I have a 250 gallon tank with this livestock list:
Yellow tang
Blue tang
Orange shoulder tang
Powder blue tang
Naso tang
Moorish idol
Coral beauty angel
Flame angel
Lamarck angel
Copperband butterfly
Foxface
Gold nugget maroon clown
Gold x Lightning maroon clown
Hortulanus wrasse
Leopard wrasse
Melanurus wrasse
Midas blenny
Flame hawkfish
Black mollie
Total of 19 fish. On paper it sounds like A LOT, but it’s really not in real life. Most of my fish are the medium - large size, which is what I wanted,
But to feel complete, I need the small “filler” fish to add movement and contrast to the larger sized fish. To make it look like a reef - not like a FOWLR.
The fish that I am considering:
Blue green chromis
Blue damselfish
Anthias
Here’s my concern with chromis: I read that uronema is in most tanks by default (from live rocks and corals) and fallow does NOT work to starve out uronema. Also, will chromis fish fight each other to death?
Blue damselfish: so far the perfect option.
Anthias: I cannot keep them alive longer than a month in the past. I’ve tried many many times. They have the bright orange color, provide movement, but I can’t keep them alive.
More wrasses?
Hmm…
Yellow tang
Blue tang
Orange shoulder tang
Powder blue tang
Naso tang
Moorish idol
Coral beauty angel
Flame angel
Lamarck angel
Copperband butterfly
Foxface
Gold nugget maroon clown
Gold x Lightning maroon clown
Hortulanus wrasse
Leopard wrasse
Melanurus wrasse
Midas blenny
Flame hawkfish
Black mollie
Total of 19 fish. On paper it sounds like A LOT, but it’s really not in real life. Most of my fish are the medium - large size, which is what I wanted,
But to feel complete, I need the small “filler” fish to add movement and contrast to the larger sized fish. To make it look like a reef - not like a FOWLR.
The fish that I am considering:
Blue green chromis
Blue damselfish
Anthias
Here’s my concern with chromis: I read that uronema is in most tanks by default (from live rocks and corals) and fallow does NOT work to starve out uronema. Also, will chromis fish fight each other to death?
Blue damselfish: so far the perfect option.
Anthias: I cannot keep them alive longer than a month in the past. I’ve tried many many times. They have the bright orange color, provide movement, but I can’t keep them alive.
More wrasses?
Hmm…