Selecting Fish Help!!!

[30reef]

Hey Guys,

So I'm looking at stocking my 30 Gal Long. I list the contenders I have below (not in a specific order). Also I need suggestions on rare nano fish!

1. Blotchy Anthia, I know it could be done. I have plenty of overhangs high flow and, would feed multiple times.

2. Yellow Scopas Hybrid... I know tang police. But id be willing to give it a shot for a while, I've seen some people keep small tang in a smaller tang for a while.

3. Golden Rhomboialalis wrasse (pair)

I'm also looking at adding other fish such as, ruby red dragonet, flaming prawn goby, possum wrasse.

 

[Kershaw]

I don't mean to be negative but your list seems like it will be a large bio load for such a small tank. Good luck

 

[Preme]

I don't mean to be negative but your list seems like it will be a legs bio load for such a small tank. Good luck

+1

 

[30reef]

I don't mean to be negative but your list seems like it will be a legs bio load for such a small tank. Good luck

I plan on adding a pair of some type of fish at most. Most likely a single fish! Any suggestions

 

[Maddlesrain]

I'd take the anthias and tang off the list. Both get way too large for that sized tank. Why spend hundreds of dollars on a fish that won't be able to stay in your system for more than a year? Maybe even months?

 

[30reef]

I'd take the anthias and tang off the list. Both get way too large for that sized tank. Why spend hundreds of dollars on a fish that won't be able to stay in your system for more than a year? Maybe even months?

ok thanks for letting me know, I kind of figured both were a bad idea! Other fish I was looking at were,
Possum wrasse (pair possibly?)
Dwarf lion fish
Any suggestions?

 

[Kershaw]

How do you feel about pipe fish pair?

 

[30reef]

How do you feel about pipe fish pair?

I absolutely love pipefish! What are some colorful (exotic) ones?

 

[Maddlesrain]

ok thanks for letting me know, I kind of figured both were a bad idea! Other fish I was looking at were,
Possum wrasse (pair possibly?)
Dwarf lion fish
Any suggestions?

I'm not really familiar with lionfish, so someone with more experience would have to chime in, but if that's the only fish you're keeping, it seems doable.
I'm a huge fan of both the possum and golden wrasses you listed above! Theyre both beautiful fish, and stay on the smaller side.

 

[Kershaw]

Blue dot jaw fish ??

 

[30reef]

Ok thanks!
I guess here's a updated list if this sounds good.

Option 1. Pair of wrasse, with ruby red dragonet.

Option 2. Pair of pipefish

Option 3. Frog fish seem very cool for a signal fish. Or lion fish.

 

[30reef]

Blue dot jaw fish ??

Love those little guys. Haven't really looked in to them a ton. Are they out and active or hiding a lot?

 

[Kershaw]

Which wrasses? Make sure you set up a small fuge for pods

 

[Kershaw]

Love those little guys. Haven't really looked in to them a ton. Are they out and active or hiding a lot?

I have not had one yet. But other jaw fish are out and fun to watch

 

[Maddlesrain]

I just saw three beautiful frogfish at an lfs I visited in Vegas today. Very cryptic, cool, little guys. If they wouldn't eat everything in my tank, I would have taken one home!

It really gets down to how involved you want to be with feeding. The pipefish may only eat live, the same goes for the frogfish and lionfish. There is the possibility of 'training' these fish to eat frozen, which from what I've read in the past, would probably be easiest with the lionfish, then the angler, then the pipefish.

Next is whether or not you're planning to keep corals? None of the fish on that list should eat corals, but some may keep the water cleaner than others.

 

[30reef]

Which wrasses? Make sure you set up a small fuge for pods

The main ones I like would be,

Possum

Golden Rhomboidalis

Lineatus

 

[Kershaw]

I just saw three beautiful frogfish at an lfs I visited in Vegas today. Very cryptic, cool, little guys. If they wouldn't eat everything in my tank, I would have taken one home!

It really gets down to how involved you want to be with feeding. The pipefish may only eat live, the same goes for the frogfish and lionfish. There is the possibility of 'training' these fish to eat frozen, which from what I've read in the past, would probably be easiest with the lionfish, then the angler, then the pipefish.

Next is whether or not you're planning to keep corals? None of the fish on that list should eat corals, but some may keep the water cleaner than others.

My dragon pipe fish ate the little stuff from frozen but I had a ton of pods in my tank for them also

 

[stevo01]

+1 for blue dot jawfish, and a ruby dragonet. Def put in a wrasse! I would choose a workhorse, one from the Halichoeres or Coris species, as well as a flashing wrasse like a line spot, or maybe a Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse.

That's my choices. I say 3-4 fish out of that list.

 

[Maddlesrain]

My dragon pipe fish ate the little stuff from frozen but I had a ton of pods in my tank for them also

It's definitely possible! I just wanted to throw it out there that they may be a little more difficult. You can always ask the lfs you're buying from to feed as well. That's what I always do. If they eat, then you're good to go!

 

[stevo01]

I forgot to mention that if you want to do a jawfish you should have a 6" sand bed.