Tank is 48x24x20 with sandbed
So I want to start adding more fish to my tank. The current crew is from my 30g and have been together about 6 months without issue. (Midas blenny is sometimes wierdly aggressive like once a month)
2 snowflake clowns (bonded)
1 watchman goby (about an inch)
1 exquisite fire fish
1 gold Midas blenny
I have a royal flasher wrasse in qt which should be coming out in about 2 weeks.
I want “active” fish since my current list don’t spend much time swimming and fish that may serve a purpose...eat algae, aptasia (if/when it shows up) etc. I have a very healthy pod population and don’t mind adding more if needed
I would like to add some more wrasse since many are colorful and active
Potential list of them would be
Melanurus wrasse
Yellow coris and/or Christmas wrasse- eat pods and pests
A fairy of some kind (open to suggestions)
Mandarin- cool fish, eats pods (would wrasses fight with these)
Sandsifting goby or jawfish- sandbed turnover
Foxface- eats algae, nice to look at
Blue jaw trigger fish (I know debateable on reef safeness) -just cool fish in general
Kole eye tang
Tomini tang or bristletooth tang
Yellow tang
I would like schooling or shoaling fish is at all possible. My understanding is chromis will pick each other off eventually, most damsels in my experience are terrors leaving anthias...
I like them and can keep up with feed requirements of a trio
So based on my wants and current fish list... what order should I go with and are there any potential conflicts? Can I keep all of these fish? Running a Nyos 160 skimmer and rotate out floss and socks.
Picture of layout (I have about 20lbs more rock in sump)
So I want to start adding more fish to my tank. The current crew is from my 30g and have been together about 6 months without issue. (Midas blenny is sometimes wierdly aggressive like once a month)
2 snowflake clowns (bonded)
1 watchman goby (about an inch)
1 exquisite fire fish
1 gold Midas blenny
I have a royal flasher wrasse in qt which should be coming out in about 2 weeks.
I want “active” fish since my current list don’t spend much time swimming and fish that may serve a purpose...eat algae, aptasia (if/when it shows up) etc. I have a very healthy pod population and don’t mind adding more if needed
I would like to add some more wrasse since many are colorful and active
Potential list of them would be
Melanurus wrasse
Yellow coris and/or Christmas wrasse- eat pods and pests
A fairy of some kind (open to suggestions)
Mandarin- cool fish, eats pods (would wrasses fight with these)
Sandsifting goby or jawfish- sandbed turnover
Foxface- eats algae, nice to look at
Blue jaw trigger fish (I know debateable on reef safeness) -just cool fish in general
Kole eye tang
Tomini tang or bristletooth tang
Yellow tang
I would like schooling or shoaling fish is at all possible. My understanding is chromis will pick each other off eventually, most damsels in my experience are terrors leaving anthias...
I like them and can keep up with feed requirements of a trio
So based on my wants and current fish list... what order should I go with and are there any potential conflicts? Can I keep all of these fish? Running a Nyos 160 skimmer and rotate out floss and socks.
Picture of layout (I have about 20lbs more rock in sump)
