trouble with list

Bear · 01-23-2007, 10:58 AM

I'm having some trouble with my fish list for my 112 gallon tank. After adding the foxface I noticed all of the yellow and black in my tank and it really needs some more color. Here is my list below and as you can see a lot of those fish have the same colors. Do you have any suggestions for fish that will add a nice variation of color, but still mix nicely?

2 Clarkiis (currently in small tank)
2 Firefish (currently in small tank)
1 Foxface
1 Twelve-Line Wrasse
1 Yellow Watchman Goby
1Yellow Tang
2 Neon Goby
1 Tiger Pistol Shrimp
100 Mixed Snails
25 Scarlet Leg Hermits (Not Red Leg)
2 Skunk cleaners
1 Blood Red Shrimp (Currently in small tank)
1 Orange Linkia Star (Currently in small tank)
2 Sand Sifting Stafish
1 Sea Cucumber (not sure what kind)

I was thinking about booting the yellow tang and adding a blue one.

**Fishfirst** · 01-23-2007, 11:34 AM

hmmm... maybe a black capped basslet would do you good. Relative to the royal gramma, same temperment and disposition. Great fish!

Green Clown gobies are also an option.

If its not a reef tank maybe a coral beauty or flame angel could be an option.

Bear · 01-23-2007, 01:04 PM

i would love to do some angels, but it is a reef tank.

I think i heard somewhere that clown gobys may eat some coral, do you know?

leveldrummer · 01-23-2007, 03:20 PM

i wouldnt do 2 cleaner (neon) gobies, i believe they will fight. a royal gramma would work great. a blue or purple tang in place of the yellow one. ditch the twelve line wrasse, look into fairy or flasher wrasses. some great colors on those guys. angels are hit and miss with reefs, i have a cherub in mine thats great. and i know alot of other members have angels that arent problems. jawfish have some good color. those are some suggestions.

**Fishfirst** · 01-25-2007, 04:55 PM

Neon gobies should be fine as a pair.

leveldrummer · 01-25-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishfirst

Neon gobies should be fine as a pair.

from what ive read, they are only good as actual pairs. if you just by two, they will fight. you have to find a mated pair, of course, this is just reading, so who konws.

redpaulhus · 01-25-2007, 06:53 PM

I've had pairs and trios of neon gobies in 40g and 90g tanks with no problems - don't think it would be bad in a 112g tank.

How about going with a purple tang over the yellow tang ?

Reefneck · 01-25-2007, 07:11 PM

Yea, Go with a Purple Tang!!!! I have one I'll sell you for half the retail price! $50!

Damn mean fish! Attacks my wife when she has her hand in the tank for anything and has murdered one fish and tried to murder another! I got the 2nd one out in time!

My point is seriously NOT to get a purple tang unless you have a mildly aggressive tank and it would be the very last fish ever added because they are known to be the meanest tangs. Pretty, But Mean!

Bear · 01-25-2007, 07:45 PM

how about a powder blue tang?

Reefneck · 01-25-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bear

how about a powder blue tang?

Delicate, Non aggresive for the most part. Hard to get eating at first.

Pretty fish.

i have crabs · 01-25-2007, 08:52 PM

yellow tang and foxface wont go together well, yellowtangs hate yellow fish and will eventually kill the fox if not just make it hide all the time.

Damon · 01-25-2007, 09:06 PM

Foxface are very nice peaceful fish, but venomous.

Fishnewb1 · 01-25-2007, 09:35 PM

Powderblues have tons of personality.
When i had mine it ate fine and had no troubles
a little aggressive to the other tang(Probly because they were both in a 55)

My coral beauty currently in my 55 reef hasnt touched a coral once
very pretty fish.

Bear · 01-25-2007, 11:22 PM

cool, well as of now I have the foxface, he may be venomous, but he is by far a scardy cat

. He freaks out if you get too close to the glass, but other than that he seems pretty active and gets along with the others. I have made a change to the list though:
here

Fishnewb1 · 01-26-2007, 05:57 PM

Awsome!
but i would get twice as many snails and forget the crabs.
IRNO (in reef necks opinion) crabs are EVIL, and I have since put all of mine in the fuge because of the harrasing of my clam.

i have crabs · 01-27-2007, 12:19 PM

as fas as the foxface being venomous dont worry its gotta be damb near impossible to poke yourself on a fish thats scared of anything that moves,plus i had a large domino damsil and yellowtang that charged mine non stop and never cared one bit about the spines,and for crabs emerals do a good job cleaning but others dont do much except look cool,so if you buy them do it because you like crabs not for thier cleaning skills,thier are much better choices than crabs.

Bear · 01-29-2007, 02:28 AM

the twelve line wrasse has been changed back to the six line and he is already in the tank. His name is Stewart. I will take pics of the new stock, when I get back from Utah on friday

Reefneck · 01-29-2007, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishnewb1

IRNO (in reef necks opinion)

LMAO, I love the new acronym!

I feel honored!

ReefNeckWidow · 02-05-2007, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by i have crabs

yellow tang and foxface wont go together well, yellowtangs hate yellow fish and will eventually kill the fox if not just make it hide all the time.

