Help me choose my next fish

Arron209 · Mar 13, 2015

So I have a 57g sps tank and I want to add maybe one or two more fish and call it a day. Help me choose an interesting fish!

So far I have:
Yellow tang (sorry tang police)
Two clowns
Melanurus wrasse

Thanks!

Rob.D · Mar 13, 2015

Tuff call, all of your fish can be aggressive once they've established themselves.

Maybe a pseudochromis?

eatbreakfast · Mar 14, 2015

Some options:
Royal gramma
Midas blenny
Grammistes blenny
Flame or longnose hawk
Zebra or scissortail dartfish
Watchman goby
Bangaii cardinals
If the tank is covered, a flasher or small fairy wrasse.

Arron209 · Mar 14, 2015

Awesome, I was thinking a flasher wrasse and a ruby red scooter or a long nose hawk. I also do have the tank covered with a diy clear net top.

eatbreakfast · Mar 14, 2015

I would be wary of adding the ruby red scooter to a 57g with a melanurus wrasse as scooters are very dependent on pod populations for sustainance, and melanurus pick heavily on pods.

Arron209 · Mar 15, 2015

Ok so probably a hawk and a wrasse. Any cool flashers?

eatbreakfast · Mar 15, 2015

Arron209 said:
Ok so probably a hawk and a wrasse. Any cool flashers?

Flavianalis and mckoskers are usually readily available, relatively inexpensive and popular, though all flashers are pretty cool.

TarHeelReefer22 · Mar 17, 2015

Flasher

shred5 · Mar 17, 2015

Arron209 said:
Awesome, I was thinking a flasher wrasse and a ruby red scooter or a long nose hawk. I also do have the tank covered with a diy clear net top.

Since you have a covered tank a flasher would be awsume. They are very interesting and beautiful fish. They are fairly hardy and easy to care for.

eatbreakfast said:
I would be wary of adding the ruby red scooter to a 57g with a melanurus wrasse as scooters are very dependent on pod populations for sustainance, and melanurus pick heavily on pods.

Agreed.

Arron209 · Mar 17, 2015

Thanks for the replies guys. I picked up three small blue/green chromis and I also want to get a flasher wrasse. Deciding between the McCosker's, Flaviananis, and Carpenter's.

shred5 · Mar 17, 2015

Arron209 said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I picked up three small blue/green chromis and I also want to get a flasher wrasse. Deciding between the McCosker's, Flaviananis, and Carpenter's.

McCosker's is my favorite.

Arron209 · Mar 17, 2015

shred5 said:
McCosker's is my favorite.

All three look very similar with small differences. Are there and behavioral or diet needs that would differentiate them? I see that they are all in the Paracheilinus genus so I'd assume not.

Chef.ryan · Mar 18, 2015

I would also suggest a nice reef-safe wrasse or a miss Blenny. They are very colorful and entertaining to watch without mowing your corals down. Another option might be a trio of CB bangaii cardinals?

eatbreakfast · Mar 18, 2015

Arron209 said:
All three look very similar with small differences. Are there and behavioral or diet needs that would differentiate them? I see that they are all in the Paracheilinus genus so I'd assume not.

There are no significant differences in care, just personal preference on looks.

shred5 · Mar 18, 2015

Arron209 said:
All three look very similar with small differences. Are there and behavioral or diet needs that would differentiate them? I see that they are all in the Paracheilinus genus so I'd assume not.

I have only kept McCosker's, and Carpenter's so I cant comment on Flaviananis.
McCosker's and Carpenter's are pretty much the same. McCosker is got a little more color and is higher priced.

Arron209 · Mar 18, 2015

Sweet thanks for the input guys. I'm stuck between the McCoskers and the Carpenter's so I'm just gonna let my girlfriend pick for me lol.

shred5 · Mar 18, 2015

Arron209 said:
Sweet thanks for the input guys. I'm stuck between the McCoskers and the Carpenter's so I'm just gonna let my girlfriend pick for me lol.

LOL that's what I did... They had this lonely Mccoskers in a tank and a whole bunch of carpenter's and she picked the Mccoskers and that's how I got my first flasher Wrasse.. This fish eventually jumped out though, I had the screen 1/4 from the edge one day and he made it through somehow, I could not believe it. Cover them and cover them well..
I used to have some firefish too with the wrasse and those things were always bouncing off the screen.

I always let my girlfriend pick out my fish though, I say yes or now it can go but she picks. Some how she gets these fish with lots of personality.