What fish? How many? Help!

[phild]

My 90 gallon bow FOWLR finally finished its' cycle, and now I am extremely excited about finally adding some fish.
However, before I add the fish, I wanted to get some opinions...
It seems as though my wife is dead set on a dogfaced puffer. Do you think that my 90 gal is large enough? I have read that a 100 is recommended.
I am also interested in a lion fish as well as possibly a tang and/or an angel. I love the triggers, but I am not sure that he would get along with the others...
How many fish would you recommend? I have a sump, a skimmer, a uv, and the overflow filled with bio-balls.
Also, what about a cleaning crew? Or some other non-agressives (clowns, starfish, etc.)?
What do I add first fish or inverts? Should I add more than one fishy at a time?
Sorry I am so full of questions, but I would like to do my research before jumping in...
Thanks!
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[jsolomon]

As for adding fish, I am new to this also, but I would check all specs on your tank and make sure everything is ok. Then when you are ready to add your first fish add something that usually tends to be non aggressive. If you add an aggresive fish first they will become very territorial and you will have a hard time introducing anything else. Wait about 3 weeks after you add your first fish, maybe even a month would be better. Then again check and see how your ammonia is doing. If it is 0 and only if it is 0 then you can add a second fish. Again make sure this is going to be a more passive fish. Keep an eye on the two and make sure they are doing well together. When you first introduce the second fish try feeding the original one on the other side of the tank to distract him. The third fish can be added after about another 2 or 3 weeks. Just make sure the ammonia is completely at 0. For the fourth fish wait another 1 or 2 weeks and then as for the fifth and so on I would give it a week everytime you add a fish. You have to remember that in a 90 gallon tank the reccomended room for living creatures are 1 inch for every 5 gallons, you can probably safely do 1 inch for every 2 gallons. I would not push that though. If you are going to put live coral or anemones in the tank then you have to figure 1/2 the diameter of the base for them. Another thing is when you figure the size of the fish you must consider them as adults and not the size of them when you purchase them. If I were you I would start with a pair of tank raised percs. These fish are extremely hardy and they will tolerate small mistakes alot better than some of your other fish. They will also help your tank to mature. Again, I am no where near an expert at this. I have only have my tank running for about 4 months now but in that time I have learned alot from actually playing around with my tank and reading TONS. Also talk to people if you can, like this message board. I am lucky because my LFS is extremely helpful and they give me alot of good advice and they dont just try to sell me whatever. Might be because my family has been going there for so long and knows everyone. Everyone respond and tell me if you agree or disagree with my advice. I hope this helps.
92 Gallon Bow Front
75lbs of crushed coral and dolomite base
600 GPH hang-on filter
100lbs of decorative rock
2 Regal Tangs
3 Percula Clowns
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
1 Red Reef Crab
3 Red Hermits

 

[fshhub]

well a dog face may be ok in a90, but he could be a prob for the lion
as for other non aggressive fish, with a trigger a puffer or a lion they would probably not last long, especially in a90, ou will not be abel to keep anythign small enough that would nto become menu
and for clean up, you can pretty much forget a clean up crew, with those guys on the list(not sure about the puff, but the others escet tang yes)
the first thing to do is decide whether it is to be aggressive or non, then look at what it s you want, then go from that or those fish, saying you can or cannot add clowns(for example) is at best a guess, if you were to get teh lion they would probably wind up lion chow eventually since lions will eat anythign they can fit into their mouths(that is just an example, what ever you get will depend on exactly what you want, like i have atang with clowns and ff not a trigger or lion)
as far as how much, i twould figure on 1 inch per 5 galons to start, but figure adult size and add sowly, ie one fish every couple of weeks to a month, and see how that goes
HTH

 

[stupid_naso]

No cleaners available for any lion or trigger. You won't be getting cleaner, you'll be getting the trigger and lion "an expensive meal"
Menu:
Appetizer- Fresh snails in the shells
Main Course- Shrimp and crabs served with their cruchy scales.
Dessert- Frozen Brine Shrimp

I hope you get the message there .
sebae_the_clown
PS: Clownfishes are fun to watch, and says who they're not aggressive?