What's a cool idea for a "species" only tank

[JumboShrimp]

15-20 schooling Banner Fish

 

[Jon Fishman]

3-4 different boxfish, and a pair of eels

 

[Thomashtom]

Didn’t know that,, darn now what to do with spare 65gal tank

Hey Paul, Sorry yeah it’s meant so they can’t get stuck anywhere! Basically so they can float around constantly!!

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

How about Puffers ? That would be cute !

 

[lion king]

I have a 210g community tank that I have thoroughly bored with, so I have thought of this myself. Here's some of my thoughts;

A tessa and a titan; tessalata eel and a titan trigger, much to folklore titans don't get that large in captivity even after 10=15 years and grow very slowly.
3 of the small fangtooth eels; a fimbriated, a jeweled, and a goldentail
A pair of dragon eels, male/female
A host of angels, a tang gang, a group of groupers, or a tribe of triggers
Lions and scorps; I threw this in because it's the tanks I keep now, but a 220g is a bold adventure for this type of tank. Because of the feeding challenges you should have some good experience with these fish.

 

[dennis romano]

A panther grouper or Miniatus grouper

 

[Paulie069]

I like the idea of seahorses, but wouldn't they require a hefty chiller ? Don't seahorses need colder water ?

I keep my tank at 72.5-73 tops for my ponies and my coral does just fine , it does grow a little bit slower but colors are great and corals do grow and reproduce

 

[JumboShrimp]

Either I must be blind as a bat, or that's in Invisible Flea Circus, because I blew up the picture bigger and I still don't see a single Sea Horse. (No disrespect meant whatsoever!)

 

[TriggerFinger]

Either I must be blind as a bat, or that's in Invisible Flea Circus, because I blew up the picture bigger and I still don't see a single Sea Horse. (No disrespect meant whatsoever!)

They’re on the sand bed, next to the orange monti looking coral.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Ahhhhh, gotcha'. For a minute I thought it was a belated April Fool's Day stunt.

 

[mattzang]

a clown harem tank seems appealing, but idk how long it'd keep my interest

 

[samnaz]

Predator tank with Lion fish or Frogfish, and lots of macroalgae.

 

[TvanB1]

I second an Octopus.
I’ve wanted to set up a tank for one for years now. Still on my to do list.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

You could also do eels !

 

[mort]

If its a fowlr then I'd get a fish that will become a real pet fish, like a stars and stripes puffer. Smaller fish don't have the personality that some of these larger fish can have.

I'm personally more of a small fish fan so would probably pack it with halichoeres and other wrasse.

 

[Haydn]

High flow reef crest, groups of 5-6 species of shoaling Anthias, Fusilier damsels and maybe some small wrasse.

 

[sixline]

I second an Octopus.
I’ve wanted to set up a tank for one for years now. Still on my to do list.

I've kept octopus successfully in 20g tanks though, so this seems like there might be a better sue for such a large tank.

 

[footgal]

Didn’t know that,, darn now what to do with spare 65gal tank

You can round the corners yourself and may a DIY Kreisel tank for them

 

[sixline]

A couple of ideas:

- Some lookdowns - they looks cool in groups
- Several varieties of leopard wrasses - with a tank that large you could probably add several pod hotels and dose photo into the tank

 

[footgal]

I think a Japanese Dragon Eel, lemon peel angel, volitian lion, crosshatch trigger, blue throat trigger, and a couple butterflies would be really really pretty