Fish Choosing For A 69 Us Gal

[leecara]

hi i will be soon setting up a 69 us gal and i need some help choosing fish i really like these fish and i am just wondering can these be put togher in a 69 us gal and if so would i be able to get any more fish awell and ifso what do you advise?

copperband butterfly
yellow tang
x2 percula clown fish
bangaii cardinal
purple pseudochchromius
regal tang

also if you can read my forumcalled what do you suggest for starting a marine tank on marine chit chat and help me on some on those questions aswell plz

thank you

 

[enjoiskater158]

you might have problems with the yellow tang and the copperband. The yellow tang is aggressive to fish that look like them which the copperband does. If you really want to try both of them but the copperband in the tank first and let him get used to the tank before adding the yellow tang, id give it a month. other than those your fish look good. although the copperband will eat feather dusters and may eat LPS corals, zoanthiods, and soft corals

 

[leecara]

ok thanks for the advice what corals would you recommend with the copperband

 

[Lynden]

I highly doubt that you will have any aggression problems concerning the Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavascens), I have one with a Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) currently until my larger setup is consructed, and although at night the Yellow does 'wave' his body at the Sailfin there is very little real aggression. Tang incompatibility is often exaggerated. That said, caution is still needed when combining Tang species, since many will destroy each other, such as how Alogo Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) will deal a painful death to any lone Convict Tang (Acanthurus trigostegus) it happens to come across, in the wild as well as within an aquarium.

Most corals are safe in the presence of a Copperband Butterfly (Chelmon rostratus). Once it learns that he likes them, he will continue to pick; therefore the trick is to keep the Butterflyfish well fed.

-Lynden

P.S.
Felt like writing out some scientific names today

 

[SkiFletch]

ok thanks for the advice what corals would you recommend with the copperband

Copperbands are dicey with corals. Their natural diet includes small soft polyps, corallimorph anemones, and sponges as well as algae and meaty foods. They're very omnivorous in the wild. They seem to be most prone towards nipping things like zoos, zoas, star polyps, and other small softies. That doesnt mean they wont pick on something else though, they're tempermental fish. You'll never know until you try. My reccomendation would be tentacld LPS to start. Frogspawn, Torch, Hammer, Galaxea. Maybe a tentacled plate too. Dunno, you're gonna have to experiment so having an LFS willing to take corals in exchange for ones the butterfly likes will be paramount

 

[leecara]

ok thanks for that