What fish to add

[Davidkirschenbaum]

I wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas what to add to my tank. I have one fox face and some corals. I have some snails and crabs. any help and where I should get it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
david

 

[House of Laughter]

David,

Much of this decision to add fish is dependant on tank size and types of corals etc. as well as bioload/filtration.

Some more details would be helpful so we can assist further.

Let us know

House

 

[Davidkirschenbaum]

I have about 50 lbs of live rock and i am using a bakpak2 filter. I have 3 powerheads and one has a filter on it. I have a polyp, mushroom, leather,. my tank is a 50 gallon.
Thanks
david

 

[House of Laughter]

I would be careful on what you add - chances are, if it is very colorful and you'll want it, then your tank will be too small

If you don't have alot of flow, you might want to consider cardinals - they are nice if you don't have much flow and aren't particular about exotic fish color - they sort of school around together.

If you are to get a Tang, I would get a small yellow eye kole tang and nothing else - most of this family stress in too small a tank.

I also like the smaller fish - six line or banana wrasse, wathman or catalina gobies.

With a 50, I would be very careful not to overload the tank.

Hope that helps. Best to continue to research ans see what everyone else has and then make a decision.

House

 

[Davidkirschenbaum]

what do you think of gobies

 

[House of Laughter]

Love em - I have a watchman in everyone of my tanks -

CAtalinas are nice too and I just picked up a Mandarin (but that's expert care only and not good for as starter tank).

Some people really like the neon ones, but they are too passive for me.

My .02

House