Would this be too many fish?

[BestMomEver]

By a bunch of chromis and expect to end up with a smaller group. They are very peaceful with other fish but a little grumpy towards each other. I started with six and ended up with two. Tangs should be ok. Be careful of the order you introduce them. IMO, the yellow should go last. The brown and blue, maybe together, and the hippo, first. I would introduce all other fish before the tangs. In the “non tang” group, make the clowns the last introduced. Go sloooowwww.... tangs are one of my favorite groups of fish but they can be difficult... either too feisty or disease prone. Once you get them in and healthy, they will be your water puppies. They will follow you from end to end. They are really cool fish!

 

[Wolf89]

By a bunch of chromis and expect to end up with a smaller group. They are very peaceful with other fish but a little grumpy towards each other. I started with six and ended up with two. Tangs should be ok. Be careful of the order you introduce them. IMO, the yellow should go last. The brown and blue, maybe together, and the hippo, first. I would introduce all other fish before the tangs. In the “non tang” group, make the clowns the last introduced. Go sloooowwww.... tangs are one of my favorite groups of fish but they can be difficult... either too feisty or disease prone. Once you get them in and healthy, they will be your water puppies. They will follow you from end to end. They are really cool fish!

Do you think having a powder blue or brown (which would you recommend for a beginner?) would be okay or would it be pushing it?

 

[lapin]

I will by getting a 150 by the end of the year, and this is what I was planning on stocking it with. Of course, this is not set in stone, but I really like all these fish and with the research I've done they should be compatible (?). But I am not an expert, that why I am here asking y'all so here's my two questions. Would these fish be compatible in a 72 x 18 x 28 long tank? And would this be too many fish? This will probably be a non-reef tank, but I might convert it after a few years. Thanks for your help.

Feeding might become an issue. Chromis are pretty active and need to be fed a few times a day. The mandrin will starve if the wrasses eat all the pods. You will need to add pods on a regular basis.

 

[BestMomEver]

Do you think having a powder blue or brown (which would you recommend for a beginner?) would be okay or would it be pushing it?

I like them both, although I am partial to the blues. Browns are harder to find in my area. As for ease of keeping.... I would consider them about the same. The powder blue I had got pretty large and it was a model citizen. At the time, I had four or five tang species together in a 500 gallon tank. The large tank size probably kept aggression to a minimum but they all had great personalities. I would just watch them as you add them. Each fish is different..

 

[Wolf89]

Feeding might become an issue. Chromis are pretty active and need to be fed a few times a day. The mandrin will starve if the wrasses eat all the pods. You will need to add pods on a regular basis.

I agree with the pods. I have a 10-gallon tank with nothing but pods in which I am planning to periodically seed the 150. Additionally, if that is not enough, I plan on making a brine shrimp hatchery so that I can feed the mandarin hours old baby brine shrimp. (after 24 hours they use up all of their egg yolk and they have basically have no nutrition.

 

[CB2029]

Should be fine. I think I was told when I get in the fish game. 1in of fish for every gallon of water.

 

[BestMomEver]

Feeding might become an issue. Chromis are pretty active and need to be fed a few times a day. The mandrin will starve if the wrasses eat all the pods. You will need to add pods on a regular basis.

+1 .... I feed small amounts a few times a day. I also just purchased a ruby red dragonette. I haven’t owned a dragonette species in years because they can be hard to keep. I know of people that have taught theirs to eat frozen food but I was never able to do that. I also have a six line Wrasse that is a hunting machine. I buy a bottle of pods every few weeks because I want to make sure everyone has the food they require.

 

[BestMomEver]

Should be fine. I think I was told when I get in the fish game. 1in of fish for every gallon of water.

That’s for freshwater. In marine aquariums you want to stay with about 1” of fish for 3-5 gallons of water. Remember, that’s for adult sizes too. If you count inches withbaby fish you’ll find yourself over crowded pretty quickly.

