Blue Line Angelfish in a 125?

[Northwest_Scapes_]

I've been heavily interested in a Poma Labs CB Blue Line ever since Jake Adam's unboxed his, and was wondering if an Adult Blue Line would be okay in a 6ft long 125? The tanks going to be FOWLR, and I'm understocking a bit in terms of how many fish, this is what I have so far in mind;
-Biota Yellow Tang
-Pair of Golden Semilarvatus or Barberfish
-Maybe a Harlequin Tusk / one of the more peaceful trigger species and that's about it.

All feedback is welcome

 

[vetteguy53081]

This fish will easily reach size of a small paper plate and be risky in a 125 with 18” turning room

 

[Northwest_Scapes_]

This fish will easily reach size of a small paper plate and be risky in a 125 with 18” turning room

Ah true, I forget about the width sometimes. I'll stick to my original plan of a Centropyge species of some sort

 

[Dcal]

How about a rock beauty or a Genicanthus species

 

[nereefpat]

Or a regal

 

[Zionas]

I have seen max sizes for this species listed from 8-10”. Do they regularly reach large sizes like these? What about Regals? This is assuming both are grown from juveniles or young adults.

 

[Zionas]

OP, this is one of my favorite angels, it’s an absolutely stunning species and one that almost kind of represents the part of the world I am from (they’re most common in East Asia). I am not quite sure about the max size of these fish as I have seen them listed from 8-10”, but my gut instinct tells me that a 125 would be borderline at best. They don’t grow as slowly as say a Regal does. I’m not sure about whether this species would be suitable for a 125 so I’ll let others chime in.

But yes it is an awesome species.

A pair of butterflies would be awesome, but one problem is that to my knowledge, they don’t exactly change sex like angels, Clowns etc. do. Many butterflies including the Semilavartus pair for life, but it takes luck getting a bonded pair as they aren’t hermaphrodites. I’m not sure about the Barberfish. Johnrandallia might need cooler waters if they’re collected from the northern part of their range in the Sea of Cortez. Ones collected further down the Mexican / Central American coast (they’re found down to the Galapagos) might be different.

There are reports of male-male and female-female butterfly pairs in the wild but it’s usually for safety in the presence of natural predators. In an aquarium they may not feel the need to do that.

 

[Zionas]

Bali Aquarich ones are hitting the Asian market, hopefully will make their way over to the West relatively soon. Su ended up going with the yellow belly variant too.

 

[Northwest_Scapes_]

Thank you!
Yes, I think I'll go with a Yellow Belly Regal. The prices I've seen for fully QT'd ones aren't as bad as I thought so I think I'll go for one.
Also good point on the Butterflies, I'll have to ask for the collection location on the Barber Fish.

Also I wasn't sure if you were talking about the Regal or a different species that isn't loading for me for some reason so heads up on that

 

[Zionas]

I was just asking vetteguy about the size Blue Lines usually reach versus Regals, so sorry for not clarifying that. Glad you found our info useful. Good luck!