Absolute Newbie To Marine

[botia]

can someone give me a list of fish(clown fish and damsels) , anemones and corals that are colourful, not extremely expensive and would fit in a 76gal(100cmx45cm45cm)

thanks in advance

 

[ALW]

Wow do you really want us to list them all? I wont list them all but will give you a few example of each type of fish that would be ok in a 76g. You will need to study each of the fish as some cant be kept with others, some will eat inverts while others eat coral.

Angelfish

Indian Yellowtail - Apolemichthys xanthurus
Cherub - Centropyge argi
Bicolor - Centropyge bicolor
Coral Beauty - Centropyge bispinosa
Flame - Centropyge loricula
Bluespotted - Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus
Majestic - Pomacanthus navarchus

Anthias

Bicolor Anthias - Pseudanthias bicolor
Lyretail Anthias - Pseudanthias squamipinnis

Blennies

Convict - Pholidichthys leucotaenia
Bicolor - Ecsenius bicolor
Midas - Ecsenius midas
Lawnmower - Salarias fasciatus

Butterflyfish

Threadfin - Chaetodon auriga
Falcula - Chaetodon falcula
Raccoon - Chaetodon lunula
Pearlscale - Chaetodon mertensii
Copperband - Chelmon rostratus
Longnose - Forciiger flavissimus

Cardinalfish

Banggai - Pterapogon kauderni
Polkadot - Sphaeramia orbicularis

Damselfish

Clarki Clowns - Amphiprion clarkii
Ocellaris Clowns - Amphirion ocellaris
Percula Clowns - Amperiprion percula
Chromis - Chromis viridis
Blue Devil - Chrysiptera cyanea
Humbug - Dascyllus aruanus
Threespot - Dascyllus trimaculatus
Maroon Clowns - Premnas biaculeatus

Dartfish

Purple Firefish - Nemateleotris decora
Firefish - Nemateleotris magnifica

Dottybacks

Neon - Pseudochromis aldabraensis
Orhid - Pseudochromis fridmani
Bicolor -Pseudochromis paccagnellae

Dragonets

Scooter - Synchiropus ocellatus
Spotted - Synchiropus picturatus
Green - Synchiropus splendidus

Gobies

Orangespotted - Amblyeleotris guttata
Randalls - Amblyeleotris randalli
Pinksptted - Cryptocentrus leptocephalus
Yellow Rock - Gobiodon okinawae
Neon - Gobiosoma oceanops

Hawkfish

Flame - Neocirrhites armatus
Longnose OXycirrhites typus

Lionfish

Ocellated Lionfish - Dendrochirus biocellatus
Zebra Lionfish - Dendrochirus zebra
Volitans Lionfish- Pterois volitans

Pufferfish

Whitespotted Toby - Canthigaster jactator
Valentini Toby - Canthigaster valentini

Surgeonfish

Blue - Acanthurus coeruleus
Powder Blue - Acanthurus leucosternon
Convict - Acanthurus triostegus
Kole - Ctenochaetus strigosus
Yellow - Zebrasoma flavescens
Scopas - Zebrasoma scopas

Triggerfish

Picasso - Rhinecanthus aculeatus
Scimitar - Sufflamen bursa
Blue Throat - Xanthichthys auromarginatus

Wrasse

Harlequin Tuskfish - Choerodon fasiatus
Bluehead Fairy - Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Scoots Fairy - Cirrhilabrus scottorum
Solar Fairy - cirrhilabrus solorensis
Yellowtail Coris - Coris gaimard
Birdmouth - Gomphosus varius
Canary - Halichoeres chrysus
Radiant - Halichoeres iridis
Dragon - Novaculichthys taeniourus
Carpenter's Flasher - Paracheilinus carpenteri
Filamented Flasher - Paracheilinus filamentosus
McCosker's Flasher - Paracheilinus mccoskeri
Sixline - Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
Bluehead - Thalassoma bifasciatum
Luna - Thalassoma lunare
Sunset - Thalassoma lutescens

 

[botia]

wow! , tanks soooooo much!

would 1-3 common clowns be fine

 

[ALW]

wow! , tanks soooooo much!

would 1-3 common clowns be fine

Yes 3 common Clownfish would be fine (by common do you ocellaris). They would form a hierarchy, with the larget of the 3 been the adult breeding female with the next largest been the breeding male.

 

[botia]

would these fish live happily together

1x Mandarin fish
2x yellow tail electric blue damsel
4x cleaner wrasse
3x ocelaris clown fish

 

[ALW]

would these fish live happily together

1x Mandarin fish
2x yellow tail electric blue damsel
4x cleaner wrasse
3x ocelaris clown fish

In short no!

 

[nkd5024]

If you want a yellow tailed Damselfish, I would add him last, as they are very territorial towards any new fish introduced into the tank.

Mandarins are extremely finicky eaters, and most will only eat live copepods, and will deplete a tanks population of them in a few weeks than starve.
I have heard the aqua-cultured mandarins aren't as finicky but its very hard to get ahold of one of them.

Cleaner Wrasses have to same issue as the mandarins. This species entire diet is parasites picked off of other fish on the reef.
There is really no way to replicate this in an aquarium, and the exceptions to this rule are very uncommon.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Nick D.

 

[fishyfrendzy104]

would these fish live happily together

1x Mandarin fish
2x yellow tail electric blue damsel
4x cleaner wrasse
3x ocelaris clown fish

No they probobly wouln't but if your looking for a new fish you should get a sunset wrasse! they are very pretty and they will eat turbo snails, however they are agressive with some other fish but they would be fine with all of thoughs fish except for the clown fish i think.....P.S. if you do get a sunset wrasse try and keep it away fron eels, they think sunset wrasse are tasty!