With my new out of quarantined regal angel starting to nip at my SPS, I have decided to dedicate my 180g to a FOWLR tank! (upgrading to 400g in about 1 yr when my friend upgrade). I have since decided on the stock list, with the main focus being
peaceful and
angelfish!
Now, I need some help with my future stocking list!
My List so far: ***
italic not gotten yet*** ***
Bold being future purchase (hopefully)***
| angelfish | tangs | anthais | wrasse | Misc. |
|---|
| red sea regal | powder blue | 4x Bimac | 3x Blue star leopard | 3x Royal gramma |
| Flame angel | Achilles | 2x Lyretail | Flame | moorish idol |
| Blue face | Gem | sunburst | mystery | 2x True percs. |
| Flameback | | | | blue spot jawfish |
| Bandit | | | | copper band |
| Conspicuous | | | | |
| Bellus | | | | |
any suggestion to what I should add/subtract? Also... what light would be good for this FOWLR tank? I was thinking 3 viparspectra as it is cheap and the fish probably doesn't care (I do might add a small Colorado sunburst anemone tho). For the small fish, I can pretty much move to reef tank if anything goes out of hand.
The Achilles and Powder blues will be highly aggressive and due to them being in the same complex, it may not fare well with both of them.
Mystery wrasses and other wrasses are HUGE no, they’re vicious when they want to be, especially to other cave dwellers such as Cirrhilabrus and Paracheilinus.
Thallassoma, Coris, Pseudocheilinus are all BAD moves with other wrasses in the tank, especially when the others are peaceful like leopards.
So everyone’s mentioning Hawaiian endemic species, has hawaii taken off the ban or something? Because unless that’s happened the ONLY way to get Hawaiian endemics such as the Hawaiian Dragon Eel, Flame Wrasse, Red Tailed Tamarin Wrasse ect… is through someone breaking down a tank and if they do sell them, you won’t be rich for long haha.
IMO tusks and other wrasses are risky and unless your wrasse is a $30 lubbocki I wouldn’t personally risk it. P.S. I don’t have any hate towards the lubbocks it was just the first wrasse that was cheap and came to my mind.
Ugh got a new blue face and regal, the regal not doing well in 2 days copper, starting to float
At this rate I might as well as buy from TSM
These fish are HIGHLY sensitive to copper, too high of a level and they get Copper Burns on their gills which will impact their life (This is the biggest reason I don’t QT and let the LFS do it). I would recommend a tilefish however in the semi-aggressive environment you’re starting to create, it wouldn’t go down well. I’d probably skip the CBB and other peaceful fish because of this. Triggers dont do well with peaceful fish, I find fowlrs are better for semi aggressive fish and reefs are best to be left with smaller tangs, rabbitfish and peaceful guys like CBBs.
Also, Jade wrasses (Again, other wrasse and you can have an issue) are a good remover of pests but you wouldn’t have a need for that in a FOWLR, they’re beautiful (I have a transitional phase male at the moment) and I will admit that however their aggression isn’t as nice. Any sand bed plans? If not then skip Leopards, Tamarins, Coris, Halichoeres ect…
