What fish to add??????

[clos10]

I am having a hard time deciding which fish to add. I have a 75gal reef with about 70lbs of live rock, live sand. I currently stock a sailfin tang, a sand sifting star, my cleanup crew, and tons of corals. I want another fish. I had my eye on a coral beauty at the lfs but It has a white mark which might be ick, and I woudnt want to risk it. Any ideas??? Thanks a lot

 

[Cartman102]

I wouldn't risk the coral beauty. Maybe if you ask the lfs to get another one in and see how healthy that coral beauty is? Maybe a anemone with a pair of clown fish? It's your tank do want you want .

 

[ebi]

Maybe a pistol shrimp/goby symbion?

 

[skippy2]

I would definately get a pair of clowns. They are so much fun to watch. You don't need an anemone for them. They will host in anything of their choosing anywhere from a magfloat to hairy mushrooms(like mine do).
Coral beautys are hit or miss in a reef tank. They have the rep of picking on corals. I also have a coral beauty (didn't know when I got him I was going reef). Anyway, I have had him a few yrs. and so far he hasn't picked on any corals.
Yellow clown gobies are really neat too. They perch on corals. Tons of personality. Royal grammas are also very cool.

 

[ebi]

I second the clownfish idea. They're awesome.

 

[Fishieness]

well.....im just going to say this shortly and simply...... your sailfin should have a larger tank, esspecialy if it isnt tiny, and your sand sifting starfish will most likely eventualy die form starvation in a tank that small even with a deep sand bed.
okay, now that is gone.... id also suggest a clownfish pair. and clown and citron gobies are awesom, but some have picked on sps. but id recomend any small gobies like neons and such. I jsut think it is so fun to watch a bunch of small gobies dart in and out of the rocks.
or get over 100 pounds of lr, and wait for it to mature for about a year, and get a mandarin!

 

[clos10]

I've had problems with clownfish in the past. I had a percula clown that made its home in one of my corals and well it didnt go so well for the coral. Is there such a thing as a reef safe butterfly?