Hi all,
I have a 180 that's been up and running for several years. Maybe two years or so ago, Brook wiped out most of my fish. I've been adding back somewhat cautiously but am now finding that it is difficult to predict which additions might be met with serious aggression. Here is what I have currently: 1) purple tang (most dominant); 2) yellow flanked fairy wrasse- reasonably aggressive for a 'peaceful' fish; 3) a pair of Clarkiis (actually added one recently because one of my existing pair, that never really paired up, had died and that actually went pretty smoothly; 4) foxface (seems to mind his own business unless the purple tan
g tries to pick on it); 5) coral beauty dwarf angel; 6) orchard dottyback (never really see it bother anything); 7) yellow clown goby (ignored by other fish); 8) mandarin (ignored by other fish); and 9) a geometric pygmy hawkfish that I only see every month or two.....Seems to show his face when I start to think he might be dead. If it matters, I also have a very large bullseye pistol shrimp that gives me some pause for things like gobies. I'm hoping to add a 'group' of fish of the same species. My LFS guy suggested a group of dartfish thinking that they will act like freshwater 'dither' fish. I've also thought about a group of anthias (lyretail?), maybe one male and a handful of females, thinking the anthias might be better at holding their own if someone tries to pick on them. Thoughts/advice would be appreciated. I hate to add a new fish only to see other fish ruthlessly pester it and because of my rockwork/coral, it can be very difficult to remove fish that decide to try to hide in the rockwork. I'm also thinking about adding a second dwarf angel. Again, any thoughts/suggestions are welcome. New fish will be quarantined in a 29 gallon tank if that matters. Thanks.
Matt
I have a 180 that's been up and running for several years. Maybe two years or so ago, Brook wiped out most of my fish. I've been adding back somewhat cautiously but am now finding that it is difficult to predict which additions might be met with serious aggression. Here is what I have currently: 1) purple tang (most dominant); 2) yellow flanked fairy wrasse- reasonably aggressive for a 'peaceful' fish; 3) a pair of Clarkiis (actually added one recently because one of my existing pair, that never really paired up, had died and that actually went pretty smoothly; 4) foxface (seems to mind his own business unless the purple tan
g tries to pick on it); 5) coral beauty dwarf angel; 6) orchard dottyback (never really see it bother anything); 7) yellow clown goby (ignored by other fish); 8) mandarin (ignored by other fish); and 9) a geometric pygmy hawkfish that I only see every month or two.....Seems to show his face when I start to think he might be dead. If it matters, I also have a very large bullseye pistol shrimp that gives me some pause for things like gobies. I'm hoping to add a 'group' of fish of the same species. My LFS guy suggested a group of dartfish thinking that they will act like freshwater 'dither' fish. I've also thought about a group of anthias (lyretail?), maybe one male and a handful of females, thinking the anthias might be better at holding their own if someone tries to pick on them. Thoughts/advice would be appreciated. I hate to add a new fish only to see other fish ruthlessly pester it and because of my rockwork/coral, it can be very difficult to remove fish that decide to try to hide in the rockwork. I'm also thinking about adding a second dwarf angel. Again, any thoughts/suggestions are welcome. New fish will be quarantined in a 29 gallon tank if that matters. Thanks.
Matt
