adding fish

[chuysvt]

as everybody knows im getting a bigger tank....a 125g tank....im thinking for my b-day, im a little confused in what order to put them in.i know from least agressive to most agressive:fechten2:....i have the list of fish i want to add, can someone please put them in order for me? its because idont know which fish is more agressive than the other:confused:...right now i only have a porcupine puffer, this is a reef tank but i only have coral and rocks!!! these are the fish that i want

• coral beauty
• flame angel
• yellow long nose butterfly fish
• foxface (2)
• naso tang
• blue hippo tang
• power blue tang
• yellow tang
• bluechin trigger fish
• niger trigger
• sixline wrasse

 

[Bifferwine]

I think you will be overstocked with so many big fish. They will be bumping into each other when they try to swim. And I think 2 foxfaces would probably fight, as would the coral beauty and flame angel.

This is how I would do it:
Butterfly
Foxface
Powder blue tang
Hippo tang
Naso tang
The two angels at the same time
Sixline wrasse
Yellow tang
Bluechin trigger
Niger trigger

 

[PRC]

+1 Biff...That's too many fish IMO..You're gonna need a bigger boat.

As the self proclaimed resident foxface expert, Biff is right again..You cannot put 2 foxface in 1 tank.

Here's a video from a LR member. He inherited a Foxface, and already had one....This is what happens. A day or two later he ended up removing one of them.

YouTube - New aquascaping

 

[chuysvt]

ok..should i do one fish every week or two weeks..

 

[Bifferwine]

Try every 3 weeks or so.

 

[chuysvt]

ok..sounds good... i dont know if im going to put all those fish in my list..i want them to have room...to swim...my concern is that they wont get territorial...

 

[chuysvt]

i wen to pet store and they had 3 foxface in one tank..its was like a 200g tank..

 

[OhNoNemo]

Chances are they will be selling those too...i don't think they are in there for a permanent home.....
Also,i've learned pretty quick that a 125 (or any 6 foot tank) really is not that big anymore....I wouldn't put more than 4 ,5 max, "big" fish in one....ie., triggs,tangs,large angels,foxfaces.....
JMO..

 

[chuysvt]

ok sounds good i think im do like 4 big fish and get some small fish

 

[Bifferwine]

That's a good plan. It will look nice to have a variety of shapes and sizes in your tank.

Check out anthias -- a small school of anthias would be great in contrast with some large tangs.

 

[chuysvt]

i was thining of not doing reef tank..i was thinking off only fish...or what do you think...

 

[OhNoNemo]

Nothing wrong with fish only...and it really doesn't have to be FISH ONLY.....i have mushrooms,rics,cabbage leather,hammer coral,frogspawn,and duncans.....,but my angel has made snacks of a few things too,oh and my triggers too:grumble: .
My stock is :
Clown trigger
Humu/picasso trigger
koran angel
purple tang
2 ocellaris clowns
6 line wrasse
flame hawk

 

[chuysvt]

the problem is that when i get my bigger tank. im going to have to upgrade my lights...and im not going to have money after i buy a bigger sump..more rock....alot more water.:surfing:....im going to sale what corals i have and when my new tank is stable ..ill buy some corals..

 

[Bifferwine]

That sounds like a good idea. A lot of people have fish only while they save up for better lights.

 

[Rufio808]

Angelfish tank!! That's my dream.... /sigh

 

[PRC]

i wen to pet store and they had 3 foxface in one tank..its was like a 200g tank..

You'll also see 10 clowns in 1 tank..it doesn't mean they'll be there in the morning. Stores have to do things different than reefers. they have a certain number of fish and a certain number of tanks. They have to sell fish, so if that means losing a few, that's the cost of doing business. But they've gotta have livestock in stock.

 

[Ulta]

Depth is what matters... you could have the same lighting you have on your 55 over 1/2 the 125 and keep all your corals on that side just fine... as long as the depth is the same.

 

[chuysvt]

i sold some corals, i frag some off them an the rest i sold i got $93...i use that money to get closer to buying my bigger tank....

 

[ErinCahir]

I have a 150 with three "big" fish (a Niger, a Sailfin and a Tomini) and a few small fish (three clowns, a lawnmower, a sleeper goby and a Coral Beauty). And a snowflake eel (who we see when its dinnertime).
I wish we had more small fish. The three big guys are almost always together, at least two-thirds of my tank always looks "fish-less". We were thinking about some cardinals or anthias...

 

[Bifferwine]

Good deal! Your corals are looking great. I'm glad you're making some money off of them.