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I have a 150 gallon Sps dominated tank with 8 damsels and one purple tang, two clowns and a golby. i can’t seem to get up my N or P up to where I would like them. I’m dosing neo nitro and it doesn’t seem to raise anything . In the end I’m thinking I just have too many sinks but I don’t want to turn off my skimmer or lower my cheato lights as things just don’t seem as stable with out both running full bore. So with out a debate on nutrients , I need more fish but my fish are insanely mean. I put two yellow damsels in my tank and one was killed the first night but the other seems to be ok hiding . I was thinking I wanted to try anthias ,
either one of the larger solidary ones or 4 of the social ones. But I don’t want to kill expense or cheap fish, The question is will these fish be able to fend off damsels and if not , should I just buy a baby grouper and let it do the job? i would like more tangs but my 9 year old purple tang would kill anything on sight.
So if anthias would not be hardy or bold enough , what fish do you recommend being able to fly under the radar of the PT and be big or tough enough to smack down some damsels if need be. I have a bare bottom so some fish are also out of the question , but other than that I have a lot of room really the tank is under stocked for the amount of Sps and nems I have . Simply over feeding and dosing seems to not work out great , as some one has has to resist the urge to change my water weekly , my Sps just seems less happy than when I had a large panther grouper in there and just the purple tang , the purple tang defied my belief when it bullied and harassed the panther grouper into not eating .. so this is one of those demonically powerful purple tangs.
I’m really tempted to get a big enough group it can face off with the tang if need be , the damsels I love. It don’t care if they get eaten at this point and my purple tang is 9 Im not getting rid of her, just wondering if anyone has any ideas for a larger fish or multiple medium fish that can hang out in cell block D and be ok.
if anthias are out I’m thinking six line wrasse or something that is bold that can put these damsels into place. All ideas are welcome . the tank is
either one of the larger solidary ones or 4 of the social ones. But I don’t want to kill expense or cheap fish, The question is will these fish be able to fend off damsels and if not , should I just buy a baby grouper and let it do the job? i would like more tangs but my 9 year old purple tang would kill anything on sight.
So if anthias would not be hardy or bold enough , what fish do you recommend being able to fly under the radar of the PT and be big or tough enough to smack down some damsels if need be. I have a bare bottom so some fish are also out of the question , but other than that I have a lot of room really the tank is under stocked for the amount of Sps and nems I have . Simply over feeding and dosing seems to not work out great , as some one has has to resist the urge to change my water weekly , my Sps just seems less happy than when I had a large panther grouper in there and just the purple tang , the purple tang defied my belief when it bullied and harassed the panther grouper into not eating .. so this is one of those demonically powerful purple tangs.
I’m really tempted to get a big enough group it can face off with the tang if need be , the damsels I love. It don’t care if they get eaten at this point and my purple tang is 9 Im not getting rid of her, just wondering if anyone has any ideas for a larger fish or multiple medium fish that can hang out in cell block D and be ok.
if anthias are out I’m thinking six line wrasse or something that is bold that can put these damsels into place. All ideas are welcome . the tank is