Do you have fish in your frag/prop tank?

[oceanparadise1]

Do you keep fish in your frag or prop tank? if so how many and how many gallons is your tank? also what type of fish do you keep?

 

[Oimate84]

40gl prop tank, I have a yellow eye kole for algae grazing and a 6line wrasse for any unwanted pests that might show up...i put fish that serve some kind of purpose in there, plus the fish provide a little nutrient in the system which benefits my corals.

 

[seascape]

i have a scopas tang,1 hawkfish,2 green chromis,and a ocelleris clown for the small BTA thats in there,and plenty of snails and crabs.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Im thinking of adding some to my 55. I want to add maybe a dwarf lion bc i dont want him in my main DT, but im a little worried as my hands will always be in the tank.

 

[FateX8]

i had a chevron, yellow belly, picasso clownfish and yellow coris in my prop when it was set up
it was a 150ish custom. Chevron for grazing and yellow coris for pest clean up. found out that the yellow coris was only effective for ~3'
so 3' was completely clean of everything and the other 3' was covered in flatworms, wierdest thing ive ever seen
yellow belly and picasso in there for my amusement

 

[xiongaquatics]

i only have a prop tank so i have all my fish in there. lots of tang, chromis, clown and much more.

 

[oceanparadise1]

i only have a prop tank so i have all my fish in there. lots of tang, chromis, clown and much more.

HAHA cheater! you dont count then lol:tongue:

 

[oceanparadise1]

For the two who said no, any reason why?

 

[H@rry]

My frag tank is about 45 gallons. I have two small yellow damsels in it mainly for my amusement and some movement. I figure they probably make some contribution to food for the coral.

 

[roshi719]

One scopas tang and one bangaii cardinal

 

[Reef Goddess]

I only have prop systems so yes I do. I have mostly tangs so they help to eat any algae and some wrasse for parasites.

2 yellow belly hippos, a yellow scopas tang, 2 pairs of Allardi clowns, and a mated pair of sixline wrasses in my 6x2.5'. A purple tang, tomini tang, bicolor pseudochromis, peppermint hog, and checkerboard wrasse in my 3x5'. A mated pair of Seabae clowns and 3 moonlight damsels in the 2x3'. A tomini tang and onxy clown in my 40 long. And a mated pair of golden coral banded shrimp in my other 40 long. ;p

 

[primetime]

I have a yellow tang ( I know I know) and a Melanarus Wrrase in my frag tank to help keep the algae and any pests away. This is in my 24*24*12 frag tank.

 

[Acezwild]

If your frag tank is plumbed to your main tank system I dont see a reason to keep fishes in it

 

[oceanparadise1]

So went to one of the nicer LFS in town yester day to pick up a fiji for the 180 reef. While i was there i seen a baby panther grouper for 15 bucks(he is less then an inch), so hes now in the 55 frag tank till he grows out, which then it gives me a reason to buy my 125 long for a pred tank

 

[H@rry]

which then it gives me a reason to buy my 125 long for a pred tank

It's pretty hard to argue with logic like that! :wink:

 

[oceanparadise1]

HAHAH yea the wifey was like sure get it, its so tiny she didnt see my real plan behind it! so this time next year i should have a 125 pred tank