 

[Wolf89]

@BestMomEver What do you think of a blue Caribbean tang instead of a yellow tang? I have read online they are very similar

 

[BestMomEver]

@BestMomEver What do you think of a blue Caribbean tang instead of a yellow tang?

I love them.... in my 500 we had a powder blue, hippo, orange shoulder, yellow, purple, vlamingi, and blue. I just dig tangs. The zebrasoma species seem to be the easiest followed by some of the acanthurus species. But don’t overlook some of the smaller species either. Tomini tangs and Kole tangs are beautiful. The tomini is an acanthurudae species and the Kole is a Ctenochaetus... both great fish.

 

[sfin52]

@BestMomEver What do you think of a blue Caribbean tang instead of a yellow tang? I have read online they are very similar

Seen them snorkeling in cozumel they are extremely beautiful. Their temperament I don't know. They are gorgeous and wish I had a tank big enough for them

 

[PDR]

1 blue tang - Pushing it but would probably be ok, at least for a while.

1 possible yellow tang

1 possible powder brown tang after tank is established - From everything I've read, I would avoid these in this size tank with other tangs.

2 ocellaris clowns

1 mandarin - I would wait at least 6 months if not a year before adding.

1 christmas wrasse - Make sure to get H. claudia and not H. ornatissimus.

m/f pair of mccosker's wrasse

1 lyretail wrasse - I do not recommend this fish with your other tankmates.

1 leopard wrasse

1 Aiptasia eating filefish

3-5 blue reef chromis - These almost always end up getting reduced to a pair or single chromis after some time. I would recommend another fish that is more tolerant of each other.

 

[Dom]

I will, but all I have is a 20. Is that too small to be used as a quarantine?

Its fine, as long as you're only doing 1 fish at a time... maybe two.

 

[sfin52]

Should be fine. I think I was told when I get in the fish game. 1in of fish for every gallon of water.

In sw not a great rule of thumb

 

[Alexreefer]

I will by getting a 150 by the end of the year, and this is what I was planning on stocking it with. Of course, this is not set in stone, but I really like all these fish and with the research I've done they should be compatible (?). But I am not an expert, that why I am here asking y'all so here's my two questions. Would these fish be compatible in a 72 x 18 x 28 long tank? And would this be too many fish? This will probably be a non-reef tank, but I might convert it after a few years. Thanks for your help.



1 blue tang

1 possible yellow tang

1 possible powder brown tang after tank is established

2 ocellaris clowns

1 mandarin

1 christmas wrasse

m/f pair of mccosker's wrasse

1 lyretail wrasse

1 leopard wrasse

1 Aiptasia eating filefish

3-5 blue reef chromis

Be sure to have an established tank with lots of pods for the mandarin,leopard wrasse and file fish. They will destroy your pod population.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Do not do a pr of mcko wrasses. Wrasses don't form prs. Stick with only one specimen per species.

What is the scientific name of the Christmas wrasse? There are a few species that go by that common name. Some are fine, some are not. Knowing the species can help us advise on suitability.

What is the scientific name of the lyretail wrasse? If it is a species in the genus Thalassoma it is not compatible. Thalassoma species get aggressive, particularly to other wrasses.

Never tried it. Ive got the blue/green chromis. $6 vs $30 is why I ended up with the blue green.

@eatbreakfast any thoughts .

Not all chromis mix well. Some are more solitary and behave more like a damsel.

 

[Wolf89]

What is the scientific name of the lyretail wrasse? If it is a species in the genus Thalassoma it is not compatible. Thalassoma species get aggressive, particularly to other wrasses.

It is.

What about instead of 2 mccoskers and a lyre tail, 1 mccoskers, a red margin fairy wrasse and a hoevens wrasse?

 

[eatbreakfast]

It is.

What about instead of 2 mccoskers and a lyre tail, 1 mccoskers, a red margin fairy wrasse and a hoevens wrasse?

That combo would work.