Livestock suggestions

dmh41532 · Jan 27, 2019

I have a blue spotted puffer and two oscellaris clowns in my 65. Is like to add something else but do t really know what. Any suggestions? I had a splendid dottyback and glam angel but they went carpet surfing.

oldpaddy · Jan 27, 2019

Damsel fish, chromis, bengais and small Angel's are nice fish

Jesterrace · Jan 27, 2019

Reef or FOWLR?

joec · Jan 27, 2019

flamehawk, black cap basslet

I would stay away from dottybacks

Get a lid or more carpet surfing to come

dmh41532 · Jan 27, 2019

Fish only. Not sure I’d keep another angel, the flame angel was a jerk. It picked on the puffer pretty bad. I’m going to get lids for all of my tanks...my kitten discovered how to go fishing in my freshwater tank.

Huff747 · Jan 27, 2019

I like, and my kids like our Midas Blenny. Pokes his head out of his holes and watches and is different from a lot of our other fish.

ccbobafett · Jan 27, 2019

If you have a 2-3inch sandbed you could do a Melanarus wrasse. If not lots of cool fairy and flasher wrasses could work in that tank.

Hemmdog · Jan 27, 2019

If I had a fowlr I’d get a snowflake eel, non reef-safe triggers that don’t get huge, butterflyfish, so many options.

Jesterrace · Jan 27, 2019

dmh41532 said:
Fish only. Not sure I’d keep another angel, the flame angel was a jerk. It picked on the puffer pretty bad. I’m going to get lids for all of my tanks...my kitten discovered how to go fishing in my freshwater tank.

That was my experience with a Flame Angel as well. I have a Coral Beauty now and it's a much better tank mate.

Jesterrace · Jan 27, 2019

Hemmdog said:
If I had a fowlr I’d get a snowflake eel, non reef-safe triggers that don’t get huge, butterflyfish, so many options.

No such thing as a Trigger that will work long term in a 65 gallon tank. There are some smaller Butterflyfish that would work though (ie Spotband Butterflyfish).

dmh41532 · Jan 27, 2019

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Jesterrace said:
That was my experience with a Flame Angel as well. I have a Coral Beauty now and it's a much better tank mate.

The darn thing ate every snail I had too. Maybe I’ll try a coral beauty.

Gareth elliott · Jan 27, 2019

They are very independent minded fish one individual might be much better tempered than another. That said my coral beauty is a model citizen. No coral nipping(though i never kept the lps they are most likely too) and gets along well with my false percs and lubbocki wrasse. Test will be when i add my final fish a radiant wrasse since he currently was the last fish added.

Another option butterflyfish wise would be a mexican barber. True omnivore so more likely to eat the foods we feed. Also their travel distance is much shorter than their indo-pacific relatives.

Hemmdog · Jan 27, 2019

Jesterrace said:
No such thing as a Trigger that will work long term in a 65 gallon tank. There are some smaller Butterflyfish that would work though (ie Spotband Butterflyfish).

True about the trigger