Fish That Swim in Upper Water Column

[HB AL]

Then why would you recommend blue line and clown triggers for 110 gallon reefs?

Look I don’t come on here to argue with people about differing opinions which everyone has one of there own, but a juvenile of any of those triggers or others would be fine for years in a 110 and would add the type of swimming fish the op is looking for. Although triggers aren’t for everyone. Really for the size they could possibly attain a 500+gallon would serve them better or better yet be left in the ocean but at the pace they sell at the lfs’s I frequent I doubt the importers are gonna stop making money off them and that can be said for a lot of the fish people keep. I do things the way I want and come on here to periodically offer my opinion or more specifically to learn more about corals and what others are doing to have successful reefs. Your entitled to your opinion as am I, now I gotta go feed my 14 crowded fish in my coral crowded reef. I will leave it at that as I have nothing else to offer.

 

[malacoda]

Fang blennies, fairy wrasses -- always in motion throughout the entire water column.

Anthia as well. Although some can be shy until the adjust to the environment.

 

[JJKK]

One of my favorite thing to see is the Midas Blenny swimming in a shoal with the anthias.

 

[raylinds]

Wow, as usual this place provides plenty of information. Thanks to everyone for the good input. I may have painted myself into a corner with what fish I can safely add, though, as I started out with what are considered semi-aggressive fish- the Red-lined Wrasse and Orchid Dottyback. I have been fortunate as neither has shown any aggression towards the other and they hang out in the same areas of the tank. In fact, the Wrasse sleeps in the sand right outside the cave that the Dottyback sleeps in. But adding something peaceful like a Firefish at this point may be asking for trouble, although my tank is a good size and there are lots of caves and hiding places in the rock.

 

[WVNed]

Blue Reef, Green chromis and Lyretail Anthias.

 

[fLajNuT]

Red firefish?

In my experience. (Now I have a purple fire fish but I would expect the behavior to be similar) the fire fish would stay near the sand but not go above 1/2 the height of the tank. (Bottom half of the tank). The only time my firefish goes above and into the upper part of the tank is to eat pellets when I feed my fish. i have a 75 gallon tank.

 

[najer]

In my experience. (Now I have a purple fire fish but I would expect the behavior to be similar) the fire fish would stay near the sand but not go above 1/2 the height of the tank. (Bottom half of the tank). The only time my firefish goes above and into the upper part of the tank is to eat pellets when I feed my fish. i have a 75 gallon tank.

Different fish I guess are different, mine was always top third, scissor tail mid third others lower.

 

[fLajNuT]

Different fish I guess are different, mine was always top third, scissor tail mid third others lower.

I do have a lot of flow so maybe that’s why. 2 rossmont 1200s and an aqua clear 110.

 

[Jesterrace]

Lyretail anthias

Agreed. Mine spends a lot of time up there even as the only anthias in the tank as seen here:

 

[Terri Caton]

Anthias and blue/green chromis.

Both need to be fed multiple x a day.

Maybe this is true for all fish that swim in the top?
The chromis wont starve to death but they’ll kill each other off with min feedings.

 

[1fastfxr]

I agree with FlajNuT, my purple firefish hangs out about 4 to 6 inches of the bottom of the tank most of the time. Unless it's feeding time.

 

[i cant think]

Fang blennies, fairy wrasses -- always in motion throughout the entire water column.

Anthia as well. Although some can be shy until the adjust to the environment.

+ 1 on the fairy wrasses. Not so much the two lubbocki variants though, my two stick closer to the rockwork. Larger fairies (C. pylei, C. Naokoae, C. Melanomarginatus ect..) will mostly fill out the upper water column. Flasher wrasses I can’t say much on but from seeing them in the LFS I would say these are the perfect fish for you if you have a lid. If you don’t want lid then no fish.