Filling up display tank

[demonal]

Looking on adding a few fish to my DT. They will be quarantined of course.

It is a 90g with a handful of coral
I currently have
-sailfin tang
-Hawaiian yellow tang
-2x bangaii cardinals
-six line wrasse
-1 clown

Any ideas on what to add? I like to have more wrasse but I've read issues with six lines. Bartlett Anthias? Gobies? Blenny? Would like to have another tang but I believe I'm maxed out.

 

[mtraylor]

anthias are nice

 

[PatW]

The tank is marginal for a yellow tang. It is too small for a sailfin. But sometimes fish will just stop growing when the tank is kinda small, so you might get away with it.

Anthias can be rather delicate. I woukd advise a mix of the smaller reef safe flasher and fairy wrasses. They are active, many are hardy and many are brightly colored.

 

[evolved]

I like to have more wrasse but I've read issues with six lines.

Yup - the sixline prohibits any additional wrasses.

 

[demonal]

@PatW i bought the sailfin knowing I would upgrade to a 220/240 in the coming year. I think I will go the route of more flasher/fairy wrasse. Was also weighing 3 or 5 Bartlett or lyretail anthias. Thank you

 

[mtraylor]

Yeah that six line will chase the rest of the other wrasses to the floor. Don't go there.

 

[mtraylor]

6 lines are a good last fish and are aggressive.

 

[Big G]

<<< Firefish are very cool, low bio-load and you can have a small school of them.

 

[bsagea]

Yeah that six line will chase the rest of the other wrasses to the floor. Don't go there.

If you replace your six line with a melanarus or yellow coris - both halichoeres species, you can put a variety of different wrasses in with them. I have fairy and a few different leopards. Neither my melanarus or yellow bother anyone.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Don't go with flashers or fairies as long as the sixline is in there.

<<< Firefish are very cool, low bio-load and you can have a small school of them.

Firefish are pr forming and intolerant of consexuals, so are not good as a group. Also, they are quite docile and easily bullied by a sixline.

Suggestions I would recommend include flame or longnose hawk, midas blenny or orange spot blenny, bimaculatus anthias.

 

[jrust2]

It all depends on the fish. I recently added a melanarus to a 90 gallon tank with a six line. The six line chased him at first and then he hid for a few days. Now, they get along great. I would make sure the melanarus is the bigger of the two. Scooter blennys are my favorite. I have two and they add a lot of personality. Good luck!

 

[eatbreakfast]

It all depends on the fish. I recently added a melanarus to a 90 gallon tank with a six line. The six line chased him at first and then he hid for a few days. Now, they get along great. I would make sure the melanarus is the bigger of the two. Scooter blennys are my favorite. I have two and they add a lot of personality. Good luck!

There are exceptions, but the majority of sixlines become aggressive. And without fail they will be aggressive to fairy and flasher wrasses.

 

[Big G]

Don't go with flashers or fairies as long as the sixline is in there.

Firefish are pr forming and intolerant of consexuals, so are not good as a group. Also, they are quite docile and easily bullied by a sixline.

Suggestions I would recommend include flame or longnose hawk, midas blenny or orange spot blenny, bimaculatus anthias.

My little school of Firefish get along "swimmingly" lol

 

[eatbreakfast]

My little school of Firefish get along "swimmingly" lol

There are always exceptions, but for the most part it does not work out well over a couple of months, oftentimes even less.

How long have they been together?

 

[Big G]

There are always exceptions, but for the most part it does not work out well over a couple of months, oftentimes even less.

How long have they been together?

A couple of months. I'll keep an eye out for that behavior. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[bottled-ocean]

Go with some anthias.

 

[Empress]

Is swimmingly even a word? LOL [emoji23]