Stocking question

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april0684

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Hello,
It will still be quite some time before I am ready to start up a saltwater tank but I have begun researching into it. I have made up a list of some saltwater fish that I like but am not sure if they would work together and need some advice on what would and what wouldn't go together. I would go with a 75g tank and it would be a fowlr tank. Here are the ones I am interested in:
Coral Beauty Dwarf Angelfish
Fu Manchu Lionfish
Flame Hawkfish
Longnose Atlantic Butterflyfish
Yellow Candy Hogfish
Bicolor Blenny
Labout's Fairy Wrasse
Spotted Cardinalfish
Bartlett's Anthias
Blue Sapphire Damselfish
Blue Dot Jawfish
Purple Dottyback
Leopard Puffer
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by April0684 http:///t/388338/stocking-question#post_3424380
Hello,
It will still be quite some time before I am ready to start up a saltwater tank but I have begun researching into it. I have made up a list of some saltwater fish that I like but am not sure if they would work together and need some advice on what would and what wouldn't go together. I would go with a 75g tank and it would be a fowlr tank. Here are the ones I am interested in:
Coral Beauty Dwarf Angelfish would be a good choice, but they do graze on live rock, so make sure that plenty of that is provided
Fu Manchu Lionfish they are very difficult to get to eat prepared/frozen foods. And as with any lion, it limits other things you can stock with it. For example, Angels and lions don't make good tank mates, angels are known to nip at their fins.
Flame Hawkfish I love the look of this fish
Longnose Atlantic Butterflyfish might be okay, wait until tank is really established
Yellow Candy Hogfish One of my favorite fish. He is so lively, weaving in and out of live rock all day
Bicolor Blenny I'm a blenny lover
Labout's Fairy Wrasse Very pretty fish
Spotted Cardinalfish Banggaii?
Bartlett's Anthias I don't recommend Anthias in a non-reef tank.
Blue Sapphire Damselfish Pretty, but can be aggressive
Blue Dot Jawfish Pretty, but I personally believe these fish should be left in the wild. If you do a lot of research, you won't find many people having long term success with them.
Purple Dottyback Little and aggressive. Look into the Fridmani, they're much less aggressive.
Leopard Puffer Nice fish, but they can be aggressive.
You've picked out some nice fish.
A good mix would be the following:
Coral Beauty Angelfish
Bi Color Blenny
Butterflyfish (once tank is established)
Yellow Candy Hogfish
Fairy Wrasse
Cardinal (or a pair)
Dottyback
possibly the hawkfish
 
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april0684

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Thanks so much for your reply!
The Cardinalfish I like is a Sphaeramia Nematoptera I'm not sure if that is the same as the Banggaii or not?
I checked into the Fridmani and liked it so have switched over to that one instead of the Purple, thanks!
Thanks so much on the advice! I kind of had a feeling the Puffer and Lionfish wouldn't work but just wanted to be certain. I didn't know that about the Jawfish or that the Anthias needed a reef tank, thanks again! I will mark those off the list for sure.
 
1guydude

1guydude

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another nice dottyback ive seen at the LFS is a neon! Awsome colors and they said it was nicer than the strawberrys!
Longnose hawks and falco hawks are kool too imo!
 
rainbow grouper

rainbow grouper

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Originally Posted by April0684 http:///t/388338/stocking-question#post_3424405
Thanks so much for your reply!
The Cardinalfish I like is a Sphaeramia Nematoptera I'm not sure if that is the same as the Banggaii or not?
I checked into the Fridmani and liked it so have switched over to that one instead of the Purple, thanks!
Thanks so much on the advice! I kind of had a feeling the Puffer and Lionfish wouldn't work but just wanted to be certain. I didn't know that about the Jawfish or that the Anthias needed a reef tank, thanks again! I will mark those off the list for sure.
sphaeramia nematoptera is the pajama cardinal fish.
 
rainbow grouper

rainbow grouper

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BTLD the pajama cardinal is also called polka dot cardinalfish and spotted cardinal fish. (probably didn't need to point that out but just in case)
 
1guydude

1guydude

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i like the red striped cardinals with the big blue eyes! I think theyre called candycanes or candy stripes or something lol
 
1guydude

1guydude

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no those look green...these are white and red and have blue eyes! Their bodys arent as wide and round as the pajamas or bangii either... I'll see if i can find a pic!
 
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april0684

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rainbow grouper- I like the Pajama Cardinal then! Thanks, I didn't know there was two under the same sceintific name.
1guyDude- Oh wow, those cardinalfish are really pretty too! I had never seen them before I really love their blue eyes!
 
rainbow grouper

rainbow grouper

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Actually i think the banghaii does have a diffrent scientific name but according to liveaquaticcommunity.com there under the same scientific name.
 
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