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Hi all, been here lurking awhile and finally taking the plunge into sw, I pick up my 1000l (270g) tank on Wednesday with about 40-50kg of LR I plan on putting the live rock in a 90l tank while I'm away in oman for 6 weeks (yes I'm military) then when I get back I'll be looking at setting up the DT (around mid oct) I was wondering with a tank that size what nice inhabitants could I stock it With? Preferably reef safe, will probably start with FOWLR the slowlý add corals!
 
Nice tank my friend!
You doing all things right to let your rock cure for a while.

Stocking suggestions is large in this case on a 270g tank.
Tangs, wrasses, gobies, dragnets, anthias even some angels come all in play.
Do the Google thingy while you're in Oman and get something planned out.
 
Thanks very much, I hope for it to be a killer tank, Not literally! I was thinking for the kids a pair of clowns, regal tang and a yellow tang (there's a theme haha) then for me and the wife id like a powder blue tang a coral beauty then maybe some smaller schooling fish and of course a nice cuc! Is there a rule on keeping tangs together and what kind of cuc could I get with them type of fish? I was also toying with the idea of an eel maybe a snowflake moray but don't know how it would get on with the tank mates and the cuc. Any thoughts?
 
Thanks very much, I hope for it to be a killer tank, Not literally! I was thinking for the kids a pair of clowns, regal tang and a yellow tang (there's a theme haha) then for me and the wife id like a powder blue tang a coral beauty then maybe some smaller schooling fish and of course a nice cuc! Is there a rule on keeping tangs together and what kind of cuc could I get with them type of fish? I was also toying with the idea of an eel maybe a snowflake moray but don't know how it would get on with the tank mates and the cuc. Any thoughts?

I can tell you only so much about tangs as I quarantined them all together to play nice once they will be introduced after 10 weeks in to the DT.
@4FordFamily can tell you a lot more about tangs and how to proceed and which the first tangs need to go in first and last and all what not more.
 
Thanks very much, I hope for it to be a killer tank, Not literally! I was thinking for the kids a pair of clowns, regal tang and a yellow tang (there's a theme haha) then for me and the wife id like a powder blue tang a coral beauty then maybe some smaller schooling fish and of course a nice cuc! Is there a rule on keeping tangs together and what kind of cuc could I get with them type of fish? I was also toying with the idea of an eel maybe a snowflake moray but don't know how it would get on with the tank mates and the cuc. Any thoughts?
A good rule of thumb is: Don't Put Anything In The Tank That An Eel Can Put In Its Mouth. That is of course assuming that there is an eel already in the tank...otherwise this statement would be ludicrous.;)
 
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I can tell you only so much about tangs as I quarantined them all together to play nice once they will be introduced after 10 weeks in to the DT.
@4FordFamily can tell you a lot more about tangs and how to proceed and which the first tangs need to go in first and last and all what not more.
Yeah, you can mix those tangs so long as your tank is a 180 or larger (270 is good). The issue you'll run in to if you don't quarantine and treat every fish before going in the DT is, well, death. Powder blues cannot live in any other environment they're very very fragile with very thin slime coats. They're exponentially harder to keep without sitting in therapeutic levels of CP or Copper for a full 30 days then observed to ensure the parasites are gone.

Your regal tang cannot handle CP, so I would use copper. I would add the three tangs at the same time. If not, I'd add the hippo then the yellow and powder blue at the same time.

If you do an eel, it'll need to be treated with CP, as they cannot handle copper.

You'll need to treat all fish that ever go in, because if not they'll carry diseases that will jump on the tangs, despite no symptoms being shown.

Also, with a tank that big 3 tangs are actually MORE likely to fight because carving out three territories is actually possible-- so they'll try. I'd almost recommend a trio of zebrasoma (yellow, sailfin or deskardini sailfin, purple, scopas, black, etc) of different species and the PBT and Hippo. They'll have to spread aggression more this way. It'll be harder to carve the tank out and be territorial, similar to how we do with African cichlids only these fish are more dangerous.

Sounds like a beautiful tank plan!
 
Ok thanks, I plan on using the 90ltr that I'll be curing the rock in whilst I'm in oman as a QT for the fish (obviously not all at once)
 
Yeah, you can mix those tangs so long as your tank is a 180 or larger (270 is good). The issue you'll run in to if you don't quarantine and treat every fish before going in the DT is, well, death. Powder blues cannot live in any other environment they're very very fragile with very thin slime coats. They're exponentially harder to keep without sitting in therapeutic levels of CP or Copper for a full 30 days then observed to ensure the parasites are gone.

Your regal tang cannot handle CP, so I would use copper. I would add the three tangs at the same time. If not, I'd add the hippo then the yellow and powder blue at the same time.

If you do an eel, it'll need to be treated with CP, as they cannot handle copper.

You'll need to treat all fish that ever go in, because if not they'll carry diseases that will jump on the tangs, despite no symptoms being shown.

Also, with a tank that big 3 tangs are actually MORE likely to fight because carving out three territories is actually possible-- so they'll try. I'd almost recommend a trio of zebrasoma (yellow, sailfin or deskardini sailfin, purple, scopas, black, etc) of different species and the PBT and Hippo. They'll have to spread aggression more this way. It'll be harder to carve the tank out and be territorial, similar to how we do with African cichlids only these fish are more dangerous.

Sounds like a beautiful tank plan!

By CP do you mean Chloroquine Phosphate? From what you said, treating some fish with CP and others with copper I could do with 2 QT tanks? How would they survive in QT together?
 
By CP do you mean Chloroquine Phosphate? From what you said, treating some fish with CP and others with copper I could do with 2 QT tanks? How would they survive in QT together?
Yes that's correct on all counts -- or run batches of copper and then one of CP for the eel through the same QT.

I've qt'd tons of fish in my 55 gal at a time :)
 
Yes that's correct on all counts -- or run batches of copper and then one of CP for the eel through the same QT.

I've qt'd tons of fish in my 55 gal at a time :)

Just worried with you saying about the tangs getting territorial, with them in such a small tank for a long time whilst being treated would they not kill each other? So in theory I could treat all the fish, tangs, clowns etc in copper then add the eel last and treat with CP? What would you recommend for a cuc with them tank mates?
 
Just worried with you saying about the tangs getting territorial, with them in such a small tank for a long time whilst being treated would they not kill each other? So in theory I could treat all the fish, tangs, clowns etc in copper then add the eel last and treat with CP? What would you recommend for a cuc with them tank mates?
They are actually less likely to fight in close quarters, believe it or not. Overwhelmed.

Yes.
 

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