New livestock but what

[mraysberg]

Hey all I just got a new tank and trying to add some more fish to what I have now. I upgraded my fluval evo 13.5 to an innovative marine Nuvo 40. I have 2 clownfish, 1 firefish, 1 peppermint shrimp and a cleaner shrimp in the IM right now. I’m trying to add some new things in there now but just not sure what and even how many more things I can add. Also I do have a bunch of lps and a few sps in the tank as well. I was thinking a wrasse or maybe even a coral beauty/flame angel. But any ideas would be great

 

[Hitman]

Coral beauty’s are hit and miss with nipping at corals, flames become territorial jerks so if you want one make it your last fish you add. In your size tank I think you would love a wrasse or two, I have a 6 line and a yellow corris and they are model citizens. Maybe a goby, dragonet, blenny, etc. or how about a Felco Hawk! They are very personable, mine like to play hide and seek with the kids when they go by the tank.

 

[mraysberg]

Coral beauty’s are hit and miss with nipping at corals, flames become territorial jerks so if you want one make it your last fish you add. In your size tank I think you would love a wrasse or two, I have a 6 line and a yellow corris and they are model citizens. Maybe a goby, dragonet, blenny, etc. or how about a Felco Hawk! They are very personable, mine like to play hide and seek with the kids when they go by the tank.

So I had a tiger watchmen goby in the evo but got rid of him when I changed tanksz he would also shift the sand and just burrow all the sand to his cave. I would do another goby but maybe one that doesn’t burrow and sift

 

[Hitman]

I think they all do. But on the bright side of them doing that your substrate will get cleaned and turned over lol

 

[Hitman]

If you have a good pod population a Scooter Goby or Mandarin would be cool. I had several and dumb me I failed to take them out when I added my Marine Betta and he ate them :(

 

[mraysberg]

Now that’s something I would love to have

 

[mraysberg]

The marine beta

 

[Hitman]

They are awesome and grow very very slowly. They are shy at first but then come out, but will always be out on the hunt at night. As long as your fish are bigger then him to start with you’ll be fine just buy a small one. Fire fish and shrimp he has left alone from day one. He actually waits at the cleaning station for the shrimp to clean him almost every morning.

 

[Hitman]

Here he is being cleaned now lol sorry for the bad pic but there are 3 shrimp in the station and he has never bothered a one.

 

[mraysberg]

Beautiful fish but maybe one day later when my fish get a little bigger