Help me stock my 75!

[Jake1]

Ok jest set up my 75 has around 50 pounds live rock, 120 pounds 5 inch sand bed, sump that holds 25 gals. I have 2 clowns and a orange spotted goby. I would like to keep a tang been looking at kole yellow eye or a white tail bristaltooth. And maybe a flame angel. What do you guys think? Maybe give me a good idea of other fish, would like something with some size.

 

[Trex]

Reef or fish only with live rock? If reef, what type of corals are you thinking about.

 

[Jake1]

O sorry it's a reef tank! I moved my 20 into it has a lot of softies ( leather and mushrooms mostly) but will be keeping a lot of favias and other Lps with a few ez Sps. I got the tank off my friend he has the sand in it already. The clowns and corals been in for 3 weeks and the goby since Friday.

 

[indyjaco]

My suggestions:

Chromis
any of the dwarf angels will pick at some corals but are pretty
Flasher Wrasee
A small yellow or kole tang

 

[aslmx]

I got a small bristletooth for my 75. He is the adout the size of a half dollar and doing great. I also have a scopas and love him but hes getting a little too big for the 75. DO NOT GET A 6 LINE WRASSE!!!!!!!!! unless you want a free one when I catch him.:wink:

 

[Steelerfan747]

Chromis, or flame gobies. You could try a helfrichi our purple

 

[Adam.Jackson]

I know Chromis sp. are a staple recommendation to beginning aquarists or to aquarists with relatively new tanks but I'm not a huge of them, they aren't nearly as hardy as they're propped up to be. Their recuperative abilities (especially with skin/scale trauma) is pretty poor, the genus of chromis has a much higher death rate in collection, shipping and acclimation than most know. Also unlike other members of the family they do not, in my observations, adapt to the smaller settings, even in non-permanent holding and quarantine. I get that their popularity stems from their their typically small size and lack of aggression when compared to many of the other genus and species in the family Pomacentridae (Damsels/Anemone fish) but they are hard to select as physical trauma isn't always apparent and they rarely recover from it be it from aggression or handling, their thin but sensitive scales being damaged preclude the animals to be more susceptible to infection and disease and further inter-species bullying. In captive set-ups they are also often the first to show stress in response to environmental issues such as dissolved organics, temperature and specific gravity.

I find C. talboti (talbots damsel) to be a good median to the two extremes, both hardiness wise and aggression wise, between the other common damsels in the trade and Chromis.

I also prefer C. talboti aesthetically over the green chromis, but of course that's a completely subjective opinion. Good luck with the new build!

 

[hermesfansf]

Ok jest set up my 75 has around 50 pounds live rock, 120 pounds 5 inch sand bed, sump that holds 25 gals. I have 2 clowns and a orange spotted goby. I would like to keep a tang been looking at kole yellow eye or a white tail bristaltooth. And maybe a flame angel. What do you guys think? Maybe give me a good idea of other fish, would like something with some size.

Ok, u and I have the same size of tank. These are the fish that I keep: 1 pair of clowns, 1 flame wrasse, 1 rabbit fish, 3 Barlette Anthias, 1 meralanus wrasse and 1 black tang.