ShawnSaucier
Well-Known Member
I have a Waterbox 6025 peninsula and I’m looking to add to my fish.
Current Fish:
Orange Back Wrasse
Radiant Wrasse
Blue Line Leopard Wrasse
Paired Super Storm Clowns
Gem Tang
Purple Tang
Tomini Tang
1 F Lyretail Anthia
Lrg. Algae Blenny
McCullochi Dottyback
The tank is a mixed reef, SPS frags are still encrusting. Heavy on LPS and softies in the lower third of the tank. The fish are fed once or twice a day with a mixture of LRS, mysis, ROE, and Arctic Pods with a sheet of Nori going in three to four times a week. Everyone is fat, active and healthy. Also very peaceful. A variety of live pods are added every three months with a live rock/crushed coral ( in tiny baskets) “ fuge” in my sump. With a Tunze algae reactor growing chaeto. Tank also has a screen lid.
This tank is meant to be a coral display with the fish as utilitarian jewels in the system. They predominantly hang on the far end of the tank away from the overflow for some reason ( maybe because I feed from that end or due to least amount of flow.).
I would have loved to have gotten a yellow tang when the gang was originally introduced, but the timing wasn’t in my favor at the time and they were very hard to come by.
As mentioned above, this is to be a coral heavy tank and most are all higher end pieces and still maturing. What concerns me about some fish is the nipping or munching of corals. I’m a firm believer that it’s a natural thing and once you have larger colonies, a nip here or there can go unnoticed. But in the establishing stage it is very noticeable.
So I’m looking to add a few more friends into the system. I think tangs and wrasses are probably out of the equation. Would love to add an Achilles, a yellow and a regal blue but the tank isn’t big enough. My Orangeback wrasse is a bit of a Karen. I had to remove a pintail due to bullying. But is fine with the radiant and leopard. The Dottyback I only really observe either in the morning or evenings. He mainly resides in the rockwork during the daytime.
Fox face have been on and off my list as well. I have a ton of higher end zoas that I’m not willing to risk at the moment, which also eliminates any angels in my opinion. With the large algae Blenny, I believe a Midas would be out of the question. Anthias I always end up with just one. Not overly interested in Chromis. I think they look amazing in a very large tank, just like Anthias, but you have to have a bunch and space.
So looking for some great ideas on a few more jewels to add.
Current Fish:
Orange Back Wrasse
Radiant Wrasse
Blue Line Leopard Wrasse
Paired Super Storm Clowns
Gem Tang
Purple Tang
Tomini Tang
1 F Lyretail Anthia
Lrg. Algae Blenny
McCullochi Dottyback
The tank is a mixed reef, SPS frags are still encrusting. Heavy on LPS and softies in the lower third of the tank. The fish are fed once or twice a day with a mixture of LRS, mysis, ROE, and Arctic Pods with a sheet of Nori going in three to four times a week. Everyone is fat, active and healthy. Also very peaceful. A variety of live pods are added every three months with a live rock/crushed coral ( in tiny baskets) “ fuge” in my sump. With a Tunze algae reactor growing chaeto. Tank also has a screen lid.
This tank is meant to be a coral display with the fish as utilitarian jewels in the system. They predominantly hang on the far end of the tank away from the overflow for some reason ( maybe because I feed from that end or due to least amount of flow.).
I would have loved to have gotten a yellow tang when the gang was originally introduced, but the timing wasn’t in my favor at the time and they were very hard to come by.
As mentioned above, this is to be a coral heavy tank and most are all higher end pieces and still maturing. What concerns me about some fish is the nipping or munching of corals. I’m a firm believer that it’s a natural thing and once you have larger colonies, a nip here or there can go unnoticed. But in the establishing stage it is very noticeable.
So I’m looking to add a few more friends into the system. I think tangs and wrasses are probably out of the equation. Would love to add an Achilles, a yellow and a regal blue but the tank isn’t big enough. My Orangeback wrasse is a bit of a Karen. I had to remove a pintail due to bullying. But is fine with the radiant and leopard. The Dottyback I only really observe either in the morning or evenings. He mainly resides in the rockwork during the daytime.
Fox face have been on and off my list as well. I have a ton of higher end zoas that I’m not willing to risk at the moment, which also eliminates any angels in my opinion. With the large algae Blenny, I believe a Midas would be out of the question. Anthias I always end up with just one. Not overly interested in Chromis. I think they look amazing in a very large tank, just like Anthias, but you have to have a bunch and space.
So looking for some great ideas on a few more jewels to add.
