Choosing tank mates.

[alexkharden]

I found an online app once, but I can't find it anymore and I was hoping someone would point me in the right direction. What the app did was take a list of fish you planned on having in the aquarium, compare it to the size of the aquarium, factor in whether it was FOWLER or reef, and then give you a list of potential incompatibility issues. Responses would include things like, "Your Lion may eat your wrasse" or "Your tank is too small for your grouper". It also compared your list in it's entirety to see if you were trying to put too many fish into too small of a tank. Things like that. It was quite brilliant and I'm kicking myself for not bookmarking it.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about or where I can find it?

Just for some background, here's what I'm trying to do. The ONLY fish my wife wanted was a lion, so I bought her a fuzzy dwarf. I don't want to put it into my DT because I have smaller fish that will surely become food. What I'm doing is I bought a 40b from petco. I drilled it and am installing bulkheads and an overflow, and I will be plumbing it to run from my existing 75g sump. I figure that should handle the "dirty" nature of the lion. What I want is to figure out what other fish, and how many, I can add to the tank. Currently the only inhabitants it will have are the lion and a mantis shrimp I extracted from my DT. I'm thinking a flame hawk, a leaf fish, a waspfish....things like that. It'll primarily be a live feed tank, but doesn't necessarily have to be that exclusively.

That's why I'd really like to find this tool.

Thanks everyone.

 

[CodyRVA]

This might help

 

[alexkharden]

http://aqadvisor.com/

That's the site I was looking for, but it isn't nearly as awesome as I thought it was.

I've been using that chart already, but I was hoping the app would help square things up a little. Oh, well. Here's where I'm at now, I'm thinking in a 40 breeder, plumbed into a large sump, I can probably fit between 6-10 fish. Because of the types of fish there probably won't be much in the way of inverts or corals. Two definite inhabitants are a fuzzy dwarf lion fish, and a smasher mantis.

Yes, I know I run a risk of the mantis being eaten, but I'm hoping that won't be the case.

Any suggestions for other tank inhabitants?

I'm thinking a leaf fish, a Toby puffer, and a wasp fish for starters. Thoughts on these and other additions?

 

[eatbreakfast]

http://aqadvisor.com/

That's the site I was looking for, but it isn't nearly as awesome as I thought it was.

I've been using that chart already, but I was hoping the app would help square things up a little. Oh, well. Here's where I'm at now, I'm thinking in a 40 breeder, plumbed into a large sump, I can probably fit between 6-10 fish. Because of the types of fish there probably won't be much in the way of inverts or corals. Two definite inhabitants are a fuzzy dwarf lion fish, and a smasher mantis.

Yes, I know I run a risk of the mantis being eaten, but I'm hoping that won't be the case.

Any suggestions for other tank inhabitants?

I'm thinking a leaf fish, a Toby puffer, and a wasp fish for starters. Thoughts on these and other additions?

I would actually be more concerned about any fish that might get too close or curious of the mantis. Though smashers aren't fish eaters, thy will still use them for defense.

A lionfish will be able to eat anything about the size of it's own body minus fins or smaller.

Puffers may nip at the fins of the lion, though tobies are better than their larger cousins.

Each tank is different as far as adequate filtering capacity, but as long as your levels are within the proper parameters, you should be fine.