80 Gallon Stock List - need help

[toi_ss]

Hi i'm looking for input and recommendations on my current stock list - open to change
I have been looking for fish that I can keep in groups - im in nz so no Ostorhinchus cardinals and I don't like how pajamas and threadfins look so cardinals are off the list for a group fish. For now i've decided on 3 chinese zebra dartfish but this is open to change. Tank is a 80 gallon 130x68x35cm custom tank. Also im going to try an auto feeder for aqua forest liquid mysis - would this work for all of these fish, I could mix in some aqua forest liquid vege for the blenny maybe and yes I did google this before posting


1 Yellow Coris Wrasse
1 bangaii cardinal
1 Spotted Mandarin Goby
3 Chinese Zebra Dartfish
1 Linear or Gulf Blenny
1 Randall's Shrimp Goby

 

[tzabor10]

Is this a FOWLR? Sounds good

 

[i cant think]

Hi i'm looking for input and recommendations on my current stock list - open to change
I have been looking for fish that I can keep in groups - im in nz so no Ostorhinchus cardinals and I don't like how pajamas and threadfins look so cardinals are off the list for a group fish. For now i've decided on 3 chinese zebra dartfish but this is open to change. Tank is a 80 gallon 130x68x35cm custom tank. Also im going to try an auto feeder for aqua forest liquid mysis - would this work for all of these fish, I could mix in some aqua forest liquid vege for the blenny maybe and yes I did google this before posting


1 Yellow Coris Wrasse
1 bangaii cardinal
1 Spotted Mandarin Goby
3 Chinese Zebra Dartfish
1 Linear or Gulf Blenny
1 Randall's Shrimp Goby

What wrasses are available? That’s the first thing I’d go for personally.

 

[toi_ss]

Is this a FOWLR? Sounds good

nope, going to be a minimalist ish mangrove estuary/lagoon with a big mangrove island and some small bommies scattered through out

 

[toi_ss]

What wrasses are available? That’s the first thing I’d go for personally.

Do you mean having a group of fairy or other conspecific safe wrasses? They are allowed in new zealand yeah

 

[toi_ss]

What wrasses are available? That’s the first thing I’d go for personally.

These are all the fish that are allowed - https://aquariumworld.nz/databases/14-Tropical FWFishallowedinNZdatabase/

 

[toi_ss]

What wrasses are available? That’s the first thing I’d go for personally.

Which would you reccomend? I'm more a fan of like white and lighter coloured fish (that sounds a bit racist) as you can probably see by my stocking list

 

[i cant think]

Which would you reccomend? I'm more a fan of like white and lighter coloured fish (that sounds a bit racist) as you can probably see by my stocking list

Lubbocki and Exquisitus are 2 I’d always recommend. I also recommend the Halichoeres biocellatus.

Here’s my wrasse dominant 5’ tank for some ideas of wrasses albeit not all seem to be available to you unfortunately.

Also have you thought on angels, tangs or foxfaces?

 

[toi_ss]

Maybe thinking about a bristle tooth tang or some dwarf angel but not really - if I have algae problems down the line i may add a tomini. I like the look of Halichoeres cosmetus - could I keep them with a yellow coris wrasse?

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[i cant think]

Maybe thinking about a bristle tooth tang or some dwarf angel but not really - if I have algae problems down the line i may add a tomini. I like the look of Halichoeres cosmetus - could I keep them with a yellow coris wrasse?

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Yep! Generally most wrasses will cohabitate well together but there are some that are very iffy.

 

[toi_ss]

Yep! Generally most wrasses will cohabitate well together but there are some that are very iffy.

Thanks man, might have to reconsider the mandarin if I have these wrasses because you can't buy copepods in my country - sorry for late reply I fell asleep at my desk lol

 

[i cant think]

Thanks man, might have to reconsider the mandarin if I have these wrasses because you can't buy copepods in my country - sorry for late reply I fell asleep at my desk lol

Out of curiosity, how do you get pods?

 

[toi_ss]

Out of curiosity, how do you get pods?

just through coral frags and live sand, no live rock though. I can dose phytoplankton to culture it myself but that would be some work