SO EXCITED AND I JUST CANT HIDE IT!

[Robert04]

My aunt and uncle are going on a boating adventure with some other sailing enthusiasts and she wants to give up her 5000$ setup because my cousins are not into reef tanks, its a 90g with halide lighting and t50's sump islike 40g 100+lbs of live rock new protein skimmer about 70lbs cured atleast, she wont be bringing the fish till she decides what she wants to keep, aparantly she has a tomato clown, will that be ok with my 2 perculear clowns? also she has some tangs etc, she isnt sure if she will be keeping or not..
anyways WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BTW its being delivered this week!

ps ace can you mail me back! time for structuring!

[Robert04]

Perhaps I was a little excited when I posted this but I actualy had some questions in there, How will a tomato clown or tangs do with two perculear clownfish and 2 indogreen chromis?, I might only be getting the clown I don't really want the tangs all that much but would not turn them down if they will be safe with my stock.. I wanted to increase the amount of chromis to a school 8-10 of them if that is ok..
I'm going to add 1 more (white line?) cleaner shrimp, currently only one.. I also have a fair amount of bristle worms, will a coral banded shrimp be ok with the other 2 shrimp?

Also I've always liked the small yellow watchmen goby's, could I have any? and how many?

I'd love to have a good variety of species in my tank, My family enjoy looking at it and seeing all the amazing things that make there way around the tank.. Sometimes suprise them seeing a bristle worm or my emerald crab sneaking out for a snack in the day hours. anyways thanks prior for any advice.

[Robert04]

NOBODY has any ideas about how to stock the 90? common people where is the criticism and advice! :)

[cam191919]

tomato clowns can be pretty aggressive, do you know what kind of tangs? i would just avoid any chromis, more trouble than their worth

[Robert04]

tomato clowns can be pretty aggressive, do you know what kind of tangs? i would just avoid any chromis, more trouble than their worth

Not sure as of yet, I will find out in the next couple days and let you know. Could you please tell me the downsides to the chromis, I've always enjoyed there backwards swimming and funny personalities... I "saved" both the chromis I have(I wouldnt let my friend flush them when he wanted to change stock..) planning to upgrade my 15 to a larger tank but then this amazing gift got bestowed on me and I am really greatful and would enjoy having a school.. is a 90g a suitable home for a small school of indo's.. my clownfish school with the chromis or swim with them whichever no trouble so far perhaps when the clowns get older there may be issues?

Which fish will the tomato clown be aggressive with, or is this a general attitude for the tomato clowns? I rather keep my current true percs over the tomato and will take it back to the store or find it a new home if nessicary..

Thanks.

[Amphiprion]

Unless there is an extremely large amount of space, chromis don't make a particularly good schooling fish, believe it or not. They have a fairly steep dominance hierarchy and lesser individuals are usually tortured to death if they have no way of getting away from the other individuals. Usually, you end up with the top 2-3 (sometimes only 1) individuals. I have tried it in a number of different sized tanks and it usually doesn't end so well.

Tomatoes are aggressive overall and if you already have a more docile species of clownfish, I would avoid them altogether.

If you want a tang, there are really only a couple of species I would recommend and those include the yellow tang and the kole/yellow-eyed tang.

[Robert04]

I find it so hard to believe, not that I don't its just mine have never been aggressive... I've never seen any fighting in the 8 months I've had them and if anything the baby clowns are more dominant in the tank.

Could somebody throw together a list of fish that are safe together and what kinds would be well suited for a 90g?

[cam191919]

im not so big on the reef fish, but im sure there are tons of wrasses, dwarf angels, and gobies that would go nice in a 90. cardinal fish are less aggressive and look nice as a group

[Amphiprion]

Cardinals are definitely a better option for shoalers, especial Apogon leptacanthus.