moovinfast Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Whats a good fish to put into a frag tank? Its a 25 gallon with a 3 tier frag rack. Has sand and good flow. Want to put in a fish that will eat algae off of some frag plugs but doesnt like the taste of corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Small sailfin tang, algea blenny, Kole tang, yellow coris wrasse and 6 line also good for parasites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I was gonna put a spopas tang in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidHC Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Lawnmower blenny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 fish we wanted to add a scopas tang to our large tank. A 20x20x15" tank seems small for a tang. Am I wrong? Does a 6 line pick at algae? Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 6 line does not pick at algae, he is good for flatworms and other parasites though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 yeah a 20 x 20 x 15 would be very small. I am putting one in a 40b till he gets too big then hopefully I will have my 125 done by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 In addition to the others listed add a Tomini Tang to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 for that small size of tank i would go with an algae blenny and a corris wrasse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Mostly depends if you are gonna spot feed or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Geeze you tang nuts how about a Soho, I mean it is a 25 gallon, I dont think it will exhibit any anxiety-(laugh) Seriously though, would any tang do good in a 25 gallon-and be happy, I'm a noob but I sense that is rather small Heck maybe a naso then a soho My vote is the lawnmower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I have these little snail type guys not sure if they are limpets? Anyways they keep the tank algae free, multiply on there own and are to small to knock over frags. And they don't eat corals. I got them from Nick at rose city originally they came in on the bottom off a zoa frag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Geeze you tang nuts how about a Soho, I mean it is a 25 gallon, I dont think it will exhibit any anxiety-(laugh) Seriously though, would any tang do good in a 25 gallon-and be happy, I'm a noob but I sense that is rather small Heck maybe a naso then a soho My vote is the lawnmower yeah, i don't think any tang would be happy in a 25g tank. lawnmower blenny is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 As long as it was small I'd do a Kole tang. But my first choice would be a lawnmower, then some blue legged hermits and maybe some astrea snails. I don't mind my small emerald crabs either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 The rule of thumb I've learned about frag tanks is NO FISH. You are growing corals or fish in there? I hate when I'm trying to spot feed some precious frags and all the little fishes think it is their moment too lol You will end up fighting with hungry fish with the turkey baster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrokate Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 If you do wrasses you need a lid which cuts your light for your frags... but it is nice to have something to eat the flatworms if you get em. A yellow coris or 6 line would not eat much fish food, if they have a cycled tank to hunt in. Do you already have algae in the tank? Some tangs are specialists... chocolate tangs are the only one I know to slurp up bryopsis so that would be a good idea. Other algaes are easier to get rid of with maintenance/prevention. Probably would be better to quarantine everything that goes in and not put any fish in it, so you don't get algae or flatworms. Then it is one less tank to feed, less work. Watch out for blue leg hermits, I have seen them take apart a blueberry gorgonian. Don't know what else they eat, especially in a tank where they don't get leftover fish food/fish poop. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I run 2 60 gallon 12" deep frag tanks with no lids, one has 2 clarkii's, 1 trigger, 1 kole, 2 damsels, 1 algae blenny and a 6 line wrasse, turbo's & hermits, sally lightfoot. The other has 1 sailfin tang, 1 mata tang, 2 yellow coris wrasses, 2 true percs, astreas, blue leg, scarlet & zebra hermits, 2 emerald crabs. They keep my tanks pretty stripped of algae and parasites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 My frag tank is hooked into the sump of my large tank and its mostly zoas and a few sticks on top. Don't think Ill be doing spot feeding. Don't really have an algae problem, but we do get frags that have algae on them and sometimes we end up with a little cheato in our tank from our sump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I'd put in a algae blenny, 6 line wrasse, along with a few hermits and snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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