Planning Livestock for a New 90gallon reeftank

mel_ociraptor

New Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 12, 2022
Messages
5
Reaction score
1
Location
Space Coast
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hey all! We’re planning our first larger-scale reef tank (90 gallons in the DT, sump excluded) and have a list for livestock we’ve been honing for a few months… after researching for months and talking to as many people would listen, I figured I’d toss this up to a few more aquatic-loving minds
Two questions: A) which order would you recommend adding the fish, and B) what else would you recommend as another semi-aggressive fish for the tank based on this list?
The list:
Clownfish (absolutely torn between two ocellaris or two tomatos or two maroon but that’s a whole new topic—I love them all!)
Snowflake Eel (we know to add him last)
Flame Angel (1 or 2 fish)
Tang (not sure which species yet but probably only one individual to avoid extra aggression… any recommendations on two that can co-exist?)
Pufferfish (not sure yet on species but really love the Valentini)
Wrasse
Possible: Butterflyfish, Open to others??
Planning out which order to add them to the tank has me going back and forth all over, but generally all of the fish our LFS gets in regularly are juveniles/on the small side. I also know the species of clown will (could?) greatly influence the order in which they go in, but I’m pretty sure no matter what the eel goes in last.
Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated! Thank you all so much for reading!✨
 

blaxsun

10K Club member
View Badges
Joined
Dec 15, 2020
Messages
26,709
Reaction score
31,147
Location
The Abyss
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
* Clownfish - definitely ocellaris
* Flame angel - just the one (and only one dwarf)
* Tangs - small and peaceful varietiea
* Puffer - valentini (may or may not be reef safe)
* Wrasse - I like leopards myself
 

Reefing threads: Do you wear gear from reef brands?

  • I wear reef gear everywhere.

    Votes: 20 14.4%
  • I wear reef gear primarily at fish events and my LFS.

    Votes: 10 7.2%
  • I wear reef gear primarily for water changes and tank maintenance.

    Votes: 1 0.7%
  • I wear reef gear primarily to relax where I live.

    Votes: 22 15.8%
  • I don’t wear gear from reef brands.

    Votes: 77 55.4%
  • Other.

    Votes: 9 6.5%
Back
Top