Hello all,
I am new to the hobby and just bought a 75 gallon tank. It is roughly 51Lx15Wx22H
I want to have a reef a tank and the fish that really made me want to jump into this hobby was a Mandarin Dragonet which I know are very hard to keep due to their picky eating habits.
I've been given a general idea that the most fish you want in a tank is 1" of fish per gallon. Is this a good rule of thumb? Also does this relate to aquarium volume or water volume as obviously, rock will take up water volume.
Now with that being said there are lots of other considerations like what area of the tank they occupy, what job they have in the tank, etc. and I would love some help.
Here are the fish I would LOVE to have in my tank. (I would hope to get the majority of these fish captive bred if possible)
Blue Mandarin
White Tail or Two Spot Bristletooth Tang
Flame Angelfish
Purple Tang (Juvenile with hope of getting bigger tank)
One Spot Foxface
Longfin Black Ice or Black Storm Clownfish (pair? what are the benefits drawbacks of having a pair)
Helfrichi or Purple Firefish
Flame Hawkfish
Wrasse (reef safe, any suggestions? I know some help with disease and pests, do all?)
Royal Gramme Basslet
Banggai Cardinalfish (3)
Midas Blenny
Fathead Sunburst Anthias
In total, if all are full grown, it adds to about 80" of fish.
Is this too many? Will some fish not get along with others? Is the angelfish worth the risk of picking on coral? Are there some other species that would greatly benefit my tank like an engineer goby to sift the sand?
Any and all comments/suggestions are welcome!
I am new to the hobby and just bought a 75 gallon tank. It is roughly 51Lx15Wx22H
I want to have a reef a tank and the fish that really made me want to jump into this hobby was a Mandarin Dragonet which I know are very hard to keep due to their picky eating habits.
I've been given a general idea that the most fish you want in a tank is 1" of fish per gallon. Is this a good rule of thumb? Also does this relate to aquarium volume or water volume as obviously, rock will take up water volume.
Now with that being said there are lots of other considerations like what area of the tank they occupy, what job they have in the tank, etc. and I would love some help.
Here are the fish I would LOVE to have in my tank. (I would hope to get the majority of these fish captive bred if possible)
Blue Mandarin
White Tail or Two Spot Bristletooth Tang
Flame Angelfish
Purple Tang (Juvenile with hope of getting bigger tank)
One Spot Foxface
Longfin Black Ice or Black Storm Clownfish (pair? what are the benefits drawbacks of having a pair)
Helfrichi or Purple Firefish
Flame Hawkfish
Wrasse (reef safe, any suggestions? I know some help with disease and pests, do all?)
Royal Gramme Basslet
Banggai Cardinalfish (3)
Midas Blenny
Fathead Sunburst Anthias
In total, if all are full grown, it adds to about 80" of fish.
Is this too many? Will some fish not get along with others? Is the angelfish worth the risk of picking on coral? Are there some other species that would greatly benefit my tank like an engineer goby to sift the sand?
Any and all comments/suggestions are welcome!