fish wishlist help

rooter

rooter

Tommy Root
Dec 28, 2007
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i have composed a list of fish i am interested in. i have a 90g tank with approx 70-100 lbs of liverock and an eheim 2217 cannister filter with ciralife 2x65 watt bulbs. i would like to know what fish would not be able to go into my tank. i am not adding all of these fish but would like to konw on an individual bassis whether or not these fish will work in my tank.

  1. lyretail anthis
  2. black cap basslet
  3. canary blenny
  4. midas blenny
  5. copperband butterly (once well established)
  6. eclipse butterfly
  7. latticed butterfly
  8. longnose butterfly
  9. B/W perula clown _
  10. false percula clown |
  11. maroon clown | X2
  12. true percula clown _|
  13. blue reef chromis x4
  14. green chromis x4
  15. javanese damsel x2
  16. fridmani dottyback
  17. citron clown goby
  18. green mandirin dragonet x2 M/F
  19. yellow watchman goby
  20. cuban hogfish
  21. sand flounder
  22. blue hippo tang
  23. clown tang
  24. yellow tang
  25. fourline wrasse
  26. sixline wrasse
  27. mystery wrasse
  28. pinstripe wrasse
  29. sunset wrasse
  30. bicolor angelfish
  31. emporer angelfish
  32. flaback angelfish
  33. flame angelfish
  34. koran angelfish
  35. lemonpeel angelfish
  36. purple mask angelfish
  37. pygmy angelfish
  38. regal angelfish
with the list provided above could you compose an ideal sticking list that will fill out the whole tank(ie. bottom, middle, top, open water, rock dweller, sandsifter etc.)

thank you for your time tommy root!
 
boggs said:
I don't think you can put more than 1 angel in a tank.
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nope, they will fight.

Edit: but it appears he knows that..
 
You can't mix angels from the same genus. But you can mix the dwarf (centropyge) angels with the larger angels, like pomacanthus, etc.

Have you decided whether you want to keep coral/invertibrates in this tank, or just go for a FOWLR setup? If you're going reef, that will narrow down the list quite a bit, as you've listed many species that are not reef-safe.
 
I know a few people who have two pygmy angels together. I think their tank might be a 125g though, I'm not sure.

I just got a Midas Blenny and he is amazing. I have a thread with a video of him, go take a look I think for sure you will want one, they are too cool. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139577

I also have a yellow watchman goby, he has the funniest face ever, very grumpy looking. He just hides in a little cave most of the time, pokes his head out when he is hungry.

The green mandarin needs an established set up because they eat.. polyps? I think so you need to have a big population of them...

I think I've read that blue hippo tangs are difficult for first timer sw tanks but I'm not positive.

Thats all I really know but it gets you started sort of!
 
In addition to the reef safe problems and angel problems listed some things to be cautious about are:
-pair of maroon clowns will probably have to be purchased as a mated pair, they are very territorial and just putting two together will often just result in fighting
-Like angels, similar Tangs can be difficult to keep together in reef tanks, so the clown and blue hippo tangs may have problems
-sand flounder, not sure exactly what species your refering to as ive heard several called the same but most reach a foot in length or more as adults, which probably wont have room to find a nice spot in the substrate in a 90g tank with 100lbs of live rock. Additionally some have been known to eat small fish on occasion
 
Ok, but generally speaking it isn't a good idea to mix angels from the same genus. There is a big difference in the footprint of a 125 vs. a 90. Not saying that it never works out, but I wouldn't say it's recommended.;)
 
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