125g stocking

[RWhitt907]

Looking for new ways to fill up my 125g, all I have is a Coral Beauty, two Clowns, a Bangaii Cardinal, and a YWG, 2 peppermint shrimp, banded coral shrimp, and a trio of urchins.

 

[Bucrob]

2 Ocellaris clowns
1 Yellow Coris Wrasse
1 leopard wrasse bluestar (female)
1 Carpenter Flasher Wrasse
1 Red Eye Solar Wrasse
2 banggai cardinalfish
2 Tangs (blue hippo + yellow)
1 goby (yellow watchman
1 Golden Angelfish
1 Red Scooter Blenny
4 Green Chromis
1 Starry Blenny
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Royal Gramma
1 Valentini Puffer
1 Sunburst Anthia

This is my stocking for my tank that is a similar size to yours

 

[Bucrob]

2 Ocellaris clowns
1 Yellow Coris Wrasse
1 leopard wrasse bluestar (female)
1 Carpenter Flasher Wrasse
1 Red Eye Solar Wrasse
2 banggai cardinalfish
2 Tangs (blue hippo + yellow)
1 goby (yellow watchman
1 Golden Angelfish
1 Red Scooter Blenny
4 Green Chromis
1 Starry Blenny
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Royal Gramma
1 Valentini Puffer
1 Sunburst Anthia

This is my stocking for my tank that is a similar size to yours

Soon I will also be adding a target mandarin for a few months until I get my 4th tank running...

 

[RWhitt907]

2 Ocellaris clowns
1 Yellow Coris Wrasse
1 leopard wrasse bluestar (female)
1 Carpenter Flasher Wrasse
1 Red Eye Solar Wrasse
2 banggai cardinalfish
2 Tangs (blue hippo + yellow)
1 goby (yellow watchman
1 Golden Angelfish
1 Red Scooter Blenny
4 Green Chromis
1 Starry Blenny
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Royal Gramma
1 Valentini Puffer
1 Sunburst Anthia

This is my stocking for my tank that is a similar size to yours

Does the Puffer eat coral, I forgot to include that i have Zoas

 

[Bucrob]

Does the Puffer eat coral, I forgot to include that i have Zoas

Mine never did and in general they aren't big coral eaters; they may nip at lps or sps skeletons to chew down their teeth but won't significantly damage much polyp and tissue. Your main issue with shrimp, they are 50/50 with shrimp and occasionally snails. Mine would play with the snails but never fully eat/kill them just flip them upside down so a crab could get them...

 

[RWhitt907]

Does the Puffer eat coral, I forgot to include that i have Zoas

I think I would want to swap the hippo, chromis, leopard wrasse. Any suggestions?

 

[Bucrob]

I think I would want to swap the hippo, chromis, leopard wrasse. Any suggestions?

Do a bristletooth over hippo, anthias over chromis, and idk maybe another flasher/fairy wrasse over leopard?

 

[i cant think]

Looking for new ways to fill up my 125g, all I have is a Coral Beauty, two Clowns, a Bangaii Cardinal, and a YWG, 2 peppermint shrimp, banded coral shrimp, and a trio of urchins.

What are the dimensions of the system? I believe I may have had a 100-120G tank but just wanting to double check if the dimensions were the same.

 

[RWhitt907]

What are the dimensions of the system? I believe I may have had a 100-120G tank but just wanting to double check if the dimensions were the same.

72x18x22

 

[Bucrob]

72x18x22

With 6 feet of room you could also do a naso tang, my personal favorite, but my yellow tang wont allow it

 

[i cant think]

72x18x22

The width will make it a bit more difficult - I’d say you’re limited with tangs in the Ctenochaetus genus and maybe the smaller Zebrasoma tangs. Any outside of that may struggle with turning room due to the speed at which they swim.

 

[Bucrob]

The width will make it a bit more difficult - I’d say you’re limited with tangs in the Ctenochaetus genus and maybe the smaller Zebrasoma tangs. Any outside of that may struggle with turning room due to the speed at which they swim.

He wouldn't experience anything resemblant of that issue for a long time

 

[RWhitt907]

With 6 feet of room you could also do a naso tang, my personal favorite, but my yellow tang wont allow it

Im thinking MAYBE 1 tang. Later on, last fish, either a Whitetail Bristletooth, or a Yellow. But we'll see. I'd like to have a bunch of community fish first.

 

[RWhitt907]

The width will make it a bit more difficult - I’d say you’re limited with tangs in the Ctenochaetus genus and maybe the smaller Zebrasoma tangs. Any outside of that may struggle with turning room due to the speed at which they swim.

I dont think my tank is big enough for some of the larger tangs honestly. Plus I don't particularly like the bigger ones anyway. Zebrasoma are cool though.

 

[Bucrob]

Im thinking MAYBE 1 tang. Later on, last fish, either a Whitetail Bristletooth, or a Yellow. But we'll see. I'd like to have a bunch of community fish first.

I would do both unless you plan on a rabbit fish since you'll need utility fish. Personally I would go with either a gem or a purple, in my experience yellows are almost always bullies compared to gems and purples are slightly better than yellows

 

[RWhitt907]

I would do both unless you plan on a rabbit fish since you'll need utility fish. Personally I would go with either a gem or a purple, in my experience yellows are almost always bullies compared to gems and purples are slightly better than yellows

I've got a good bit of research to do on what fish will cooperate with what, I like Blennies and Wrasses, so gotta figure out which fish won't murder those. Specifically a Naoko Wrasse.

 

[Bucrob]

I've got a good bit of research to do on what fish will cooperate with what, I like Blennies and Wrasses, so gotta figure out which fish won't murder those. Specifically a Naoko Wrasse.

Naokos are murderous little creatures...

 

[Bucrob]

Naokos are murderous little creatures...

For reference, I had one that terrorized all my other wrasses into hiding so bad that he wouldn't let them come out to eat

 

[RWhitt907]

For reference, I had one that terrorized all my other wrasses into hiding so bad that he wouldn't let them come out to eat

Why are the coolest fish always demons. That thing has an awesome color pattern. Maybe I'll settle on a dusky.

 

[Bucrob]

Why are the coolest fish always demons. That thing has an awesome color pattern. Maybe I'll settle on a dusky.

Duskys are cool I don’t see them often though