Good stocking for a 65?
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lonelyfloat
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I’ll call in the experts. #reefsquad
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
A 65 gallons tank is too small for any tang. Consider a Pygmy angel like a coral beauty or flame angel. By pin stripes wrasse I believe you mean a melanarus wrasse. If so, you should wait a while after seeding with pods as they are constant hunters. Cleaner shrimp are ok. Sand bed need to be mature and established to support a conch. You will most likely have to supplement with food as that’s a small sand bed for a conch
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
Should I just switch out the conch with bunch of the dwarf red tip hermit crabs? also, this is all still hypothetical.
Are Kole Tangs better in a smaller tank? And if I move the yellow to another tank when its older is it okay?
Are Kole Tangs better in a smaller tank? And if I move the yellow to another tank when its older is it okay?
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
Ok, that wrasse will be ok in your tank. But they are a bit aggressive so if you want a few more fish, and they are passive, they may get harassed by this fish. I would recommend listing some other fish you like so we can help with stocking order.
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
For the sand bed, nassarius snails will do well. I have the smallest tang, a tomini in my 5th long 110 gallon and it uses every inch of it. I personally do not recommend any tang for your tank. There is a brilliant yellow Pygmy angel that could work and give you the color and constant movement.
I will be following. Although this is my third time setting up a 65gallon. It is to small for any tang. Fairy wrasse, clowns, gramma, firefish. I would not get any angels as they eat coral. 3foot tank is very small
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
I agree that I personally wouldn’t put an angel in that tank, but you can. Not all pygmy angels eat coral. None of mine ever have, but you need to be prepared to remove it if it decides it likes to eat coral!
happyhourhero
Burner of the Tips
I had a 65 for a while and kept a Kole tang. I thought it was all good but once I upgraded to a 5 footer, I could immediately tell just how cramped it had been in that tank.
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
True!
BeejReef
2500 Club Member
Generally, I think that's a light bio-load.
Agree w everyone, 3' too small for tang.
Clowns do well. Two cleaner shrimp may get restless with so few fish to clean, plus they molt all the time. One should do you.
Agree w everyone, 3' too small for tang.
Clowns do well. Two cleaner shrimp may get restless with so few fish to clean, plus they molt all the time. One should do you.
