I Think I Have Come Up With My Tank Stocking

[chrissaysyes]

funny...Ive never seen RGs in a group before. I had one...I liked his colors but after a while his ugly face just annoyed me heh. I think tangs would do better in a group of 4, and like was stated, only if introduced together. Everytime I read one of lyndens posts it makes me want a damned trigger more and more hah...Im going to have to leave this forum before I go out and blow all my dough on a new 100gal for a trigger tank.

 

[Lynden]

Triggers @#$%in rock man.

 

[1234-fishy-freind]

Shibby... i never thought of putting netting over the top of the tank !!. Its strong, easy to attach and remove, wouldnt do damage to fish, im going to do that now . And yes it does sound like a film to me too, never noticed it untill now though .

STD... i will look into getting 3-4 yellow tangs then, i mean the tank is a big one so they will have some space to get away from each other if they want to.

I think i am going to have to ask for your ideas on what to put into the tank.
I would like full stock lists please. I would like a sort of reef community or tangs, wrasse and well whatever all ideas welcome.



I am soo exited to get the tank up and running !!!!

 

[shibby]

right just a few sugestions from me


pinktail trigger .... i could say crosshatch but they cost a bomb !

orange shoulder tang

kole tang

filamented flasher wrasse

6line wrasse

orchid dottyback

bangai cardinals, get a pair if possibly !

midas blenny

2x saddleback clowns

labouti fairy wrasse


just a a few to ponder. this is helping with my stocking ideas for around 400 litres as well


take a look at a regal angel as well and see if its worth a risk in the tank !

 

[Lynden]

Regal angels are more of a risk regarding feeding than they are to corals.

 

[SkiFletch]

How about some fairy wrasses isntead?

 

[Lynden]

If I'm not mistaken you could have an entire colony of them which would undoubtedly produce some very cool behaviour.

Here's a video of a pinktailed trigger. Not mine but gives an idea of how the fish looks.
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[chrissaysyes]

What was that striped fish in the video?

 

[shibby]

looks alot like a squirrelfish

 

[Lynden]

Sure is. Those guys are nocturnal, predatory lurkers; like a giant cardinal.

 

[dawhits]

I'd add a group of yellow tangs, atleast 2 bangaii cardinals. a school of 7 chromis and maybe an angel of some kind?

 

[hubbard_shark]

w/e happened with ski's idea of the spotted rabbitfish. man those guys are sweet lookin. forget all the tangs had one of those.
ever thought of an achille's tang? i believe they are reef safe as long as fed well

 

[1234-fishy-freind]

dawhits... i like that stocking, sounds quite good, if i did that i would probably add 2-3 clowns and a wrasse, probably leave the angel.

hubbard_shark... im not too keen on the spotted rabbitfish, a rabbitfish i do like though is the foxface. I jus googled achille's tang, THEY LOOK WAY COOL ! I might consider one of them.

 

[Lynden]

I jus googled achille's tang, THEY LOOK WAY COOL ! I might consider one of them.

They look cool but paying big bucks for them and having them suffer and die isn't very cool. If I were you I'd stick to a fish better adapted to aquaria, such as a mimic tang (or a TRIGGER!).

 

[STD]

dawhits... i like that stocking, sounds quite good, if i did that i would probably add 2-3 clowns and a wrasse, probably leave the angel.

hubbard_shark... im not too keen on the spotted rabbitfish, a rabbitfish i do like though is the foxface. I jus googled achille's tang, THEY LOOK WAY COOL ! I might consider one of them.

As Lydnen says avoid the Achilles - they are very hard to keep alive

As to Rabbitfish they are easy but grow very fast and get big