What tank mates or fish can I get?(recommendations)

[Makubex]

I got a 125 gallon(no sump) tank with:

125 pounds of live rock
125 pounds of live sand
1 fx6 canister filter
1 octopus hob 250 gallon skimmer
1 bio pellet reactor
1 carbon/gfo reactor
2 power heads
1 2.5" blue hippo
1 2.5" humu trigger
1 12" serpent starfish(non predatory one)
Some soft and hard corals(beginner level ones)

No: royal gramma, firefishes, clownfish, lionfish, or schooling fish please, thanks

 

[Makubex]

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[R0L0]

I got a 125 gallon(no sump) tank with:

125 pounds of live rock
125 pounds of live sand
1 fx6 canister filter
1 octopus hob 250 gallon skimmer
1 bio pellet reactor
1 carbon/gfo reactor
2 power heads
1 2.5" blue hippo
1 2.5" humu trigger
1 12" serpent starfish(non predatory one)
Some soft and hard corals(beginner level ones)

No: royal gramma, firefishes, clownfish, lionfish, or schooling fish please, thanks

Could get something like a grouper.

 

[Makubex]

You mean this? Lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

Are you looking for:
fish only ?
Fish with live rock ?
Mixed reef ?

 

[Makubex]

Mixed reef no cuc or invertebrates

 

[malacoda]

I don't think I'll ever run a tank over 24g without having at least one type of fang blenny in it.

Very active ... throughout the water column.

Brave and curious.

About as reef safe as you can get.

And peaceful with pretty much all other tank mates ... except, in some cases, other fang blennies.

Very underrated fish IMHO.

 

[Cantusaurus]

- You could get an engineer goby if you want an eel, but something that will be peaceful.
- A tobacco basslet
- Valentini puffer (any of the Toby puffers are mostly reef safe)

 

[Makubex]

I don't think I'll ever run a tank over 24g without having at least one type of fang blenny in it.

Very active ... throughout the water column.

Brave and curious.

About as reef safe as you can get.

And peaceful with pretty much all other tank mates ... except, in some cases, other fang blennies.

Very underrated fish IMHO.

Oh yea i'll add a lawnmower blenny

 

[vetteguy53081]

Mixed reef no cuc or invertebrates

If small fish:

Coral beauty or Flame angel
Banghai cardinal
clown
small school of chromis
Yellow watchman goby
strawberry basslet
midas blenny

Larger:
1-2 tangs such as tomini and yellow
copperband butterfly
anthias
some smaller

 

[Makubex]

- You could get an engineer goby if you want an eel, but something that will be peaceful.
- A tobacco basslet
- Valentini puffer (any of the Toby puffers are mostly reef safe)

Are you sure valentinis is reef safe? I heard only if they are well fed... Dont they nip fins?

 

[R0L0]

Are you sure valentinis is reef safe? I heard only if they are well fed... Dont they nip fins?

They are reef safe with caution so just be careful and keep well fed

 

[malacoda]

Oh yea i'll add a lawnmower blenny

Lawnmowers are a perching blenny. If you want constant motion throughout the water column, look at fang blennies which are — smith's, forktail, harptail, kamohara, striped (e.g. grammistes), canary, green canary, etc.