Wow fish for a 65 gallon?

[cdemoss01]

I have the blue.

Got it. Did you order them online or from an LFS? I'm gonna order two here soon one for each side.

 

[littlefoxx]

EDIT: Sorry misread your post - you were referring to the Tangs.

I’d disagree strongly here. My urchin munched it all away in about 10 days and haven’t seen any in a year.

I had 3 turbo snails in a 75g display and they never made a dent.

Sea hares will do it too, but I’m told they’ll likely starve after the GHA is gone.

Yeah I tried to edit it cause I realized it didnt make sense lol. Unchins eat lots of stuff!

 

[littlefoxx]

LFS won't get any sea hares, I've got 5 turbos in now, got them yesterday. When should I expect them to start eating?

I put them in the algae when I acclimate them so they see it. They will eat it when they discover it.

 

[916aquatics]

I have a marineland 65 gallon that is 4 ft long. Current stocking is a marble wrasse, one clownfish and one Royal gramma. I want to add one more clownfish a white tail bristle tooth and some sort of a wow fish. What do you guys recommend?

If we have unlimited money glitch yellow tang

 

[Jesterrace]

Seen some recommendations for Flame Angels, I had one that was a complete jerk (bully and coral nipper). Had a Coral Beauty for a while that was a pretty well behaved, but now I have an African Flameback that is my favorite of the Angels that I have owned. Doesn't bother much of anything and eats Green Hair Algae to boot. IMHO it's a great alternative to those wanting a Flame Angel:

 

[Cael Gallery]

too small a tank for anthias.

How about a fairy wrasse?

Disagree.
I had 5 anthias in my old 5 foot 65g. 4 dispars, and one Pseudanthias hypselosoma that was about 4".
The dispars schooled fairly well and the hypselosoma swam actively around the tank and was often picking fights and almost winning with my baby whitecheek tang i had. The dispars however tended to hover in one area. Anthiases don't really act like wrasses or something that constantly roam, if you have an area of high flow they'll often just swim on the spot facing the current.
A smaller species like dispars or tuka would be fine, if they will eat.

 

[ILikeFish!]

Flame angel. They are reef safe as long as you offer sponge in their frozen food diet.

How do you know and what kind of sponge?

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Disagree.
I had 5 anthias in my old 5 foot 65g. 4 dispars, and one Pseudanthias hypselosoma that was about 4".
The dispars schooled fairly well and the hypselosoma swam actively around the tank and was often picking fights and almost winning with my baby whitecheek tang i had. The dispars however tended to hover in one area. Anthiases don't really act like wrasses or something that constantly roam, if you have an area of high flow they'll often just swim on the spot facing the current.
A smaller species like dispars or tuka would be fine, if they will eat.

yea i guess a 5 foot tank would be fine. when i think of a 65 I think of a 3 foot tank, 4 at most. Length definitely matters. I’m surprised they made a 65g that long. Never saw one mass produced.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

And yes to flame angels! I had one years ago and it was the nicest fish i ever had other than some clown loaches I once had. Never touched my corals.

 

[Cael Gallery]

yea i guess a 5 foot tank would be fine. when i think of a 65 I think of a 3 foot tank, 4 at most. Length definitely matters. I’m surprised they made a 65g that long. Never saw one mass produced.

It was just a random cheap one i found at a store. It lasted a little over a year before breaking and spilling all of the water on my floor. It was 150cm long by 40cm wide. Kind of like how a 125 is to a 180 but a 150 instead.
I still don't think the length matters that much. The dispars weren't swimming the length of the tank like my tang and hypselosoma was.

 

[coelacanth]

Reef safe? Will they eat coral banded shrimp?

Angels are typically fine with inverts, if the shrimp is tiny, you might have issues but angels issues are typically coral

 

[cdemoss01]

And yes to flame angels! I had one years ago and it was the nicest fish i ever had other than some clown loaches I once had. Never touched my corals.

Thanks

 

[cdemoss01]

yea i guess a 5 foot tank would be fine. when i think of a 65 I think of a 3 foot tank, 4 at most. Length definitely matters. I’m surprised they made a 65g that long. Never saw one mass produced.

Yeah marineland made them back in the day

 

[bimmerzs]

I have a marineland 65 gallon that is 4 ft long. Current stocking is a marble wrasse, one clownfish and one Royal gramma. I want to add one more clownfish a white tail bristle tooth and some sort of a wow fish. What do you guys recommend?

I recommend the Borbonius Anthias https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...78AJegQIFRAB&usg=AOvVaw3CPc3hjaf4v4lTGqTPduEh

 

[cdemoss01]

I recommend the Borbonius Anthias https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFPhJND9vYY&ved=2ahUKEwjG87PK7rCLAxWeKEQIHSrBK8oQ78AJegQIFRAB&usg=AOvVaw3CPc3hjaf4v4lTGqTPduEh

Interesting it almost looks sick!

 

[Lavey29]

How do you know and what kind of sponge?

There are several different brands of frozen angel food that already have sponge mixed in. Hikari, mega marine, reef nutrition...

 

[PharmrJohn]

no way, my yellow tang is happy as can be in my 70 gallon which is ~4 ft long.

I had a YT in a 4' 75g back in the day. Happy fish it was.

 

[ILikeFish!]

There are several different brands of frozen angel food that already have sponge mixed in. Hikari, mega marine, reef nutrition...

How do you know that they are reef safe if they eat sponge? I’ve never heard of that before.

 

[Lavey29]

How do you know that they are reef safe if they eat sponge? I’ve never heard of that before.

I talked to my coral beauty and he told me as long as I feed him frozen food with sponge then he will leave my experience LPS corals alone.

 

[ILikeFish!]

I talked to my coral beauty and he told me as long as I feed him frozen food with sponge then he will leave my experience LPS corals alone.

:(