Still Learning And I'm Stuck In A Rut

[Imcanadieneh]

Here's my issue. I have had this 40 gallon saltwater tank running for about 3 months now and I have had no problems. I have 3 damesle's in it right now with one sand sifting star 4 turbo snails and probably 10 hermit crabs. I also have some soft corals. I have some xenia on the right rock and some mushroom polyps on the center rock and the one just to the left of the center rock. The last coral I have looks like a large tree. I do not know what it is but I bought it and fed it like the rest of them and it has really taken off.

Anyway I am now looking to add a "center piece" fish to my tank and I'm needing help. I really want something that will pop. Maybe something with a lot of color or something that will draw attention immedietly. I have been looking into dwarf lionfish and one seems like it would be a great fit. I know it will eat the damsels eventually but it was what really got me into the hobby. If not I have been looking into pufferfish but I'm not sure how aggressive they are. Would either of those fish work in a 40 gallon. I can re arrange the rocks if one of them needs more sand room.


http/s1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd472/imcanadieneh/Random/?action=view&current=SaltwaterFishtank.jpg --- This is my tank

If you have any other suggestions to interesting/creative fish to place in my tank that would be appreciated!

 

[ALW]

An Angelfish? Something like a Centropyge bicolor or a Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus and then maybe a Flasher Wrasse like a Paracheilinus carpenteri

 

[nkd5024]

If the "tree" coral is a soft coral it might be a kenya tree coral.

A dwarf lionfish would do fine in your tank, and more than likely would only eat your damsels if you don't keep him well fed.
I used to have a dwarf lionfish with a couple green chromis and he left them only until I went on vacation for a week and no one fed him for the week, at which point he ate them

Puffers are cool although they will eat most of your clean up crew.

If you are looking for fish that will add a lot of color to your tank, you should look into the dwarf angelfish likeimcanagiehen said.

Nick D.