What to put in my 125g aquarium next!

beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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I have a 125g aquarium that I cycled for 3 weeks with live rock and sand. I then waited a week and a half before i put in 2 clarkii clownfish. It has been 2 weeks to the day and I am wondering what i should put in next. I am going to quarantine it (although my quarantine has horribly high ammonia now so I'll wait until it drops). I want somthing peaceful, colorful, and reef safe. I am open to suggestions.
 
puffer32

puffer32

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No tangs in a new tank, gotta let it age some. Might also be the case with the foxface. You could get some type of blenny or goby, leave the harder fish till later.
 
sign guy

sign guy

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Originally Posted by puffer32
No tangs in a new tank, gotta let it age some. Might also be the case with the foxface. You could get some type of blenny or goby, leave the harder fish till later.
how old should a tank be befor you add tangs?
 
beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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Originally Posted by joojoo
I personally love Square Back Anthias, I'd add 1 Daddy and 2 Mommies ^_^.
I can only find the males for sale. Without breaking any rules, can you point me in the right direction for females?
 
d0 thy d3w

d0 thy d3w

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most or all fish stores should be able to special order fish for u as long as u can pick them up the day they arrive or however that works out...ask an emloyee at the lfs to special order sum for u
 
beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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ok so then 1 male and 2 female pink square anthias. Also about the quarantine. I have set up a quarantine tank ... but there's 2 problems:
1. It's only a 2.5g because I thought I was originally getting like 1 -2 inch fish atm.
2. The ammonia's like 2. It's a new tank a new HOB filter and water and rock from my cycled tank.
 
joojoo

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2.5 gallon isn't really feasible as a QT. It's just too small, most fish spend weeks at a time in QT, I'd say 10g as bare minimum... sometimes you even have to QT multiple fish.
 
joojoo

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Get the male first as the tank is relatively new, then in a couple weeks, try to special order from your LFS the females, as dothedew suggested.
 
puffer32

puffer32

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Make sure they are eating before you buy them, anthias are hard to get to eat sometimes, not a beginners fish.
 
beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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Originally Posted by joojoo
2.5 gallon isn't really feasible as a QT. It's just too small, most fish spend weeks at a time in QT, I'd say 10g as bare minimum... sometimes you even have to QT multiple fish.
will get a bigger QT tank. Thought it was knid of small.
 
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