63g Stocking

[idlefingers]

I've currently got 1 black and white percula clown and 1 midas blenny in my 63g [reef] tank. I'm having difficulties trying to come up with a stocking plan and would like some opinions and suggestions for new additions.

I had a little shortlist of fish I like the look of and wanted to research more but I keep changing it and just can't decide. Some ideas I've had are; Coral Beauty, Royal Gramma, Banggai Cardinal, Pyjama Cardinal, Firefish and Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse.

So what should I keep?! I like the idea of a small group of pyjama cardinals but I'm not sure if my tank's big enough.

Help!!

 

[SkiFletch]

Well my only thoughts are that the Coral Beauty is a risk as they can be coral nippers and I'm not sure about 2 cardinalfish... Might have aggression issues there, might not. If you do decide to do it, add them simultaneously.

 

[idlefingers]

I read here that the coral beauty may nip at clam mantles and lps corals but I don't plan on keeping either of those so hopefully I could get away with it?

I didn't think I'd have enough space for a decent sized group of cardinals.. That's them out of the question.

 

[SkiFletch]

CB's also sometimes like to nip at SPS, especially pocillipora, stylophora, and millepora

 

[idlefingers]

I don't plan (at the moment, at least) on keeping sps or lps corals.. I want to keep it more simple with softies so unless it turns on them as well, it should be fine, right?

Any other suggestions for alternative, nice looking, peaceful fish?

 

[shibby]

orchid dottyback! and get the carpenters its such a lush bold fish. most reef safe wrasses are colourful stay smallish and peaceful!!

a shoal of alenn demsels or blue star damsels there called one of them i think, peaceful and nice in a shoal.

 

[SkiFletch]

btw, is this 63 UK gallons or US gallons?

 

[idlefingers]

orchid dottyback! and get the carpenters its such a lush bold fish. most reef safe wrasses are colourful stay smallish and peaceful!!

a shoal of alenn demsels or blue star damsels there called one of them i think, peaceful and nice in a shoal.

I've read bad things about the dottyback being aggressive which I'm trying to avoid. Also, I just read that the carpenters wrasse should be the first addition to the tank because it gets bullied easily so I dunno if that's possible now.

btw, is this 63 UK gallons or US gallons?

US gallons

 

[Lynden]

If you don't plan to have corals (or even if you do...) then some smaller butterflyfishes would make a colourful addition. Also Canthigaster puffers.

 

[shibby]

orchid dottybacks are really peaceful as dottybacks!!! make sure it has a black line through its eye and its the peaceful orchid, the strawberrys the agreesive one ...


carpenters i added mine late on and it wasnt even bullied by my puffer ....

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, with only a handful of fish in there now, you can still add the wrasse