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Peterock · 08-27-2005, 11:47 AM

Hello all this thread is to see what people have in there tanks (fish) and why there chose those creatures.

1- Kole tang: because if aggression to alage, color and shy personality
1- hippo tang: He is a funny character
2- false clowns: The wifes choice ( i will leave before the nemos will)
1- yellow tail damsel: to fast to catch, so now he is the enforcer and keeps the peace
1- 6 line wrass: eats all the bad little creatures
1- solarencsis wrass: Color and laid back attitude
2- scooter blennies: really playfull and always playing hide go seek

FragOutpost · 08-27-2005, 12:11 PM

Currently I only have 3 fish in my tank.
1. Dusky Jawfish - had for about 2 and a half years. fantastic fish for anyone with a DSB. Though it will disrupt your rockwork until it finishes building a burrow. Always perched with its head sticking out of his burrow.

2. Flame Angel - Had for about 6 months. Very colorful fish that is always on the move picking algae from the rocks. Difficult to photograph because it doesn't stay still long enough.

3. Bicolor Clenny - had for a year and a half. Great fish with a peaceful but somewhat timid personality. Eats Algae.

I haven't seen my neon goby for a few months now, so I assume he became a snack for something larger.

Currently looking to get a midas blenny and a yellow tang.

D12monkey · 08-30-2005, 11:31 PM

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1 neon goby
1 true percula
1 mandarin dragonet
1 mini Lionfish (baby volitan)

Refugium 1 (cycling 55 FOWLR tank)
1 lane snapper
1 lionfish
1 black lionfish

EvilTwin · 03-05-2006, 01:10 PM

I figure I'll post in here as well...

2 Yellowtail Blue Damsels - I originally bought one of these after the tank cycled. Later read they should be kept in groups. I bought two more, one died.

1 Bicolor Pseudochromis - Bought at the same time as the first damsel. Picked out by my daughter. Again, just a trial before getting anything more expensive.

2 Ocellaris Clownfish - Bought two. After all, any parent setting up a SW tank has to get a Nemo for the kids. This was one of my original motivations for setting up the tank.

1 Yellow Tang - Wife really wanted a "Bubbles" fish. After having him and watching him get stressed, I was "forced" to upgrade to the 75g tank.

Peterock · 03-05-2006, 02:06 PM

Well i lost my kole tang and my hippo after having them for a while my stupid anemone ate my kole tang and i found my hippo sitting in the overflow. So i got more fish

2- Pajama cardinals: They add something mysterious to the tank because they dont really move.

1- clarkie: broke my nano tank down and had to put him somewhere, now him and my percs are chasing eachother and fighting but i cant catch him with the net. O well.....

Looking to add my final fish next weekend 1- coral beauty or flame angle, 1-cleaner wrasse, 3 green/blue chromis

FragOutpost · 03-05-2006, 02:34 PM

Unless you have a big tank with a lot of big fish, I would reconsider getting a cleaner wrasse. I bought one last year without doing any research on them before hand. It slowly withered away because it has a very specialized diet that consists of parasitic isopods. The only food I could get it to take was cyclopeeze. In my opinion you will be much happier with a big cleaner shrimp.

Flame angels are great colorful fish. I have heard that coral beautys will nip corals but have never kept one so I can't say for sure. I really like my flame angel. It stayed hidden most of the time until I added a purple tang. Now the flame angel almost always swims side by side with the tang.