Help Me Pick New Fish!

[CastAway]

I have amassed some store credit at one of my LFS's and would like to buy some new fish. I'm looking for some compatibility help, suggestions and insight.

I have a four year old 150g, 5ft long mixed reef, including a refugium.

Current fish list
1 - Lubbock's wrasse
2 - Ocellaris clowns, laying pair
4 - Lyretail anthias (3 female + 1 sub-male)
2 - Sapphire damsel, laying pair
1 - Tomini tang
1 - Scopas tang
1 - Potters wrasse
1 - Starry blenny
1 - Tailspot blenny
1 - Royal gramma

The Lubbock's displays a little aggression sometimes.
I've had success with red head and neon gobies. They were just very short lived it seems.
I recently lost an orchid dotty back. It was rarely out and visible except when I fed the tank. I think it was a natural death as I never saw it fighting with any other fish. It just disappeared.
I've kept a hippo tang successfully for years, then sold it.
I've lost a Midas blenny and two flame wrasse in the past, to jumping. I do not use a tank cover.

So far, my interests/candidates are:

• Leopard wrasse, or pair
  
• Terminal male lyre tail
  
• Sunrise dotty back
• Lemon Peel Angel

Be gentle...

 

[Maritimer]

Leopard wrasses may not be as jumpy as fairies or flashers, but with most wrasses, I think it's more a matter of "when" than of "if".

Not sure your sub-male lyretail will welcome a terminal male into that sweet harem he's got going on - and unlike some fish, I'm not sure anthias can reverse course.

Sunrise dottyback are beautiful, but IIRC, crankier than orchids. I suspect that you'd find his "stealth mode" similar, as he darts among the rockwork.

Lemon peels don't have the _most_ reef-safe reputation, but I know a fellow who has one, and his tank is gorgeous.

Either the sunrise or the lemon peel would give you bright colors, and it doesn't look like you've got a _ton_ of yellow in your fishy family so far.

Thoughts off the top of my head.

~Bruce

 

[CastAway]

Thanks Bruce!!

I was looking at Artfully Acrylic just this morning, and think maybe it's time for a cover. Hate it, but....

Maybe another female or two would push my Lyretail to terminal?

I don't mind stealth; in fact find that trait nice. It adds a little variety.

Thanks again @Maritimer!

 

[eatbreakfast]

My thoughts mirror Bruce's.

 

[CastAway]

My thoughts mirror Bruce's.

Thanks!

Wrasses are my favorite. Guess I'll keep researching.

 

[Jimbo662]

How about a group of schooling blue eyed cardinals?

 

[Kmsutows]

I like the original thoughts and wouldn't add a terminal male lyretail. Maybe a couple more females and a nice school of green chromis would look great with them

 

[CastAway]

Ive heard chromis pare actually pretty difficult; that there's an initial increased mortality rate.

Is this so?

 

[Kmsutows]

I've had the same 3 chronic in my 150gal for Bout 15 months now no problem at all. I feed heavy though a d I think that's a key factor

 

[Maritimer]

Ive heard chromis pare actually pretty difficult; that there's an initial increased mortality rate.

Is this so?

Chromis are _very_ susceptible to Uronema marinum - you _don't_ want that in your display, as no "fallow period" can rid you of it. They also have a reputation for acting like "The Highlander" in many cases - picking one another off until only one (or perhaps a pair) remains.

 

[CastAway]

Chromis are _very_ susceptible to Uronema marinum - you _don't_ want that in your display, as no "fallow period" can rid you of it. They also have a reputation for acting like "The Highlander" in many cases - picking one another off until only one (or perhaps a pair) remains.

Thank you!