Reef fish for a 125 gallon?

[273629116]

Hi all,
i have a 125 gallon tank with some LPS and Monti in it so far and am trying to come up with a stocking list. So far, most reef safe fish are all small and I'm trying to find some medium to larger fish for this size tank. I'll probably do typical clowns, possibly purple dottybacks, watchman goby, maybe a scooter blennie. This list may change based on compatibility but I still need ideas for larger fish.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

[shred5]

Blue throat trigger.. Best fish I ever owned and completely reef safe. They have huge personality, hardy, easy to keep. You just cannot keep real tiny fish with them.

 

[BigHildy53]

Blue throat trigger.. Best fish I ever owned and completely reef safe. They have huge personality, hardy, easy to keep. You just cannot keep real tiny fish with them.

Does your trigger go after snails?

 

[273629116]

Blue throat trigger.. Best fish I ever owned and completely reef safe. They have huge personality, hardy, easy to keep. You just cannot keep real tiny fish with them.

What is considered a real tiny fish? Thanks

 

[shred5]

Never...
They can go after small invertebrates and fish though but mine never even touched a sexy shrimp. Mine went after some really small chromis less than a inch but he never ate any.

Blue throat and Red Tail Trigger fish are a really different kind of trigger they feed mainly on algae and plankton.
My blue throat ate a sheet of algae a day.

 

[shred5]

What is considered a real tiny fish? Thanks

Anything that actually belongs in a nano tank. I kept mine with chromis, different type of anthias some pretty small, clowns etc never a issue..

 

[ngoodermuth]

Hi all,
i have a 125 gallon tank with some LPS and Monti in it so far and am trying to come up with a stocking list. So far, most reef safe fish are all small and I'm trying to find some medium to larger fish for this size tank. I'll probably do typical clowns, possibly purple dottybacks, watchman goby, maybe a scooter blennie. This list may change based on compatibility but I still need ideas for larger fish.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I'd only keep one dottyback and maybe an orchid (fridmani) instead of a purple (porphyreus). The purple can get nasty. Personally, I prefer wrasses and basslets over the dottybacks...much more peaceful.

You could do some of the smaller tangs, any of the bristletooth (kole,tomini,two-spot) would work. Also yellow, chocolate mimic, convict and scopas as some of the more "peaceful"...at least, as far as tangs go.

Also, maybe a potters angel if you can find one eating, they are supposedly one of the more "reef-safe" dwarf angels. I also like the multi-barred dwarf angel. And the pyramid butterfly is pretty neat too.

 

[eatbreakfast]

The genus Genicanthus are al reef safe angels

Pyramid and zoster butterflies are reef safe too.

 

[273629116]

I'd only keep one dottyback and maybe an orchid (fridmani) instead of a purple (porphyreus). The purple can get nasty. Personally, I prefer wrasses and basslets over the dottybacks...much more peaceful.

You could do some of the smaller tangs, any of the bristletooth (kole,tomini,two-spot) would work. Also yellow, chocolate mimic, convict and scopas as some of the more "peaceful"...at least, as far as tangs go.

Also, maybe a potters angel if you can find one eating, they are supposedly one of the more "reef-safe" dwarf angels. I also like the multi-barred dwarf angel. And the pyramid butterfly is pretty neat too.

Nice list, thanks for the input. I was looking at some dwarf angels too, but most of them get listed as not reef safe.

 

[ngoodermuth]

The genus Genicanthus are al reef safe angels

Pyramid and zoster butterflies are reef safe too.

I forgot about the genicanthus. The masked swallowtail is an awesome looking fish IMO

 

[shred5]

I'd only keep one dottyback and maybe an orchid (fridmani) instead of a purple (porphyreus). The purple can get nasty. Personally, I prefer wrasses and basslets over the dottybacks...much more peaceful.

You could do some of the smaller tangs, any of the bristletooth (kole,tomini,two-spot) would work. Also yellow, chocolate mimic, convict and scopas as some of the more "peaceful"...at least, as far as tangs go.

Also, maybe a potters angel if you can find one eating, they are supposedly one of the more "reef-safe" dwarf angels. I also like the multi-barred dwarf angel. And the pyramid butterfly is pretty neat too.

Yea dottybacks are the meanest fish I have ever had. They hunt other fish just to terrorize them. Once in a tank they are hard to get out.

I have kept allot of dwarf angels and the cherub has been the most reef safe dwarf angel I have had and I have had allot of them.

Pyramids are cool but hard to get healthy and they hate quarantine. Hard fish to keep but are a excellent fish one past that stage. They sometimes do better in groups.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Nice list, thanks for the input. I was looking at some dwarf angels too, but most of them get listed as not reef safe.

Any of the dwarf angels can be hit and miss with corals, even the safer species.

 

[shred5]

Any of the angels that are plankton feeders like the bellus, watannabei or Lamarck's. Another hard one to get healthy and eating but once they do are excellent and my second favorite to the blue throat trigger.