Recommend Me Some Fish :-)

[smudger72]

I am in the middle of setting up my first marine tank.
Juwel Rekord 120. It has 9kg of LR at the moment I was thinking of buying a 11 kg box of reef bones to add to that.

I would like a pair of clown fish, am looking at (Amphiprion ocellaris) as these stay nice and snall.
Can you guys recommend me some other fish to go in the tank?
I am open to all suggestions. I would rather do this right the 1st time and not make a mess of it.

 

[Colin_T]

it depends on how big the tank is but if it's about 120litres then you will lose some of that to the rock.

a couple of fire gobies, or a blenny or flame angel would probably go ok with the ocellaris.

 

[humpy_the_humphead_wrasse]

just remember to add your fish all at once, otherwise your oscellaris will protect their turf!!!. seen them take out some big stuff after having other species added after theyve been in for a couple of months to cycle the tank. deffinately no more then two clowns.

no groupers, although i wouldnt recomend unless you have a big ase tank.
no lionfish, if they take a bit at him their bound to become barb ornaments.
morray eels are a no.
pinecone fish are a no.
remoras trumpetfish and pipfish are a not to!

they seem to go well with wrass, gobies and surgeonfish(recommend surgeon fish! quit nice fish).

 

[Zawiha]

no groupers, although i wouldnt recomend unless you have a big ase tank.

not always true,
pollini groupers dont grow very big compared to other species.
and are beutiful things.

not saying i'd keep em with clowns though

 

[littleme1969]

Well so far I think Ive had pretty much every type of fish suitable for small to medium tanks..
Blennys are grest fun, I have a scooter blenny and a bi colour blenny. The bicolours are fab fish with lots of charachter. they are good eaters and also very peacfull fish. Add both colour and movment to a tank. The Scooter again is a fab fish but you have to make sure you get one that eats frozen food. Again very peacfull and interesting fish.
Gobbies.. most gobies are suitable for small to medium tanks and are peacfull. But if you want a goby that is more seen around the tank you want a clown goby. These come in a few colours from green to red and yellow and also black. They can be picky eaters and you have to make sure that they get some nosh at food time and dont get out competed.
Clowns are great but again these can sometimes be a challenge to get to eat and settle. Live food I find gets over this problem very quickly.
Jawfish are a peacfull and interesting fish to have, but you need a good deep sand bed and a mixture of sand and rock rubble for them to build a burrow. Again these are good eaters and will take most frozen fooods that are offered.
Avoid all damsels.. not good in a small tank as they get nasty with age.!!
You can get some nice wrasse fish now that will go well in a small tank. I would avoid the six line though as they are a bit grumpy in a small tank. They tend to be good eaters and add colour and interst to a tank.
Cardinals again are a good medium sized tank fish and very peacful.
All of the above fish are reef safe and usually quite hardy. But it goes without saying always ask about the fish before you buy.. Whats it eating , how long you had it in, whats the tank condition like I.e. PH etc as that will influence how long you aclimatise for etc. And always buy the healtiest of fish, dont just buy it cos you feel sorry for it or it looks pretty. Make sure it will fit in with your others.

 

[smudger72]

My problem is that I like most of the fish out there lol.
Some of the Gobies appeal. I suppose I really need to think about my clean up crew as well.

 

[bitfishy]

I have two sizeable clarkii clowns in a tank your size and they live happily with two peacock wrasses, two pajama cardinals, a sunrise dottyback and a jewelled blenny. For interest I'd recommend fire shrimp who make great freinds with clowns and look fabulous - definately the stars of the tank. you need a few hiding places in teh rocks for the other fish, because the male clowns like to show their alpha staus every now and again - its forgotten seconds later and they swim about in harmony straight after but a hiding hole diffuses situations very quickly (mine starts to lose the rag if he's kept waiting for dinner!). They also will host torch corals, or if they're too demanding mine have started to host a recent introduction of a toadstool, which are very easy to keep. It seems to me that its a bit of a lottery with clowns - some are stroppier than others - i think mine are middle of the road in that depatment.