Stock Ideas

Chipp · Nov 13, 2018

I need stocking suggestions thoughts for my 90 gallon.

I currently have:
1 Yellow Eye Kole Tang (i've had him for 12 years so far!)
2 Clown fish
2 yellowtail blue damsels (when these die i won't replace them)
1 royal gramma

would like to add
1 yellow prawn gobie
1 hector or court jester goby
1 Purple firefish
1 falco or long nose hawk fish
1 flasher wrasse

future additions or other considerations:
1 coral beauty
1 splendid dottyback
1 mandarin (maybe)
ignatius anthias (maybe)

rkpetersen · Nov 13, 2018

Chipp said:
I need stocking suggestions thoughts for my 90 gallon.

I currently have:
1 Yellow Eye Kole Tang (i've had him for 12 years so far!)
2 Clown fish
2 yellowtail blue damsels (when these die i won't replace them)
1 royal gramma

would like to add
1 yellow prawn gobie
1 hector or court jester goby
1 Purple firefish
1 falco or long nose hawk fish
1 flasher wrasse

future additions or other considerations:
1 coral beauty
1 splendid dottyback
1 mandarin (maybe)
ignatius anthias (maybe)

The yellow prawn goby would probably be fine especially if you also got a pistol shrimp and then teamed up. Never kept a Hector's Goby myself. Court Jester (Rainford's) Goby is one of my personal favorites but they're pretty timid and need algae to graze on so one might starve in your tank as it looks pretty clean. A firefish might be ok or get harrassed by the gramma. A hawkfish would be fine but will keep you from buying small decorative shrimps in the future as they will eat them, particularly the longnose loves sexy shrimp, peppermint shrimp, etc. Flasher wrasse would be great, Carpenter's is my personal favorite, but they will definitely jump out of your tank and sooner or later you'll find them on the carpet if you don't provide a lid.

Coral beauty might be ok or might pick at corals if you plan to keep them. Dottyback might be ok or might fight with the gramma. For a mandarin you need to have copepods reproducing abundantly in your tank, otherwise they'll starve. Anthias are great but best to get several at once and they really benefit from more frequent feedings of high energy foods like roe.

Just one person's opinion.

Jesterrace · Nov 13, 2018

Firefish will likely be bullied in such a tank. Their bright colors and timid nature make them an easy target. The wrasse and the goby may be a target of some of the established fish. Dottyback and Gramma probably won't mix well. Coral Beauty is hit and miss with corals (like all dwarf angels).

egwich · Nov 13, 2018

Chipp said:
I need stocking suggestions thoughts for my 90 gallon.

I currently have:
1 Yellow Eye Kole Tang (i've had him for 12 years so far!)
2 Clown fish
2 yellowtail blue damsels (when these die i won't replace them)
1 royal gramma

would like to add
1 yellow prawn gobie
1 hector or court jester goby
1 Purple firefish
1 falco or long nose hawk fish
1 flasher wrasse

future additions or other considerations:
1 coral beauty
1 splendid dottyback
1 mandarin (maybe)
ignatius anthias (maybe)