My lone resident (an ornery old purple tang) in my 55 gallon tank died on Thursday. First question, to restock, do I need to cycle again? I have left filters etc running. Second question: I want to make this a more aggressive tank. I know I want a huma huma trigger. I want one other fish. Would a panther grouper go well? How about a marine betta? Please let me know your thoughts
quick help please w restocking?????
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No, you do not have to recycle again. The bacteria is still there even thought there are no fish. If you have plans on upgrading to at least a 125 in the future you could do a Panther Grouper. They do get very large. I would not put a Marine Betta with a Trigger because the Trigger will nip the fins. When a Huma is full grown, he will be pushing the limits on a 55. They do produce a lot of waste, so the filter will need to work very well in order to combat their waste. If you wanted another fish I would go with something small. I have a 55 G with a 2 inch Tank Raised Huma Trigger and 5 Damsels. There is also a 3ft Zebra Moray Eel with them, but he is being moved to the 209 on Wed (his Christmas present 
). Hope this helps.
). Hope this helps.If I go with the huma and the panther, am I better off adding them together to avoid territory fights, or am I better off separating them to ease into bioload?