Thanks, for the insight everyone. what about Basslet Royal Gramma, CLEANER SHRIMP, Bar (zebra) Goby
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Thanks, for the insight everyone. what about Basslet Royal Gramma, CLEANER SHRIMP, Bar (zebra) Goby
If your kole is aggressive now, then things will only get worse as it matures. 75g is small for 1 tang, let alone 2. I strongly recommend rehoming the kole.I’m looking to add a couple more fish to my 75g mixed reef and call it done. Current residents: 2 percula clowns, one lawnmower blenny, one yellow and one Kole Tang, one Sally Lightfoot and one emeral crab, and various numbers trochus, turbo, cerith , bumble bee snails, fighting conchs and a pistol shrimp. Kole tang is the PITA of the tank, thinks he’s the blenny boss.
Thinking of sturdy small fish like damsels, chromises or wrasses. Had two reef chromis before the velvet wreaked havoc last spring. They were cool. Or yellow coris wrasse or some of the least of the aggressive damsels NOT the black and white ones. Something that might deter some of the koles attention.
Any suggestions?
Genicanthus don't form bonded prs.Planning stage of an inwall 125g.
I want this centered around a pair of fish but not cardinals or anemone fish or other commonly seen pairs.
Other fish would either be a group of Evansi anthias or a few species of fairy wrasse, havent decided tbh.
Corals would i keep would be decided on the pair I select, i know below is a list of angels so this might end up fowlr.
Some ideas i was thinking of
- Pair of Paracentropyge multifasciata, i know they are finicky to get eating. I do not know their temperament well for tankmate selection.
-Pair of Genicanthus sp. angels
Most coral safe of the ideas i have.
-Pair of of Centropyge, what species to avoid for aggression to other tank mates? My current tank’s coral beauty has no aggression issues, but its not in a pair either.
-open to other ideas as well, this is simply the planning stages. Really would like a pair of butterflies but no idea how to accomplish a bonded pair here. And not looking at zosters.
guys looking for a small. nano fish
NON SHY AND VERY ACTIVE
for 40 gallon
TIA
2 clownsDepends on what you already have in the tank if anything? Pygmy Angels, Midas Blenny, even some clownfish are good options. Do you have coral, inverts, etc.?
2 clowns
starry blenny
yellow coris wrasse
Yellow tail damsel, most hawkfish if you don’t have small shrimp and crabs that you’re attatched to, same with most toby puffers, or a chromis (I recommend only 1 because I had 3 blue-greens in my 46 gallon and they went ballistic on each other)2 clowns
starry blenny
yellow coris wrasse
The suggestions of midas blenny, flame hawk, and azure damsel are all good.guys looking for a small. nano fish
NON SHY AND VERY ACTIVE
for 40 gallon
TIA
The cherub is borderline too big. Other than that the list is fine.Here’s my fish wishlist for my 29 standard. I know the angel and clownfish fill be slightly aggressive, but I’m basing the stocking off of the angel and 6 line.
Dwarf Pygmy cherub angelfish
6 Line Wrasse
Cleaner Goby
1 Occ. clownfish
Midas Blenny
Adding more threadfins will be fine.I am upgrading my tank to a 55x36x24 and I want to add a few more fish.
The tank has 2 areas: Anemones (1 magnifica and 30+ BTA's) and Other corals.
The current stock is:
3 Ocellaris clownfish (living in the magnifica)
2 Banggai cardinals (usually hang around the BTA's)
2 Threadfin cardinals
2 Flame angels
2 Yellow assessors
1 Tomini tang
1 Diamond goby
I was thinking about increasing thr group of threadfin cardinals and getting another diamond goby and try to pair them up.
The problem is finding more fish that will hang around the BTA's.
The suggestions of midas blenny, flame hawk, and azure damsel are all good.
The cherub is borderline too big. Other than that the list is fine.
Adding more threadfins will be fine.
You will be hard pressed to find peaceful fish that will utilize the bta area. You could attempt more clowns, but that may not work out. Dascyllus damsels can host in anemones, but they are nasty.
I've had full grown marine bettas with fish as eviota gobies and they ignored. They are really a shrimp specialist. Your fish will be safe.Thanks.
I have clown trio that has been stable for some time and I am afraid that adding other clowns, even of other species may disrupt the trio.
Those damsels are great when they are tiny, but as you pointed out become a problem when they grow up.
I haven't found any other fish that likes to lurk near the BTA's as the Banggai cardinals do.
The only option that occured to me was to use the rocks with anemones to build a cave that will attract cave dwellers. A pair of small marine bettas? Will the threadfins and yellow assessors be safe? I have no shrimp.
I've had full grown marine bettas with fish as eviota gobies and they ignored. They are really a shrimp specialist. Your fish will be safe.
Thanks @eatbreakfast the pair were small when I got them but he’s been a real b***^^d and time guarding his food relentlessly. The yellow gets along with everyone. Seriously thinking of trading in.If your kole is aggressive now, then things will only get worse as it matures. 75g is small for 1 tang, let alone 2. I strongly recommend rehoming the kole.
In tanks of comparable size, I have had kole tangs relentlessly chase wrasses.
Some of the Chrysiptera damsel species, such as talbot, springeri, azure, and rollandi, are more peaceful, but can still hold there own.