50 Gallon Marine Tank.

[1234-fishy-freind]

Me and my dad are setting up another marine tank. It is about 50 gallons and will have a sump of about 15. We have not yet decided on what fish to stock it with.

I think we are wanting something that isnt a reef as we already have the 100gallon reef.

My dad wants to have a snowflake moray eel in there and maybe a lionfish.

I on the other had want to have butterfly fish in it.

So what would you guys and gals do if it was yours?

 

[kiscard]

Me and my dad are setting up another marine tank. It is about 50 gallons and will have a sump of about 15. We have not yet decided on what fish to stock it with.

I think we are wanting something that isnt a reef as we already have the 100gallon reef.

My dad wants to have a snowflake moray eel in there and maybe a lionfish.

I on the other had want to have butterfly fish in it.

So what would you guys and gals do if it was yours?

Please for my sake and the eel sake dont put him in the 50g tank. i am not sure how big your is in length. But i have a 175g and after having my snowflake eel for couple months he grew to be about 1ft 7in' and my tank in 6ft long and he used thw whole thing and never stayed in one spot so if u do get an eel make sure it doesnt grow ot be to big. Sorry i am an eel lover. Feeding an eel is a experince good luck. imo get some rock for the eel. but for fish i am in love with tangs and the size tank is to small for them so i dont really know ,but lionfish are pretty cool.

 

[@ombomb]

if it was FOWLR, personally i'd start with a marine betta a work the rest of the stock round it

 

[Crazy fishes]

50g is not really a lot to work with.... Ideally 75g and bigger is the area you want to be in for a fish only tank. I think you may be better trying a different reef set up. I say this because the fish you can keep in a 50g fish only aquarium is the same as a reef set up at the same size. Most if not all tangs and butterfly fish as well as most angel fish require more room than the tank is supplying and therefore a no go. Eels are too big, Lionfish (Volitans, not the fuzzy dwarf lionfish) puffers, boxfish, cowfish and the list goes on are all requiring a larger tank. The yellow tang requires the least room of all tangs but still requires that magical 75g. I suppose you could do a fish only with clowns, dwarf angels, damsels etc but the reef is where they live so you might as well give them a reef.

Regards

 

[kiscard]

50g is not really a lot to work with.... Ideally 75g and bigger is the area you want to be in for a fish only tank. I think you may be better trying a different reef set up. I say this because the fish you can keep in a 50g fish only aquarium is the same as a reef set up at the same size. Most if not all tangs and butterfly fish as well as most angel fish require more room than the tank is supplying and therefore a no go. Eels are too big, Lionfish (Volitans, not the fuzzy dwarf lionfish) puffers, boxfish, cowfish and the list goes on are all requiring a larger tank. The yellow tang requires the least room of all tangs but still requires that magical 75g. I suppose you could do a fish only with clowns, dwarf angels, damsels etc but the reef is where they live so you might as well give them a reef.

Regards

I actually had a yellow tang grow larger then my naso tangs. My first one was rather small tho.

 

[shibby]

if it was FOWLR, personally i'd start with a marine betta a work the rest of the stock round it

i agree!
dwarf lions are nice too and small puffers like the jewel or my personal favourate valentini will be cool.

 

[1234-fishy-freind]

Ok... it sounds like our best best would be another reef, or maybe reef fish without the corals.

If we do something else i will tell my dad about marine bettas and a dwarf lion.

How do you think a picasso trigger would cope in that size tank?

 

[kj23502]

picassos get big. You'd need a bigger tank than that.

 

[Crazy fishes]

That species of trigger reaches approximately 10 inches much too big for a 50g. Double the tank volume and that is really where you are starting from. They are a spectacular fish though, nice thought!!

Regards

 

[n3ont3tra]

Maybe look into hawkfish, dwarf angels, and puffers. And there's a lot of non-reef safe wrasses out there that could work.