Yellow tangs don't hate all yellow fish. I have a yellow tang and a 3 inch pure Yellow Damsel in the same tank. Quite often you will find them hanging out together in the same cave.

harif87 · 02-05-2007, 03:54 PM

Damsels are pretty aggressive so they can hold their own against a tang.

01-23-2007, 10:58 AM	#1
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	trouble with list I'm having some trouble with my fish list for my 112 gallon tank. After adding the foxface I noticed all of the yellow and black in my tank and it really needs some more color. Here is my list below and as you can see a lot of those fish have the same colors. Do you have any suggestions for fish that will add a nice variation of color, but still mix nicely? 2 Clarkiis (currently in small tank) 2 Firefish (currently in small tank) 1 Foxface 1 Twelve-Line Wrasse 1 Yellow Watchman Goby 1Yellow Tang 2 Neon Goby 1 Tiger Pistol Shrimp 100 Mixed Snails 25 Scarlet Leg Hermits (Not Red Leg) 2 Skunk cleaners 1 Blood Red Shrimp (Currently in small tank) 1 Orange Linkia Star (Currently in small tank) 2 Sand Sifting Stafish 1 Sea Cucumber (not sure what kind) I was thinking about booting the yellow tang and adding a blue one. __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

01-23-2007, 11:34 AM	#2
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 5	hmmm... maybe a black capped basslet would do you good. Relative to the royal gramma, same temperment and disposition. Great fish! Green Clown gobies are also an option. If its not a reef tank maybe a coral beauty or flame angel could be an option. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

01-23-2007, 01:04 PM	#3
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	i would love to do some angels, but it is a reef tank. I think i heard somewhere that clown gobys may eat some coral, do you know? __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

01-23-2007, 03:20 PM	#4
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,931	i wouldnt do 2 cleaner (neon) gobies, i believe they will fight. a royal gramma would work great. a blue or purple tang in place of the yellow one. ditch the twelve line wrasse, look into fairy or flasher wrasses. some great colors on those guys. angels are hit and miss with reefs, i have a cherub in mine thats great. and i know alot of other members have angels that arent problems. jawfish have some good color. those are some suggestions. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

01-25-2007, 04:55 PM	#5
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 5	Neon gobies should be fine as a pair. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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01-25-2007, 06:53 PM	#7
redpaulhus fishgeek Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boston Age: 38 Posts: 479	I've had pairs and trios of neon gobies in 40g and 90g tanks with no problems - don't think it would be bad in a 112g tank. How about going with a purple tang over the yellow tang ?

01-25-2007, 07:11 PM	#8
Reefneck Senior Aquarist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near a Coral Reef Age: 47 Posts: 1,351	Yea, Go with a Purple Tang!!!! I have one I'll sell you for half the retail price! $50! Damn mean fish! Attacks my wife when she has her hand in the tank for anything and has murdered one fish and tried to murder another! I got the 2nd one out in time! My point is seriously NOT to get a purple tang unless you have a mildly aggressive tank and it would be the very last fish ever added because they are known to be the meanest tangs. Pretty, But Mean! __________________ I wonder how much salt mix I would need to turn our in ground pool into a Reef.

01-25-2007, 07:45 PM	#9
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	how about a powder blue tang? __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

01-25-2007, 08:52 PM	#11
i have crabs Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 94	yellow tang and foxface wont go together well, yellowtangs hate yellow fish and will eventually kill the fox if not just make it hide all the time.

01-25-2007, 09:06 PM	#12
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,972	Foxface are very nice peaceful fish, but venomous. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

01-25-2007, 09:35 PM	#13
Fishnewb1 Future Marine Biologist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 394	Powderblues have tons of personality. When i had mine it ate fine and had no troubles a little aggressive to the other tang(Probly because they were both in a 55) My coral beauty currently in my 55 reef hasnt touched a coral once very pretty fish. __________________ 55g Reef 16g of water.

01-25-2007, 11:22 PM	#14
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	cool, well as of now I have the foxface, he may be venomous, but he is by far a scardy cat . He freaks out if you get too close to the glass, but other than that he seems pretty active and gets along with the others. I have made a change to the list though: here __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

01-26-2007, 05:57 PM	#15
Fishnewb1 Future Marine Biologist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 394	Awsome! but i would get twice as many snails and forget the crabs. IRNO (in reef necks opinion) crabs are EVIL, and I have since put all of mine in the fuge because of the harrasing of my clam. __________________ 55g Reef 16g of water.

01-27-2007, 12:19 PM	#16
i have crabs Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 94	as fas as the foxface being venomous dont worry its gotta be damb near impossible to poke yourself on a fish thats scared of anything that moves,plus i had a large domino damsil and yellowtang that charged mine non stop and never cared one bit about the spines,and for crabs emerals do a good job cleaning but others dont do much except look cool,so if you buy them do it because you like crabs not for thier cleaning skills,thier are much better choices than crabs.

01-29-2007, 02:28 AM	#17
Bear Salty Pants Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a Big Yellow House Age: 21 Posts: 902	the twelve line wrasse has been changed back to the six line and he is already in the tank. His name is Stewart. I will take pics of the new stock, when I get back from Utah on friday __________________ My Reef My Puffer Tank My Photos

02-05-2007, 03:54 PM	#20
harif87 Minor Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 995	Damsels are pretty aggressive so they can hold their own against a tang. __________________ sorry for beating you senseless "The human torch was denied a bank loan"

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