Stocking ideas

[Rmckoy]

Looking for a few more fish .
thinking of something active and colourful

also thinking of adding a second green spotted mandarin

the tank is a 230 mixed reef
Lps on the bottom , sticks on the top

current stock is
Yellow tang
Mata tang
Yellow belly tang
Orange shoulder tang
2 scribbled damsel
2 six line wrasse
2 occ clownfish
Foxface rabbit fish
Flame hawk
Spotted Mandarin
Yellow flanked fairy wrasse
And 3 black mollies

Clean up consist of 6 Mexican turbo snails
Hermits ( started with 10 )
Cleaner shrimp
And a serpent starfish

Reason for the six line , damsels and spotted mandarin were to combat red flatworms

 

[xxkenny90xx]

I like a nice mix of fast swimmers, floaters, and perchers.

Do you think the hawk would tolerate a blenny? Starry or sailfin maybe?

How about a cardinal or 2?

Active and colorful = more wrasses.
China, leopard, flasher, ect!

 

[Rmckoy]

I like a nice mix of fast swimmers, floaters, and perchers.

Do you think the hawk would tolerate a blenny? Starry or sailfin maybe?

How about a cardinal or 2?

Active and colorful = more wrasses.
China, leopard, flasher, ect!

How are wrasses for being aggressive towards each other ?

I don’t know how the hawk would tolerate a blenny .
do they normally get along ?

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Most wrasses tolerate other types just fine. And I know hawks can be aggressive but in a tank as big as yours I bet it would be fine

 

[Rmckoy]

Most wrasses tolerate other types just fine. And I know hawks can be aggressive but in a tank as big as yours I bet it would be fine

On occasion he does go after the larger six line .
I was thinking of a dotty back ,
I like lawnmower blenny ,
A starry blenny is nice .

 

[xxkenny90xx]

On occasion he does go after the larger six line .
I was thinking of a dotty back ,
I like lawnmower blenny ,
A starry blenny is nice .

My only experience with dottybacks is with the orchid. I had one for 3 or 4 years and only saw it 3 or 4 times. Finally when I took down the tank to move I rehomed it. But I have heard of others who see theirs all the time.

Starry and lawnmower blennies are alot of fun to watch!

 

[Rmckoy]

My only experience with dottybacks is with the orchid. I had one for 3 or 4 years and only saw it 3 or 4 times. Finally when I took down the tank to move I rehomed it. But I have heard of others who see theirs all the time.

Starry and lawnmower blennies are alot of fun to watch!

Can you add a starry and lawnmower in the same tank ?

move tried sand sifting gobies with lawnmower .
Lawnmower blenny ( rocky was his name ) killed the goby

 

[Zionas]

What’s a “Scribbled Damsel”?

Maybe a trio of Genicanthus angels?

Yellow Pyramid / Zoster Butterflies?

Some people have luck with Anthias too.

If you have the rockwork, even a group of Azure Damsels / Neon Damsels / Andaman Damsels would work well. A member called Haydn has a rarer kind of Damsel called the Fusilier Damsels.

 

[Zionas]

Ahhh ok is the Dottyback still alive? If so how old is it?