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I could go on and on.
Best way to stock a tank in my opinion is to find fish that will utilize all of the tank space. For instance, I have fish that stay on the bottom of the tank (I love my green striped gobies), then some that hide in the rockwork, some that use the middle of the tank, and some that stay in the upper part of the water column. I think this minimizes territory disputes between fish. My tank is very heavily loaded with fish and all are peaceful, except the pygmy angel and tail spot blenny chase each other back and forth every once in a while but no fighting.
Is there a possible list somewhere on what part of the tank the fish will inhabit?
It seems like most of the fish I am picking will inhabit the same area of the tank.
I'm the same size tank as you and also had to have two clowns. Clowns, snails, and a peppermint shrimp is where I'm at.
I considered a yellow tang for algae, but honestly don't like the look of them and don't want to deal with tang aggression.
For what it's worth, I'm leaning towards a foxface or rabbitfish for algae, a pistol shrimp and watchman goby for the discovery channel aspect, and a few pajama cardinal fish to look pretty and occupy space higher in the water column. That might leave room for one more small fish down the road, but down the road is a bigger tank too!
To be honest I’m actually not sure about how to stock it now.
I’m still steady on the two clowns, a cherub Pygmy angel and some sort of wrasse. Other than that I don’t know what I could add that won’t take the same space up in the tank. Possibly a sand dwelling goby? After that I don’t know to be honest. I just don’t want to add anything that can’t live in the tank long term.
ty, I see that you are correct. One site says a one-spot can do 70g, but even that would be pushing it. ty for your suggestion and sorry for the hijack.A Foxface in a 3 foot long tank would be a bad idea. They get way too big for a 3 foot long 65 gallon. For that tank a Starry Blenny would be your best bet.
I have a similar sized tank.
Currently have-
2 clowns
1 Royal Gramma
1 Black Blenny
1 Tomini Tang
1 cleaner Shrimp
1 emerald crab
Mixed CUC
Mixed reef
Everyone gets along great. I’m really a fan of the Tomini Tang as it’s quite active and should stay smaller than most of the “other” tangs.
Hi! I have a coral beauty angel who was in my 75 gal now in 300. Same type of corals that you are planning. My angel doesn’t touch any corals and is small and doesn’t have any agression. I also have the damsel you suggested and is also mellow. My chromis are more agressive. What about Bartlets Anthias or some other type of anthias? Diamond goby is good sand sifter. How about firefish? Just some thoughts. Good luck. Nice list so far.So if I drop the damsel and go with a cherub with caution would that be ok?
Is there another angel you recommend for this tank size?
You have a very nice list! I think you will enjoy those fish a lot. The Lubbock wrasse is very pretty and will give your tank lots of color and not too agressive. I have a 93 gal cube reef and one day my husband brought home these three fish that I had never seen before but he really liked them, they are chalk basslets. They are not the prettiest fish but they have tons of personality, they school together and move all over the tank and hide and come in/out of the rocks. They are fun to watch. Here’s a picture. We have 13 fish in the 93 cube. I think you can see the basslets 3. My pink watchman hides most of the time. The diamond watch man we had before was out more. But that could just be the individual fish. Both very pretty.This is what I will call my official wish list. I think this all works out. Only time will tell, trial and error I suppose.
Next task is to figure out what is a proper order to introduce these fish into the tank.
2 Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris )
1 Pygmy (Cherub) Angelfish (Centropyge argi)
1 Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus lubbocki)
1 Ignitus Anthias (Pseudanthias ignites)
1 Starry Blenny (Salarias ramosus)
1 Pink Spotted Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus)
Ok so here’s my next thought.
2 clowns
1 Pygmy cherub
1 Lubbock wrasse
1 starry Blenny
1 watchman goby