep fan
Could I be able to keep a Black Durgeon Trigger? The are cool and peaceful I believe.
dude your over stocked when your over stoked you cant add anything else you have been told by two other people already.

 

[ledzep fan]

Well sorry dude these message boards are to ask questions so I am. I only saw one person say I was over stocked and I wanted to get peoples opinions not just one persons or two.

 

[shrimpdady]

What are the dimensions of the 120?

 

[120reefer]

yeah i would say your pretty much stocked up for now.. although i wouldn't say you were overstocked

 

[ophiura]

As mentioned, considering you are keeping aggressives, you should probably ask in the aggressive forums for more advice.
Black durgeon though peaceful get quite large. If this is a 4' 120g tank - a standard - then I would not recommend it at all.

 

[ledzep fan]

I know that this should be posted in the agressive forum but, one more question. Could I possibly get a Purple Tang?

 

[ophiura]

A yellow and purple tang are likely to fight, especially in a tank that small.

 

[ledzep fan]

What if the Purple Tang was bigger?

 

[ophiura]

THey are very very likely to fight. And, IMO, the tank is definitely NOT suitable for such a fish. Purple tangs are aggressive fish, so a larger one will only make it more likely, IMO, to fight. However, even if it was smaller, it is likely to be a significant problem.