Enough giving my opinion, time to get some other opinions - who should I add to this group for a new frag tank?

[Kyl]

I'm re-homing a group of fish to a shallow, but long frag tank that will be plumbed into my DT. Nutrient filtration capacity is of no concern.

So, these guys / gals have been together for quite a while, and are going into a 72" x 22" x 13" ~85 gallon shallow frag tank. Part of which will have some live rock, a quasi half-lagoon, half wide open coral run:

1x Misbar Ocellaris Clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris
1x Tomini Tang - Ctenochaetus tominiensis
1x Blueside Fairy Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
1x Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse - Labroides dimidiatus
1x Firefish - Nemateleotris magnifica
1x Starry Blenny - Salarias ramosus

It will have a tight fitting mesh lid, especially since it's shallow.

So, if you had this profile to work with, what would you add to this little group? #reefsquad , care to chime in? I have the typical algae work-horses, and the DT is major pest free so "pest" utility fish aren't required.

 

[Silent]

School of chromis or anthias

 

[vetteguy53081]

School of chromis or anthias

Agree on both groups although they tend to squabble. Also firefish gobies, and a dozen active perculas are a sight to behold

 

[Kyl]

The tank is shallow, is my only real concern. It's basically a standard 180, cut half-height

 

[Topekoms]

If you won't have any inverts why not an angler?

 

[Kyl]

Didn't say no to inverts, just the fish are being re-homed to start with. There will be trochus snails in there, within a week or two, no doubt. I have hundreds of babies crawling around in the sump. I also hate looking at things without at least a cleaner shrimp in the tank, hanging upside down from something

An angler in particular, I have never really given any thought to. Interesting..

 

[Topekoms]

I was referring to shrimp and such but I think it would be a fun addition to your shallow tank

 

[Kyl]

@eatbreakfast Think 3-5 of the smaller anthias would be too much for this?

 

[Haydn]

If you are covering the tank how about Dartfish, Ptereleotris species. Their slim pencil shape seems to work well with long, shallow tanks. I particularly like the Zebra Dartfish (Ptereleotris zebra) but they are all nice, peaceful and easy to maintain but they are jumpers.

 

[eatbreakfast]

@eatbreakfast Think 3-5 of the smaller anthias would be too much for this?

I think they would be fine.

 

[Kyl]

I think they would be fine.

Smaller, hardy is pretty much Randalls / Dispar / Resplendant?

 

[Kyl]

Chalk Basslett has been suggested, thought they get pretty big, though external is saying about 3-4" max. Hmm..

 

[eatbreakfast]

Smaller, hardy is pretty much Randalls / Dispar / Resplendant?

Yup

 

[Kyl]

Yup

Thank you sir, as always!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Thank you sir, as always!

Happy to help.

 

[Kyl]

Those Randalls really look striking, going to be high on the list.