Suggest a fish or 2

[ChrisfromBrick]

I have a 65g tank right now with the following:

Yellow WG
Fairy wrasse
Tail spot blenny
2 clowns
lawnmower blenny
Paj cardinal
1 Chromi
Many inverts

I will be upgrading to a 4 foot tank soon and I plan to add a bristle tooth tang when that happens.

What is compatible with my current stock in the meantime?

 

[winxp_man]

Flame Angle, and as for the BT tang, get the whitetail. Love mine!

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

i used to have a flame. They are nice but i could get one that goes after corals

 

[winxp_man]

i used to have a flame. They are nice but i could get one that goes after corals

Have owned three, not a single one cared about coral. Sponges were a whole other level for them tho. Haha.

Now the Eibli DA….. yea you might want to skip on!

 

[AmateurAlchemist]

Royal Gramma. They’re super chilled and add a nice splash of colour. Do be aware that they’re very shy, so if you add too many active tank mates they may go into hiding.

 

[i cant think]

i used to have a flame. They are nice but i could get one that goes after corals

It depends on the coral you want to keep.
Flesh, defenceless LPS (Trachy, Scoly, Acans, Favia/Favites etc.) you’ll want to ignore, but branching or defendable LPS (Hammers, Torches, Gonis) you can keep with angels.
I keep 6 coral risky fish in my tank, and each one I get away with because I follow the same rules with coral - if it’s fleshy and lacks tentacles all day, ignore it.

Here’s some of the coral in my 5 footer, and the 6 coral risky fish that they’re with

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I'll second a royal gramma

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

thanks sorry i forget to say that i already have a royal. Whoops.

For the water volume i have, am i appropriately stocked or understocked? 65-69g tank.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

It depends on the coral you want to keep.
Flesh, defenceless LPS (Trachy, Scoly, Acans, Favia/Favites etc.) you’ll want to ignore, but branching or defendable LPS (Hammers, Torches, Gonis) you can keep with angels.
I keep 6 coral risky fish in my tank, and each one I get away with because I follow the same rules with coral - if it’s fleshy and lacks tentacles all day, ignore it.

Here’s some of the coral in my 5 footer, and the 6 coral risky fish that they’re with

mixed reef right now- actually about to sell acans as they bore me

 

[zbrusko]

I love my little pictus goby. Very small, though.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

is there another wrasse that can go in the tank that will get along with fairy wrasse?

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

I love my little pictus goby. Very small, though.

will my tailspot get upset?

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

or watchman

 

[i cant think]

is there another wrasse that can go in the tank that will get along with fairy wrasse?

There’s plenty that will work - I recommend looking into these genera, accumulating a list and we’ll sort through them with what will/wont work :)
The genera I recommend looking at are;
Pseudojuloides (Pencil Wrasse)
Paracheilinus (Flasher Wrasse)
Cirrhilabrus (Fairy Wrasse)
Anampses (Tamarin Wrasse)
Macropharyngodon (Leopard Wrasse)
Halichoeres

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

thank you- so let’s say i get a flasher wrasse- it can get along with fairy? I believe the gender also makes a difference but correct me if i am wrong

 

[BryanM]

thank you- so let’s say i get a flasher wrasse- it can get along with fairy? I believe the gender also makes a difference but correct me if i am wrong

for reef risky fish, I am having good results (at the moment anyway), with both a gold flake angel and a flame angel by increasing my feedings to 3x a day with an auto feeder.

Your mileage may vary, but I'm pleasantly happy, especially taking the risk with the gold flake.

 

[i cant think]

thank you- so let’s say i get a flasher wrasse- it can get along with fairy? I believe the gender also makes a difference but correct me if i am wrong

Yep! If you get a female, the introduction may go smoother but generally they’re all good either way - it entirely depends on what your current Fairy Wrasse is (if you can’t ID it chuck a photo this way and I can help :))

 

[Uncle99]

I have a 65g tank right now with the following:

Yellow WG
Fairy wrasse
Tail spot blenny
2 clowns
lawnmower blenny
Paj cardinal
1 Chromi
Many inverts

I will be upgrading to a 4 foot tank soon and I plan to add a bristle tooth tang when that happens.

What is compatible with my current stock in the meantime?

A yellow tang.
Will also pair nicely with B tooth in the future.

65g is fine for this less aggressive but great rock polisher.

Yellow in 65

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Yep! If you get a female, the introduction may go smoother but generally they’re all good either way - it entirely depends on what your current Fairy Wrasse is (if you can’t ID it chuck a photo this way and I can help :))

tricolor fairy wrasse

 

[zbrusko]

will my tailspot get upset?

I have a lawnmower blenny & a watchman goby. The pictus is pretty small. No one bothers him, and he bothers no one.