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[New&no clue]

I'd like to add a fish or two to my crew and don't know what to add. I am open to all ideas, so please share your thoughts.
I have a 180-gallon tank that has been set up for a little over a year; the current stock is;

Pair of Clown Fish
Pair of Mandarin
Pair of Lyretail Anthias
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Blue Hippo Tang
Coral Beauty
Starry Blenny
Melanurus Wrasse

Clams
BTAs
RFAs
H. Mag
Haddon
Corals: LPS/Softies

I would love a Trigger, Butterfly, or Foxface but worry about them with other inhabitants.

 

[exnisstech]

Hmm. The carpet nem scares me. I put one in my 180 and lost almost $1k in fish.

Some more anthias would look nice. I've read you can have as many as 5 females to one male. That would make a nice group of colorful active fish. I've wanted a group but there haven't been any local and I'm hesitant to have them shipped.
Or maybe a naso? Probably one of my favorite fish in my tank. Model citizen with a lot of personality. Like puppy dog in water. I've had mine for 6 years. She's fat and healthy but I don't think they get as big in captivity and some people say.

 

[Shufflepig]

I'd like to add a fish or two to my crew and don't know what to add. I am open to all ideas, so please share your thoughts.
I have a 180-gallon tank that has been set up for a little over a year; the current stock is;

Pair of Clown Fish
Pair of Mandarin
Pair of Lyretail Anthias
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Blue Hippo Tang
Coral Beauty
Starry Blenny
Melanurus Wrasse

Clams
BTAs
RFAs
H. Mag
Haddon
Corals: LPS/Softies

I would love a Trigger, Butterfly, or Foxface but worry about them with other inhabitants.

Pyramid Butterfly is a beautiful reef safe butterfly that can be kept in pairs. Radiant wrasse would also make a nice addition. Beautiful tank BTW.

 

[Syntax1235]

Foxface
Harlequin tusk
Bellus Angel

 

[New&no clue]

Hmm. The carpet nem scares me. I put one in my 180 and lost almost $1k in fish.

Some more anthias would look nice. I've read you can have as many as 5 females to one male. That would make a nice group of colorful active fish. I've wanted a group but there haven't been any local and I'm hesitant to have them shipped.
Or maybe a naso? Probably one of my favorite fish in my tank. Model citizen with a lot of personality. Like puppy dog in water. I've had mine for 6 years. She's fat and healthy but I don't think they get as big in captivity and some people say.

Thanks for your thoughts. I actually started with a large group of Anthias, all females and one male, but they slowly picked on each other until I was left with two. I would love a group of something, but just not sure my tank is big enough for something. I have also thought about another Tang, but with three already, adding another one makes me nervous. I hear you on the Haddon; so far, so good. I feed them squid, shrimp, scallops, and such, and they seem good. They host my two clowns, and they seem to keep the other fish away from them, but obviously, it is a risk.

 

[New&no clue]

Pyramid Butterfly is a beautiful reef safe butterfly that can be kept in pairs. Radiant wrasse would also make a nice addition. Beautiful tank BTW.

I don’t know why I’ve never heard of the pyramid butterfly, but it looks awesome. It is differently on my list now, although seems like they might be hard to find.

 

[New&no clue]

Foxface
Harlequin tusk
Bellus Angel

The foxface and tusk I worry about each corals or inverts.

I didn’t realize how big a bellus angel is. I’d love another bigger fish in the mix. Do you think it would get along okay with my coral beauty?

 

[i cant think]

I'd like to add a fish or two to my crew and don't know what to add. I am open to all ideas, so please share your thoughts.
I have a 180-gallon tank that has been set up for a little over a year; the current stock is;

Pair of Clown Fish
Pair of Mandarin
Pair of Lyretail Anthias
Yellow Tang
Purple Tang
Blue Hippo Tang
Coral Beauty
Starry Blenny
Melanurus Wrasse

Clams
BTAs
RFAs
H. Mag
Haddon
Corals: LPS/Softies

I would love a Trigger, Butterfly, or Foxface but worry about them with other inhabitants.

I wouldn’t do a Trigger or Butterfly depending on the species of clams. If you have all large species then you may be alright with a butterfly however if you have species such as Crocea then you may want to ditch the Triggers.
Personally I would leave it at that with maybe one or two more wrasses. Remember:
Not everything stays small, let things grow out and see if you have room once they age and put in size.

 

[Syntax1235]

The foxface and tusk I worry about each corals or inverts.

I didn’t realize how big a bellus angel is. I’d love another bigger fish in the mix. Do you think it would get along okay with my coral beauty?

I never had an issue with the tusk I had in my 180…. Fun fish to watch eat a silverside. Of course that doesn’t mean you would t have an issue.

i haven’t seen a fox face touch inverts, I think they are pretty safe.

not sure if the bellus would play nice with the coral beauty. Maybe someone will respond with some info for you.

Picking fish is fun though.

 

[720 Reefer]

Whitetail bristletooth tang (my favorite) or tomini tang would be good additions to the tang gang.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I don’t know why I’ve never heard of the pyramid butterfly, but it looks awesome. It is differently on my list now, although seems like they might be hard to find.

I have watched a pyramid eat and kill an entire acantho overnight.

They are Sometimes reef safe. With that being said, one will never make its way into my reef.

Given the list you have above, I think a fox face would be a great addition.

 

[homer1475]

More wrasses!

A trio of leopards would get along great with what you already have. They are very active, reef safe, somewhat pest hunters(there are other better wrasses for pest hunting, but they will eat flatworms and such), invert safe, and stay closer to the rock structure, so they wouldn't be competing with the bigger fish for open swimming space.

 

[New&no clue]

I think a couple more wrasses would be good. I remember at one point seeing a post about pairing wrasses from different families. It was this cool graph/chart thing. I’ll see if I can find that again.

 

[Bucs20fan]

A trigger would be cool no doubt, but the most trust worthy triggers are pink tail or a blue throat. But they can and will eat some of your cuc.

 

[Dbichler]

Don’t hesitate on a foxface

 

[dennis romano]

How about a pair of Spotbreast angels? They don't bother inverts and will cruise the tank. The coral beauty shouldn't bother them.

 

[Pistondog]

+1 for foxface, you have a good size tank for 1.