Favorite NON-reef safe fish?

[EnLight]

I'm currently setting up a 75 gallon (L:48, W:18) tank, and currently own a porcupine pufferfish so I'm not putting in any coral. What are some of your guys' favorite non-reef safe fish? I'm currently thinking about angels or lionfish to go along with my puffer, any recommendations? My mom owns a reef tank so I'd like to get whatever she can't >:)

This next question is a bit off topic, but I'd rather make 1 thread instead of 2. Since I can't have any coral, is there anything I can do to add some color in my tank? If it's only live rock I think it would look a little bland when it's finished.

 

[Eienna]

I loooove harlequin tuskfish.
Some people manage to keep them in reefs but they are hazardous to inverts.

You could try various macroalgaes (calcareous ones in particular, such as halimeda, since they're less likey to get chomped). The different shades of red and green will add some color while also improving water quality.

 

[StevenBell]

I have always thought that marine bettas and panther groupers are gorgeous!

 

[Squishie89]

Maybe a snowflake eel? But the problem there is inverts/tiny fish not the corals. You could do non-reef safe wrasses, angels, could do an angler if you stick with medium-large fish, possibly a trigger.
Personally, I think some of the fake corals can be pretty cool.

 

[bct15]

Red coris wrasse is a beautiful fish, I wish I could put one in my tank but the flipping rocks issue is to big of a risk.

 

[k2parkstar]

Love the harlequin tusk as well

 

[EnLight]

I'm really liking the harlequin tusk too! Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I'll go see if I have any luck at my LFS :)

 

[ZoaCollector]

Lions are always beautiful! and you can train them to come to the top and eat raw shrimp. They'll spit water at you. It's cool. Just be careful of the spines.

 

[EnLight]

Yeah! Definitely getting a lion fish! My LFS only had the bigger kind (forget what it's called exactly) and they are supposed to get a Fu Manchu in the next couple days so hopefully I can get him :)

I'll probably need a separate thread for this, but I bought a long horned cowfish and i'm getting really worried about the toxins. I'm leaning on towards taking him back even though I think he's awesome, he's stressing me out a lot after reading more about how he can wipe out my whole tank

 

[revhtree]

Bump!

 

[mainereefer]

sohal tang or blueface angel

 

[slayeroftheshadow]

Queen Trigger & Queen Angel

 

[MURedhawk]

Puffer

 

[Deinonych]

Triggers are my favorite, but your tank is too small for any of them.

 

[Dan1789]

Harlequin tusk and Sweetlips

 

[1.0reef]

Picasso trigger

 

[DO NOT PM]

I've had a harlequin tusk in my tank for about 18 months. I use urchins instead of crabs for a clean up crew and it works out great. They could care less about the coral. While they look mean, they are actually fairly timid. I even have some Acro-crabs that are surviving by staying deep in the colonies.

 

[jt17]

Emperor Angel. watching juveniles turn adult never ceases to amaze me. I had one many years ago, before corals, and it's still one of my favorites.

 

[TJ's Reef]

The size of your 75g tank is a bit limiting to some acceptable tank mates to a PP Puffer such as a Clown Trigger but to add some color and movement a pair of Dottybacks (several colorful species) or school of Yellowtail Damsels could work well. +1 on trying out some different macro algae.

Cheers, Todd

 

[Badfish83]

I vote harlequin tuskfish as well. I also love Picasso triggers.