Lovesalt Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 My new build is 120 so I have lots of options now. Send me your ideas for a nice balanced fish population. I have a pair of clowns, a purple tang, a long nose hawkfish and a psychedelic mandarin goby to start. Interested in wrasses, schooling fish, a copperband that won't die [emoji23] and fish with good personalities (it's not about the body shape). This time I want to plan it out instead of grabbing up everything I see at Cuttlefish. Tho I will only be buying from Jeff because he's the man!!! Thank you for moving to my neighborhood by the way. [emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovesalt Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Bought another wrasse today... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Chalk basslets are a nice schooling fish but a bit reclusive. A school of barlett anthias is also nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 plus 1 for the anthias they are beautiful fish, I have a male and a female in my tank, both have amazing color Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovesalt Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 I was just looking at those on Liveaquaria! Really pretty. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunpeal Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Anthias have some great colors. There are some cool wrasse fish too. Fairy, leopard, mystery (expensive). A jaw fish is really fun to watch. I siliconed my rock to the bottom glass on my new tank to get a jaw fish. The blue dot jawfish is really cool, but also expensive. I think upscales had one for ~$80 within the last week. Maybe a flame angel. I have heard that they are usually clam safe if the clams were in the tank before the flame was added. male and female mandarin are supposed to be pretty cool to watch do matting dances. Queue the 80s slow jazz music and dim the lights for a live show. The males have the pointed dorsal fin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Just fyi Jeff just got a Hawaii shipment in with some gorgeous barletts, potters wrasses, tamarins, and angels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Just fyi Jeff just got a Hawaii shipment in with some gorgeous barletts, potters wrasses, tamarins, and angels Potters wrasses are definitely worth a look (as are all the others mentioned) - love the wrasses! I am seriously thinking of some anthias for my 125 and enjoyed the chalk basslets I have had before (great personalities) so those are good suggestions in my mind. As for angels, I saw a nice orange peel at Jeff's the other week but not sure what the thinking is on their reef-safe rating. I have had potters angels before and they were good citizens. Blue jaw triggers are also nice - shy but seemingly friendly/interactive. Also some other tang options like scopas and kole tangs but might be tricky with the purple you already have. You could probably get away with a clown (lineatus) tang though as their body type is sufficiently different - never know with tangs though. Lots of cool gobies out there but they can get lost in a larger tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovesalt Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Just fyi Jeff just got a Hawaii shipment in with some gorgeous barletts, potters wrasses, tamarins, and angels I saw those!!!! Dying to bring them home but I don't have water in my tank. Waiting on plumbing still. Waaaa! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I saw those!!!! Dying to bring them home but I don't have water in my tank. Waiting on plumbing still. Waaaa! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hmmm.. you might need water 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragged Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 (edited) Hmmm.. you might need water I hear it helps. I've always wanted a Crosshatch trigger (reef safe?) and an Achilles Tang. Never had a tank big enough for the tang, well I did but it wouldn't have been a good idea, but they are beautiful. Crosshatches are awesome as well.... To me at least. But I love triggers in a reef tank. Blue throat, Niger, ugh..... Just avoid huma huma triggers. I had one, one time, that never touched a coral and I loved that fish. Bought 3 more since losing the first one and they ALL ate coral, like first thing they did when entering the tank was take a bite of a coral then go hide. Provoking me wanting to spear said fish. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Edited October 8, 2016 by Fragged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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