moovinfast Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 We received a gift certificate from the holidays and we are thinking of adding 2 new fish or a clam and a fish. But we would like some ideas for fish. We were thinking of adding one new fish to each of our 2 tanks. Must be reef safe and prefer not too aggressive. Was thinking of maybe adding a jawfish, but not set on one yet. Tank 1 is a 72 gallon with: 120+ lbs of LR 3" of sand snails Hermits porcelain crab carpet anemone soft/lps/sps corals 1 coral beauty 2 Chrommies 2 small false percs 1 Jewel Blenny 1 skunk cleaner shrimp Tank 2 is a 25 gallon cube with: 30+ lbs of Live rock 2" of sand snails hermits softies and sps Long tent anemone RBTA 2 skunk clownfish 1 tail spot blenny 1 fire shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I'd say some sort of smaller tang and maybe a watchman goby/pistol pair in the first tank. If no watchman then maybe a Midas blenny. Anthias can be nice and colorful if you want to add some color. You can get them in multiples too. What about a Melinarus wrasse in the 72? They will be a great active and colorful addition and also help to take care of any future pests that may ever pop up, like nudi's or bristleworms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 a jawfish " bluedot"for tank two could work out or a trio of bangai cardnals that would breed for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskerduck Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 After watching my Foxface eat one Monti and now starting in on a chalice, I know what I wouldnt get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 a fairy or flasher wrasse for tank 1 would be perfect, or a melanarus as for tank 2, maybe a dwarf flame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep503 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 A reef aquarium without a tang? Really? lol. I would deffinetly go with a tang. I love the Bangaii cardinals, lawnmower gobies are a great help in keeping things clean, and a cleaner shrimp in the first tank for sure. Or, you could just give it to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Oh man. I have a cleaner shrimp in tank 1. I put it as a cleaner fish. And tank 2 has a cleaner shrimp too I guess. The fire shrimp has taken to cleaning the skunk clowns. I think we're leaning towards a midas blenny in tank one and a yellow head jawfish for tank 2. Im a little weary of tangs and I dont really know why. I like them alot. Maybe its because I think they are more prone to getting ick from what Ive heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep503 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 As long as you stay away from powder brown and powder blue tangs (My favorite) you are usually fine. I have had many tangs over the years and they are one of the easiest and most hardy fish in the trade. I was curious what a cleaner fish was? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 any of the firefish would do great in that tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 thats why a QT tank is your friend, you can get any fish you want, no matter how prone they are to ich, as long as you QT them for the proper 6 week period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 You might have some aggression/territory issues mixing two blennies in the same tank. IME they do not do well with conspecifics in smaller systems like your 72g. For tanks I would go with any of the bristle tooths like a kole or a tomini. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 thats why a QT tank is your friend' date=' you can get any fish you want, no matter how prone they are to ich, as long as you QT them for the proper 6 week period[/quote'] Not everyone has a setup to QT certain fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 As for tangs and ich I have had a blue tang, tomini tang and a kole and have no problems what so ever. But as for a tang I think every tank needs one no matter what the size. I bought my blue hippo at a inch and it grew to 3 1/2 before I got rid of it. Sweet fish and even had people tell me it was the best looking hippo they had ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 spectra, would i be ok adding a small tang to my 30 breeder at some point? as long as i moved him when he got too big, and what size would i have to get rid of him? thanks man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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