fish advice

Currently have a very well established 125 gallon tank with 2 clown fish max size 3” 2 fire fish max size 3” 2 green chromis max size 4” 1 long nose hawk fish max size 4” 1 yellow watchman max size 4” 1 sailfin tang max size 12” 1 blue hippo tang max size 12” 1 flasher wrasse max size...

Hi Reef 2 Reef, Hi Everyone, I'm currently in the process of setting up an 80 gallon tank, dimensions 48"x20"x20", and could use some help putting together a stock list. There's about 80 lbs of live rock in the tank with lots of caves, and a 1" deep sand bed. Plan is a mixed reef, LPS, SPS...

I’ve noticed the past couple days that my blue eye kole tang has seemed sluggish compared to his usual energetic happy self. In fact all my fish, which includes a pair of skunk clowns and a pintail fairy wrasse, have seemed a bit off. My clowns have been at opposite ends of the tank, each...

I am moving all of the fish from an old tank into a larger one, I stupidly added a tomini tang before moving any of the smaller fish over and now I’m worried about bullying. Previous tank stock: 1 bicolor blenny 1 lawnmower blenny 1 Midas blenny 1 flame hawkfish 1 unknown hawkfish 1 red...

So I am planning a 5 gallon tank, with macroalgae, soft coral, and some sexy shrimp, and think a central fish might be cool. I checked the lfs and they don't have anything smaller than a two-spot blenny. Can I keep one, or should I look for even smaller fish?

Hello, I'm working on setting up my first serious reef aquarium. It's a 100 gallon Innovative Marine EXT 100. From what I have researched the majority of people start out with clownfish but are there any other options? I have heard that clownfish can be a little territorial and aggressive as...

Would a Melanarus wrasse do well in a 4ft tank? How reef safe are they? I have heard that they tend to pick on invertebrates. I’ve recently seen a beautiful mated pair of them. Would a pair be a smart idea or down the road would they both just become male? I assume that on would probably be...

I have a 75 gallon aquarium(40’ by 24’ by 20’). I have a fish list which I have done a lot of research on. However, I would like to know if there are any compatibility problems that I am unaware of as well as possible better alternatives. Any recommendations or words of advise are much...

Hello! I hope yall having an amazing day! As I am finally coming to the finish line for the fish I will be adding to my tank wanted to see advice if you agree or any suggestions! Note: need all fish to be reef safe and peaceful as possible! Current line up already in tank: 2 Clown fish 1 blue...

Hey everyone, first time posting. I have this fish (fool) for 2 months now. Today, I noticed a bump on the left of side of him, what is this, and should I be worried? TIA.

So I have a pretty well established tank and I currently have 2 pajama cardinals 1 diamond back goby and a pair of clowns but I recently noticed some flat worms on a torch and wanted to see what would be a good wrasse to get or am I pushing it on livestock?

Hi guys, I've bought a Red Coris Wrasse last Friday and as soon as I put it in the tank he just went under the sand, and he din't come out yet. Should I be concerned? like How long should I wait before trying to dig him out, which is not going to be a fun thing since I've a lot of rocks and my...

I believe it had the same thing a year ago, which went away by itself. It came a few days ago, and I’m pretty sure it is scratch marks, but wanted to share it in here if it could be something else. No other fish has any diseases or symptoms, and the fox face eats well.

My Scorpionfish (I believe he's a Scorpaenodes Brasiliensi) has had what looked like a little fog in his eye for a little over a month, my lion had the same little bit of cloudiness and it disappeared on its own so I didn't think much of it. My params are perfect 8.2ph 0amm, 0nit, minimal...

Have any of yall ever seen this Bicolor Chromis? There doesnt seem to be a lot of talk about them on here. I was wondering how are they different from Blue/Green Chromis in terms of temperment and hardiness. Live Aquaria has a Trio Right now in Divers Den I think they are neat looking fish...

Hi Everyone, My blue eye Kole tang has this dust like light marks on its skin. I've been following this for couple of days. He's eating and behaving well. No sign of stress. Added him in the tank 5 weeks ago. I have another purple tang, 2 clown fish and 1 diamond watchman goby. There's no...

Hello everyone, so I bought a pair of cardinal fish and one is doing great eating looking good but the other stopped eating. That began when I loaded my tank up with some pods. I try to feed frozen, reef frenzy nano, arctic pods, frozen brine and mysis. I’ve tried garlic. When I put more pods in...

Hey Guys, one of my blue damsels has been sick the past 24 hours and is only getting worse. The pair has been getting along fine for the past month and both have their own caves which is why I attributed the fins being injured to my gyre flow. I took out the wave maker and replaced it with...

The Background: I recently acquired a female leopard wrasse from my trusted lfs. I have researched and talked with people who work at my lfs who keep them. I trust a few of them in there and have and will tell me to stay away from certain fish that doesn’t bode well for my set up. I have...

Hello. Building out a 100 gallon tank. Dimensions are 48”x22”x22”. I’m still trying to nail down fish but am struggling. Here is my current thoughts 2 clowns 1 melanurus wrasse 1 yellow coris wrasse 4 lyretail Anthias 1 Yellow eye spotted Kole tang 2 swallowtail angelfish Is that too...

Okay, y'all is the fish naming curse real?! Years ago when I was first getting into reefing I had a fish store owner tell me that if I named my fish they were doomed to die. He told me any time he named a fish something would happen to it- he told me a stories like how he came in and somehow...

So I introduced a leopard wrasse into my 90 gal tank a week ago. I have a blue hippo tang and flame fin Tomini tang already in the tank already and they seem to bully the leopard wrasse. Will this stop eventually? I feed 2 times a day and probably over feed a little so I don’t think food is an...

Hey everyone I’m due to add another fish (or 2) to the tank but I’m really struggling. I have a fire fish which is extremely peaceful so was put off clowns as I don’t want them to bother him and a lot of people have said clowns will turn aggressive as they mature. I also really like the...

Hey hey! So I've got a 90litre. Set it up currently letting the rock cycle. The sand I got caribsea pink fiji. I really want a pistol shrimp but this sand LOOKS too fine! It's created little mini sand storms in my tank, I haven't yet got a wavemakers. sand would you recommend?? Perfect for...

Hi, hope you all are having a fantastic day! I would say about a month ago, I purchased this white designer Clownfish to go with my mocha black one and for the first 3 weeks they were best best friends, wouldn't leave eachothers side in a good way. Now for say the past 2 weeks or so this is the...