Fish Selection

[bleedingthought]

Hey guys, I need advice and opinions! I'm trying to choose what fish I will have in there next. I have a 75 gallon tank with a 29 gallon sump (Nothing in the sump still. Soon, rubbles of live rock, and a skimmer - either AquaC or Coralife) It's currently still a FOWLER (but hopefully will begin a reef in the future!) with about 40 pounds of live rock (about 40 moure soon!) and about 4 inches of sand. I also have in there:

1 True Perc
3 Green Chromis
1 Cleaner Wrasse
2 Firefish Gobies
1 Pigmy (Cherub) Angel
1 Bicolor Blenny
Some small Hermits

And this is my question, out of these, which ones would you guys recommend for me to go with. I've been reading up on them, and every now and then I get mixed opinions/descriptions (For example, that Angels won't do well together. But I've also read that the dwarves are not nearly as bad.) I'm looking for personality, color, and different sized fish.

One more Perc?
Purple Firefish?
Yellow Headed goby?
Kole Tang?
Copperband Butterflyfish?
Sailfin Tang?
Yellow Clown Goby?
Foxface Rabbitfish?
Flame Angel?

The ones at the top of list for me are the ones in red (Although all of them have drawn attention ))) ). What do you guys think? Is it way too many? (If I were to go with all of them?) How many could/should I go with out of the list? Any other recommendations for my selection? Any other notable fish you would recommend? Please help me out! Thanks a lot!

 

[Len]

Dwarf angels can get pretty nasty with one another. I'd avoid. Also, firefish don't tolerate other firefish well, so I'd pass on the purple firefish. Personally, I'd get a bigger fish like a tang or rabbitfish; this big fish might also give your cleaner wrasse more of a chance of surviving. This should be your last fish as the tank is already pretty full, so make it count with a cool, big swimmer

 

[Meloco14]

I agree with Len. You might be able to get a second percula to pair up with your existing one if it is much smaller. It will help even more if they are tank raised. But there is a chance that they wouldnt get along. Avoid multiple firefish or dwarf angels. I have heard that copperbands are fairly successful in captivity but if you are planning for a reef they might be trouble. A clown goby would be fine, but you probably won't notice him too much and it's definitely not the star attraction you seem to be looking for. As Len said you probably want to go with a bigger, open water swimmer to be the main attraction of the tank. The kole tang would be good, IMO sailfins get way too big for a 75. I would also consider a pair of flasher or fairy wrasses (which I'm surprised Len didn't suggest ). But your tank is getting pretty full. If you get a large fish like a tang it probably should be your last. If you go with something smaller you could probably add 2 without a problem. But definitely get a skimmer on there. That many fish with no skimmer must mean high nutrients in the tank. HTH

 

[fungia]

consider a hogfish, they are colorful and have lots of personality.

 

[bleedingthought]

Thanks a bunch guys!

Len, you like the Foxface or the Kole better?

The wrasses you mentioned don't get very large, do they meloco?

And Fungia, which Hogfish would you recommend?



Anyone else input/comment is greatly appreciated also!

 

[Omni2226]

The Kole tang hands down. Very nice fish dont get too big and will help stop any alga outbreaks. Real active swimmer too.

 

[Meloco14]

IMO a kole tang is prettier then a foxface. The fairy and flasher wrasses do not get very big. None of them would be too big for a 75. However, they do jump, so you need a top to the tank. They tend to do well in pairs or small harems, though, so if I were you I would chose either one tang or foxface, OR a pair or small group of wrasses. Having both may push your tank to its limits. There are a lot of threads in the Collectors Forum about different fairy and flasher wrasses. Len and Matt Wandell seem to be very knowledgable about them, and Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka in the collector's forum is one of the world's authorities on them. HTH