If you could start over again! Fish List! (1 Viewer)

[Guest]

I've been trying to put together a list of fish for my 135, shallow sand bed, lots of hiding/swimming areas (only ~120 lbs LR), mostly softie tank. I've never had a reef tank over 40 gal so I'm in a new realm here and would like suggestions.

So....if you could start over again (with a 135) what would your fish list look like?

 

[Guest]

It depends if I wanted to keep shrimp or not.
If so I would do lots of crustaceans. Pistol shrimp, cleaners, arrow crabs, reef lobsters, etc... And for fish I would probably do rabbitfish, a few different tangs, a group of anthias and chromis and a possum wrasse.
If no shrimp, I would do two hawkfish, one hog, four lions, two or three leaf fish, and a bird wrasse pair.
Basically the way I want my predator tank, but with more diversity.
Michael

 

[tvu]

I would stick with Tangs. I love tangs! I would do a blonde naso over non-blonde. I would love to add a purple tang like the one on marsh for sale but I can't.

 

[Guest]

Thanks....looking forward to more replies.

Yes I do want to house shrimp and lil critters.

 

[Wildfire]

I AM starting over again (basically) and am doing so so that I can keep a small shoal of both of the following:

Bartlett's Anthias
Disbar Anthias

"Small Shoal" is read as "5 to 7 of each"

 

[Guest]

all sorts of corals and a peacock mantis.

 

[KarenB]

A wrasse tank........there are so many different beautiful reef safe wrasses, and they are always swimming out in the open, but also appreciate hiding places in the rockwork. If I could do it over again, I'd get them in pairs. Then for a super showcase fish, I'd get a watanabei angel pair......awesome!!

 

[fishcraze]

if you think you would ever keep sps, then try to stay away from all angels (even i really love them ).. since you never know one day they can start nipping at your sps/ zoos.. Tangs and reef safe wrasses are good for almost all type of corals.
If you plan to keep shrimps and small fishes like gobies.., be careful w/ the hawk fishes.

 

[Guest]

I would stick a male/femal pair of bluethroats in there too.

 

[djreef]

That's tough to say - I've kept just about everything, already. I definitely prefer the smaller fish, which is ironic given my current setup. I really dig chromies, anthias, and Pseudochromis - esp springeri. And gobies, too - like bars, scisortails, Amblygobias like the rainfordi, or similar. Constant movement. Something peaceful and interesting to look at. Maybe I'd get another Hippo tang as a centerpiece fish, or maybe I'd take my Chevron tang back from Jeff. That'd be cool.

DJ
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[BrianPlankis]

pearl headed jawfish, mated pair of clownfish(probably ocellaris or maroon), and a couple of reefsafe wrasses, plus TONS of inverts.

 

[Linda]

bi color blenny....Boz is the greatest!

 

[Guest]

tank full of blue tangs

 

[djreef]

Wow, I bet you can't guess what Kenny just got in !!!