Biggest Fish For Forty Gallon???

[Twink_w_a_Reef]

What’s the BIGGEST fish you can keep in a forty gallon tank that’s reef safe???

 

[nereefpat]

What fish do you like?

Large-ish fish for a 40 breeder might be:
Long nose hawk
Pink spot watchman goby
6 line wrasse
Clowns
Zebra dartfish

Fish to avoid:
Triggers
Tangs
Full size angels
Most dwarf angels
Butterflies

Hope that helps to get you started

 

[Hemmdog]

Rhinopias

 

[Phycodurus]

some thoughts: a 40G breeder has a length of 36” ... it’s somewhat arbitrary but i personally would cap the max. length of any candidate fish to 3”-4” length.

the activity level would be the second ‘filter’ i would personally emphasize to further refine the candidate list.